"Nancy Silverton's latest restaurant, a jewel box-sized Korean-tinged pasta bar, is readying to open its doors on the busy corner of Western Avenue and Sixth Street in Koreatown. Lapaba will debut on January 28 with limited service; a full opening will follow on February 3. The name is a portmanteau of "la pasta bar," a language device often used in Korean; other examples include "somaek," which combines soju and maekju (beer), and mukbang, a blend of meokneun (eating) and bangsong (broadcast)."
"Husband-and-wife chef team McKenna Lelah and Matthew Kim, who met while working at Osteria Mozza under Silverton, helm the kitchen at Lapaba with a menu that infuses Italian regional specialties with Korean ingredients. Following their time at Osteria Mozza, Kim took a turn at Alinea's sister restaurant Next in Chicago, while Lelah worked with chef Tim Hollingsworth at his now-closed Downtown Los Angeles restaurant, Otium. The couple also opened Dave Beran's Michelin-starred Dialogue together, before Kim joined Pasjoli as chef de cuisine."
Lapaba opens January 28 with limited service and will fully open February 3 at the corner of Western Avenue and Sixth Street in Koreatown. The name is a portmanteau of "la pasta bar" and follows Korean linguistic blends such as "somaek" and mukbang. Husband-and-wife chefs McKenna Lelah and Matthew Kim lead the kitchen, drawing on experience at Osteria Mozza, Alinea's Next, Otium, Dialogue, and Pasjoli. The menu fuses regional Italian pasta specialties with Korean ingredients while remaining recognizably Italian. Nancy Silverton advises, and partners include Robert Kim and Tanya and Joe Bastianich. Menu items include roasted satsuma sweet potato with burrata, sweet soy and chile crisp, and spicy tuna tonnato with black rice chips.
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