How long have you guys been in Los Angeles?
Just five months?
I feel like more people need
to know about what you're doing
'cause it's really exciting and different.
In February, Baroo was named a semi-finalist for the James Beard Award for best new restaurant in America.
Let me try to put that in perspective:
Baroo serves experimental fermentation cuisine
in a part of Los Angeles that's not particularly known for experimental fermentation cuisine.
This restaurant has no sign over the door.
There's only one proper table.
The entire place only has two workers:
Head chef, Kwang Hu
and his college buddy
and business partner,
Matthew Kim
But somehow,
these guys make it work.
They make it work perfectly.
Oh man.
Thank you very much.
God, a sous-vide egg is one of life's best things.
I just love the dish so much. They're playing with so many different kinds of textures and flavors.
So here we have the Asian Fever, which looks beautiful.
Oh my God, that's good.
It tastes like this delicious crab fried rice, but there's also a lightness to it.
Wow.
What is this?
Noorook?
Okay, so this is a fermented grain. I've never had anything like this before.
Wow.
The flavors in this dish confuse the hell out of me.
It's reminiscent of everything from rhubarb pie to risotto,
but at the same time it's something entirely its own.
I think it's working on levels I don't even understand, but I just love it.
I just want to keep eating this.
This is better.
No!
Baroo's Ragu Style. You think so?..Try it
Oh my God, that looks good.
That's insanely good.
A lot of this food just tastes like stuff I've never had before
so it's hard to describe it right away.
That's a goddamned fantastic tomato.
Baroo didn't win the James Beard Award, but the secret is still out.
This is one of the best and strangest new restaurants in the world.
But it won't stay that way forever
because whether the owners expand the restaurant to meet customer demand,
or quit from exhaustion,
Baroo will change,
because nothing this weird and impractical and perfect can last forever.
But if you hurry, you can still experience
Baroo the way the owners always intended,
with one table and no sign out front
and some of the most unique, inspiring and delicious food you'll ever taste.
Mmmm, Jesus. It's so good.
And you'll find it in a strip mall between a 7-Eleven and a hair salon.