Philosophy
Temperature is not the last touch on a plate — it's the condition underneath it. The degree at which fermentation begins. The degree at which a cut of meat stops losing what it has. We cook that point.
About
Korea and Europe
One tradition leaves time to temperature. The other leaves fire to a number. ONDO keeps both in one kitchen, and imitates neither.
Ingredient and technique
Doenjang, perilla, napa are not Korean in name only. Aging, curing, a low fire and a precise bath meet on the same plate.
Room
Inside a low brick façade in Hannam, the light is single-source. The plate is seen first. Voices stay quieter than that.
People
Kim Ido
Head chef
Park Seo-yeon
Sous chef
Lee Jun-ho
Fermentation
Choi Mina
Dining room
From the room
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The barley-tea reduction belonged after the last plate. Temperature arrived before sweetness.
정하늘
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The way the 62-degree egg stopped on the butter stayed with me.
Naomi Reed
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The door takes a moment to find in the lane. Inside, temperature is the first thing you notice.
이수민
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The makgeolli sour sat beside the smoked cabbage. The plate did not ask to be explained.
James Holt
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The short rib was cooked at the right point. The room did not explain itself, which made the plate larger.
윤가은