‘This is the kind of dish that fine dining is about’: The rapid rise of high-end South Korean cuisine

It can take months to book a table at Mingles in Seoul, which was voted the best restaurant in Korea by The World’s 50 Best in 2026. Daniel Dae Kim and chef Corey Lee are lucky enough to have the place to themselves. K-Everything: a CNN Original Series streams in the U.S. on the CNN app and globally on HBO Max.