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Chef Jamie Bissonnette’s first restaurant with his new business partners Babak Bina and Andy Cartin (who also run J.M. Curley, Bogie’s Place, and the Wig Shop, located just down the street) is an ode to the Korean culture and food traditions that he learned from his mother-in-law Soon Han, who is credited as a consulting chef at Somaek. Popular Korean dishes like japchae, bossam, and galbi are served family-style alongside banchan like braised burdock, perilla leaf kimchi, and sesame spinach. There’s some sushi on this menu, too, but for a more robust sushi experience, head downstairs to Sushi @ Temple Records, owned by the same team and helmed by sushi chef Kenta Katagai.