Name: Chi Kim
Hometown: Yorktown Heights, NY
Current Location: Brooklyn, NY
Day Job: Prada store manager
Daily Uniform: Depends on the season. Lately, colorful printed jumpers and clogs
I have a few: Apiece Apart Blazers
In the kitchen, I swear by: Fresh garlic and Maldon crystal sea salt
The taste I can’t live without: Anything pickled, piquant, savory. A crisp, tart, garlic dill pickle is always satisfying.
Most incredible dinner out: My birthday dinner at Blue Hill Farm
I’m dying to go to: I would love to explore New Zealand
My Favorite Recipe: A simple avocado salad
My favorite Prada piece I own: My vintage lip print skirt
My mom taught me: To be intuitive and to appreciate unusual foods
My Favorite Korean Dish: A bowl of steamed rice with homemade kimchi and pickled perilla leaves
My most treasured items in my apartment: Old family photos and my vintage design books
If I could cook for anyone, I would cook: A big breakfast for Mark Twain
My Top 5 Meals:
1. A matchbox bloody mary, fresh ricotta and spicy stewed chickpeas for brunch; a glass of rose, celery salad and lamb chop with dandelion greens for dinner at Prune in New York
2. A glass of txomin etxaniz, house salad with manchego, razor clams, grilled octupus and quail at Casa Mono in New York
3. Summer squash salad, chicken liver mousse, red wattle country chop and guinness cake at Vinegar Hill House in Brooklyn
4. Kimchi kimbap and Korean muscat white-grape soda at E-Mo in New York
5. Cucumber rickey cocktail, oysters, spanish mackerel crudo, anchovy toast and Parker rolls at John Dory in New York
My Motto: Just dance.
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