Lugo, Executive Chef Mark Battle

Lifehacking means finding clever ways to function more efficiently in life. When a chef does it, is it “restaurant hacking”? Lugo, the Seoul baby of a well-known New York City enterprise of the same name, strives for two challenging goals at once—keeping true to its authenticity while sourcing ingredients as locally as possible. To keep [...]

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Sultan Kebab Chef: Omer Yilmaz

January 2010 Words and shots by Joe McPherson Omer Yilmaz has quickly grown to become one of the most recognized and beloved personalities in the Seoul food scene. Starting out selling kebabs on a street corner in 2006, his Sultan Kebab concept has become quite an empire this past year with the third store opening [...]

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