In 2015, he opened Baroo with Matthew Kim, who he met while studying hospitality. "The restaurant embodied so many of the qualities that give Los Angeles its character," writes Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Bill Addison. Uh met his future wife and business partner, Mina Park, at a South Korean Buddhist temple. The couple has reimagined and reopened Baroo in the Arts District where Baroo now serves a six-course tasting menu and Uh's Buddhist philosophy informs his food. Addison points out the fish ssam, battered with three flours and using fish that rotates from sole to skate wing, and recalls the crackling of Uh's Korean fried chicken.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 19, 2024 20:14 UTC