Atomix - NYC Inventive Dining at the Top of its Game
Atomix is self described as “innovative cuisine” inspired by “Korean traditions and technique”. From my experience, this involves a combination of Korean dishes in a gastronomical modernist form or dishes with some Korean accents which highlight the main ingredient of the dish. Indeed, when contextualized to NYC, Atomix is likely the most innovative cuisine at this level of execution. Granted there are places like Honey Badger and the soon to be closed again Blanca, but those are for another too-long blog post. I’ve been to Atomix now 4 times, 3 of which were for the main menu and 1 was the bar tasting. Atomix isn’t really molecular gastronomy or an archival look at Korean food. It feels very different from the old Jungsik which was also modernized Korean food...