Header image by Zoe Bowker

KoreaNYC Dinners, hosted by Korean gourmet magazine La Main, took place over three nights in New York City in the lead up to The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2016.

Night one was hosted at Blanca in Brooklyn with chefs Jinmo Jang of A&ND Dining and Hyun-Seok Choi of Elbon The Table, while night two took place at Dan Barber's Blue Hill in Manhattan with special guest chefs Mingoo Kang of Mingles and Tony Yoo of 24 Seasons.

Here are some of the highlights from Blue Hill.

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1. Mingles meets NYC

 

콜라보 디너 at bluehill, 5명 셰프님과 갈라디너 at Jungsik, 한국 채소 발효와 사찰음식을 담은 주제 발표 다 끝났다! 잘 할수 있을까 걱정이 많았는데 이제 맘이 가볍다 :-) #koreanyc #lamain #50besttalks #mingles #이제좀놀자

A photo posted by MingooKang (@mingleseoul) on Jun 12, 2016 at 2:11pm PDT

2. Chefs at the market

 

KoreaNYC Dinners의 두 번째 콜라보레이션 디너 Blue Hill의 Dan Barber와 함께 강민구 유현수 셰프님은 이른 아침부터 유니언스퀘어의 팜 마켓을 찾아 스톤반즈에서 수확한 다양한 채소들을 구입했습니다 식재료에 대해 끊임없이 탐구하고 자연을 사랑하는 세 셰프의 만남, 이제 곧 시작합니다! Chef Dan Barber of Blue Hill, chef Tony Yoo and Mingoo Kang went to union square market to buy some fresh greens. 2nd KoreaNYC Dinner in Blue Hill is going to start soon! #worlds50best #bigapple #lamain #newyork #koreaNYC #gastronomy #culinary #korea #finedining #chef #Worlds50bestrestaurants #Seoul #NYC #W50B @theworlds50best @lamainmag @chefjungsik @crazypenne @jinmojang @mingleseoul @tonyyoo78 #라망 #최현석셰프 #임정식셰프 #유현수셰프 #강민구셰프 #장진모셰프 #산펠레그리노 #월드50 #뉴욕 #한식 #파인다이닝 #정식당 #밍글스 #엘본더테이블 #이십사절기 #앤드다이닝

A photo posted by KoreaNYC Dinners (@koreanyc_dinners) on Jun 10, 2016 at 2:27pm PDT

3. Fresh produce

 

KoreaNYC Dinners의 두 번째 콜라보레이션 디너 Blue Hill의 Dan Barber와 함께 강민구 유현수 셰프님은 이른 아침부터 유니언스퀘어의 팜 마켓을 찾아 스톤반즈에서 수확한 다양한 채소들을 구입했습니다 식재료에 대해 끊임없이 탐구하고 자연을 사랑하는 세 셰프의 만남, 이제 곧 시작합니다! Chef Dan Barber of Blue Hill, chef Tony Yoo and Mingoo Kang went to union square market to buy some fresh greens. 2nd KoreaNYC Dinner in Blue Hill is going to start soon! #worlds50best #bigapple #lamain #newyork #koreaNYC #gastronomy #culinary #korea #finedining #chef #Worlds50bestrestaurants #Seoul #NYC #W50B @theworlds50best @lamainmag @chefjungsik @crazypenne @jinmojang @mingleseoul @tonyyoo78 #라망 #최현석셰프 #임정식셰프 #유현수셰프 #강민구셰프 #장진모셰프 #산펠레그리노 #월드50 #뉴욕 #한식 #파인다이닝 #정식당 #밍글스 #엘본더테이블 #이십사절기 #앤드다이닝

A photo posted by KoreaNYC Dinners (@koreanyc_dinners) on Jun 10, 2016 at 2:28pm PDT

4. Wild grasshopper

 

First course-Wild grasshopper, pine pollen snack, fried rice. Amazing #koreanyc collaboration dinner #bluehill #newyork #seoulinthecity #chefdanbarber #cheftonyyoo @happyhealingkitchen @christineykim

A photo posted by seoulinthecity (@seoulinthecity) on Jun 10, 2016 at 4:20pm PDT

5. Korean 'Juk'

 

An interpretation of Korean "Juk" by Chef Tony Yoo, made with Dongchoonghacho mushrooms and Stone Barn vegetables. #KoreaNYC

A photo posted by Christine Kim (@happyhealingkitchen) on Jun 10, 2016 at 9:39pm PDT

6. Steamed abalone

 

Steamed abalone and seaweed "bugak" by Mingoo Kang with Tony Yoo and Dan Barber at KoreaNYC Dinners at Blue Hill in Manhattan. Pretty pic taken by our Tastemaker Zoe Bowker (@zoe.bowker). #KoreaNYC #Dinners @koreanyc_dinners @lamainmag @mingleseoul @tonyyoo78 @chefdanbarber #chefs @bluehillfarm #restaurants #NYC #NewYork #NewYorkCity #USA #America #travel #food #foodpics #dinner #eat #abalone #seafood

A photo posted by The Worlds 50 Best Restaurants (@theworlds50best) on Jun 11, 2016 at 11:20am PDT

7. Chefs in the city

 

#ChefsInTheCity! Last night chefs Mingoo Kang of Mingles and Tony Yoo of 24 Seasons collaborated with Dan Barber at his Blue Hill in Manhattan for KoreaNYC Dinners. #KoreaNYC #Dinners @koreanyc_dinners @lamainmag @mingleseoul @tonyyoo78 @chefdanbarber #chef #chefs @bluehillfarm #restaurants #NYC #NewYork #NewYorkCity #USA #America #travel #dinner #eat

A photo posted by The Worlds 50 Best Restaurants (@theworlds50best) on Jun 11, 2016 at 9:08am PDT

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