A Modern Korean Restaurant Owned by Celebs?: My Grandma's Turning in Her Grave...Shin.

On the heels of Gyenari, Shin opens with Koreans partying it up with celebs. When did Korean food become hip?!? I welcome it - we can share our kimchi, damnit! Just don't take out the spice.

Party owned by DJ Steve Aoki, Gerard Butler ("Rocknrolla"), The Strokes' Julian Casablancas, Chris Masterson ("Malcolm in the Middle"), Danny Masterson ("That 70s Show"), Laura Prepon ("That 70s Show") and music producer Mark Ronson, Shins is the brainchild of Simon Shin, who's dad owns a lot of K-town hot spots. It opened in Sept but they had their launch party last night.

We haven't tried this place out ourselves, yet, so heed our warning. We're just the messenger on this one.

Shin
1600 N. Wilcox Ave.
Hollywood.
(323) 464-4100

Yelp - Shin
LA Times article

Hours: Open 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.
Food: Meat, $15-$35; soups, $12-$25; rice, noodles, $15. Full bar.

Tags: angeles, food, korean, los, restaurant, shin

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Comment by SiMonster on October 15, 2008 at 2:09pm: if they drink, they're probably my buddies... ;)

Comment by sAm on October 15, 2008 at 1:35pm: Let's go try it this weekend!!!

Comment by PANDA JU on October 15, 2008 at 12:56pm: SiMonster - your Chinese food sounds damn good.

Shin's been getting a lot of press. 4.5 stars on YELP (but only out of 9 reviews, who may be Simon's drinking buddies)

Comment by SiMonster on October 15, 2008 at 12:46pm: one of these days, i'm going to open a fine dining chinese restaurant. no, not a ridiculously overpriced place that serves slightly tarted up regular chinese food.

i'm talking about a ridiculously overpriced place where kung pao chicken is like a whole roasted cornish game hen stuffed with celery and peanuts with a more refined szechuan sauce drizzled around it.

or mongolian beef would be a whole piece of slow-smoked waygu leaning on a leek pancake, again with a more refined sauce spooned around it or something.

a place that does fine dining and uses classic chinese dishes as the inspiration without having to resort to the typical stir-fried hot mess.