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Jihan Lee
Chef · Owner / operator — Japanese cooking in New York, and the Korean and Taiwanese rooms he eats in on his own time. He eats late, and he says when.
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Jihan Lee is Chef Partner of Nami Nori, the open-style temaki restaurant with rooms in the West Village and Williamsburg and expansion into Montclair and Miami. He cooked at Morimoto and Zuma before joining Kappo Masa under Masa Takayama.
Their own reviews and picks.
Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.
- The Relisher ↗their pick · 2025-12-29
- Clemente BarFlatiron
“Clemente Bar is one of the places I'm most excited to try. It just opened inside Eleven Madison Park. I don't know much about it yet, but I've heard it's more like a performance experience.”
- Double Chicken PleaseLower East Side
“One cocktail I'll never forget is called Cold Pizza. It's tequila-based, but they add cheese, burnt toast, tomato, basil, honey, egg white—it sounds insane, but it totally works.”
- LyséeFlatiron
“She creates beautiful desserts that look like fruit. For example, there's this small banana—it's actually banana bread pudding inside white chocolate, but it's airbrushed to look exactly like a tiny banana. It's the most perfect little bite.”
- Win Son BakeryWilliamsburg
“For example, instead of a bagel, their breakfast sandwich uses a scallion pancake—chewy, crispy, and totally mind-blowing. It's a bacon, egg, and cheese omelet wrapped in that pancake.”
- Clemente BarFlatiron