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CLOSED Seasonal Reflections: Chef Jeong-Hyun Ahn's Wooriga

You can find the original article here at the Seoul Tourism Website here. Please be sure to leave a comment on their website. Thanks, Dan Written and Photographed by Daniel Gray There is a reason why her food has been labeled “dining art.” At first glance, the food at Jeong-Hyun Ahn’s “Wooriga” looks too beautiful to eat. At her quaint, elegant haute cuisine restaurant overlooking Dusan Park, Mrs. Ahn breaks with Korean convention: her entrees are served course by course, so guests are not confused by a table littered with plates, and find themselves able – even obliged – to enjoy the artistry put into each dish. Before getting onto the food, let me tell you a little about the chef. First and foremost, Jeong-Hyun Ahn is an artist. She was formally trained in applied fine arts and then went to Japan to get a degree in flower arrangement, before returning to Korea to study traditional cuisine. She then used her skills to make sumptuous wedding feasts, before becoming the ...