🍢 New York Kochi • A New, Elegant Korean Skewer Restaurant

🥰The chef, Mr. Sung Shim, who previously worked at Per Se, Le Bernardin, and Neta 👨🏻‍🍳, is super friendly and adorable. He not only cooks personally but also manages the entire kitchen's rhythm, showing great dedication! 💪 The nine-course tasting menu is priced at $75, and you can add black/white truffle, uni, and caviar for an extra cost. Overall, the value for money is really high. 💰 After eating all nine skewers, I was pretty full because each dish was quite generous in portion (for example, the pork belly came with three thick slices… honestly, one slice would have been enough). 🥰 Babies, the last dish, sea urchin rice, is absolutely twice as delicious as the one at Jungsik. Before trying Kochi's, I always loved Jungsik's sea urchin rice the most, but this place has changed my top pick! 😍 ♥️ My absolute favorite was the dessert: black sesame ice cream. It was incredible!! I can say without hesitation that it's the number one ice cream I've ever had in New York ☝🏻. I would go back just for this dessert. Actually, the chef saw how much I loved the dessert and asked if I wanted another one. I politely declined, saying I'd save it for my next visit. 💖 #NewYork 🌃🌟