Naemo x hanchic. - the Continuum

Naemo

LA County Safer At Home: Day 324

k-town, it's been a while.

hanchic. is hosting naemo. No, I don't know why there's a period at the end of their name.

hanchic. menu.

All the closed storefronts....

Bagged for pickup.

Unbagged.

hanchic. did their share of the meal.

Although naemo remains the headline.

Arnold at naemo didn't call this bibimbap, but the online menu does.

The spread. Most elaborate ban chan I've seen in a long time.

Perilla somyun and aged flounder hwe. Mix it all together and the combination, which includes crab sashimi, was quite good.

Mama Kim's mackerel, SNS Jeon 2.0. Also very tasty-- very Korean flavors down to the well-fried pancake.

Pyunchae purse and radicchio muchim. Had no idea roast beef with pasta inside could be a tasty combo.

Squid soondae and ube mattag. Stuffed squid rings with pork belly and scallions-- amazing. Candied ube was also an unexpected delight.

The spead. Crab tang at top right.

Close-up of the seafood bibimbap. Pretty subtle. Definitely mix up the poached egg.

Naemo is a new pop-up by two New York City restaurant veterans, Ki Kim and Arnold Byun. Pick-up reservations for their dosirak have been difficult to get, took a month to get one.

Their current location at hanchic. means the collaboration is titled DSR V2 - Naemo x hanchic. (menu)

It's some of the most elaborate ban chan I've had in a long time. The highlight was looked like hard boiled eggs was actually stuffed squid rings (squid soondae)-- friggin' amazing. And one of the two cold boxes, with crab sashimi and flouder sashimi (aged flounder hwe) was also an unexpectedly tasty addition-- mixed with noodles and greens for a yummy combo.

Mussel bibimbap was solid but definitely felt like it was missing something in a to-go box compared to proper service in a restaurant. I suspect doing this as dol-set bi-bim-bap would be even better, but I didn't have a hot stone bowl at home!