HYUN: The Best Korean BBQ You’ll Ever Have

HYUN is the high-end Korean barbecue restaurant on East 33rd Street that provides a luxurious dining experience spotlighting Japanese A5 Wagyu that is flown in the form of whole cattle from Japan and butchered in-house. The restaurant, which features a main dining space and enclosed private dining spaces for a completely immersive dinner in the back, was crafted by business entrepreneur and restaurateur Jae Kim, and helmed by Director Euikyu Bang (previously of Michelin-recognized New Wonjo), who oversees the team of chefs in the kitchen as well as the servers for a flawless dining experience.

Myself and my date were led to our private dining room where we were met by our personal waiter. We ordered drinks before looking over the appetizers. I had a Kold Fashioned (Bulleit Rye Whiskey, Lapsang Souchong Tea, Baekse-ju and sugar cane) while my girlfriend had Hwayo Martini (Hwayo 41, Grand Marnier and lemon twist).

Our appetizers were Chadol, which is steamed thinly sliced beef brisket with enoki mushroom, perilla and bean sprout. For our main course, we had the A5 Wagyu chuck flap and ribeye served with seaweed salad and Sot Bop, which is pot-cooked rice with sea urchin and truffle. We had a couple of different salts to add a little extra flavor to our steak (not that it was needed) including the red wine sea salt and truffle salt. I’m just going to go on record here and say that this was hands-down the best steak I have ever had in my life!!! The red wine salt complemented it perfectly and although I’m not a fan of truffles, I could definitely get down with the truffle salt.

High-class steak with high-class service is the name of the game when it comes to HYUN. If you’re looking for a perfect date spot or just a once-in-a-lifetime KBBQ experience, be sure to stop by. hyun-nyc.com