Kochi

"If you’re looking to recreate the once-a-quarter date nights you used to have in 2019, try ordering a couple of Korean bento boxes from this high-end restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen. They each come with your choice of meat or fish (like bulgogi or mackerel), as well as kimchi, pickles mixed with sausage, mushrooms, an egg roll, salmon, a soy-marinated egg, shrimp jeon, and sausage jeon. Order one for each of you, throw in a kimbap roll or two for good measure and it’ll feel like you’re eating a multi-course meal." - hannah albertine

"Here, Sungchul Shim pairs his mother’s cooking in South Korea’s verdant coastal region of Jeollanamdo with his culinary training in top-tier NYC restaurants (Le Bernardin, Neta, Bouley). A $135 nine-course tasting menu at Michelin-starred Kochi includes agu twigim, a crunchy golden cloud of breaded and fried monkfish slathered with tomato gochujang, then layered on a bed of Korean remoulade for dipping, and the bo ssam, a slow-cooked pork tenderloin topped with cashew nut ssamjang, and served with perilla leaf kimchi." - Caroline Shin

"You can try Korean bento boxes including entrees like BBQ pork, hanger steak bulgogi, and BBQ short ribs when you order takeout online from his Hell’s Kitchen spot. There are also a rotating selection of meal kits for up to five people, including meats, vegetables, and sides like stir fried fish cakes." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, bryan kim, arden shore, matt tervooren

"For Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Sungchul Shim’s Kochi will offer a tasting menu for $145 per person that includes items like sweet potato soup with chapsal beignet; prawns with persimmon paste; a dry-aged pork collar with pistachio ssamjang; and snow crab bibimbap." - Eater Staff

"Hell’s Kitchen skewer spot Kochi with a $145 tasting menu holds its one star." - Eater Staff