A roster of high cooks will be a part of the tennis world’s largest stars on the US Open in Queens subsequent month – headed by the debut of restaurateur Simon Kim and his cult hit Coqodaq, Facet Dish can reveal solely.
The Flatiron District hotspot – which featured Mayor Eric Adams, Gossip Woman 2.0’s Evan Mock, designer Phillip Lim, actor Ronny Chieng and rapper Busta Rhymes at its opening evening occasion in January – has gained prominence for its Korean fried hen dishes.
Kim – the founder and CEO of Gracious Hospitality Administration, the group behind Coqodaq and the Michelin-starred Cote Korean Steakhouse, which has outposts in Miami and the Flatiron District – advised Facet Dish he was excited to pair his ardour for meals together with his newfound love of tennis, a sport he mentioned he began enjoying in the course of the COVID pandemic.
“Now we have the most important champagne checklist in America and we serve our [fried chicken] with champagne. It’s the excessive forehead/low forehead dichotomy that makes it such a dynamic providing — and ideal for the US Open,” mentioned Kim, whose restaurant counts US tennis star Reilly Opelka as an investor.
Foodies may have a number of different mouth-watering choices to select from when the two-week match on the Billie Jean King Tennis Heart in Flushing Meadow-Corona Park begins on Aug. 26.
James Beard Award-winning Chef Kwame Onwuachi, the Nigerian-American creator of “Notes from a Younger Black Chef,” returns for a second 12 months with a department of his common restaurant Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi, an Afro-Caribbean fantastic eating eatery at Lincoln Heart.
“It’s such an enormous sporting occasion, a part of a cultural second, and it’s nice to be a part of an occasion that’s so essential to New York Metropolis,” Onwuachi tells Facet Dish.
“So many individuals go by way of to expertise it. I’m simply making an attempt to present folks a possibility to attempt my meals and tradition at a spot the place it isn’t usually.”
At Aces, the fine-dining restaurant on the US Open, Onwuachi shall be serving dishes like curry king crab, grilled fish dishes and fried branzino.
One other Michelin-starred chef, Ed Brown, and Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto may even be featured at Aces.
Out on the grounds, there shall be kiosks helmed by the likes of Michelin-starred and Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, who’s again for her fourth 12 months with Mediterranean bistro Fare; Chef David Burke’s common Cuban-American fusion spot, Mojito by David Burke, and Chef Josh Capon’s Fly Fish, providing lobster rolls, tuna poke and oysters.
Others taking part embrace Pat LaFrieda Meat Co., Champions by Benjamin’s Steakhouse, San Matteo NYC, Dos Toros Taqueria, La Casa de Masa, Crimson Hook Lobster Pound, and Hill Nation BBQ.
The pleasant rivalry among the many cooks was one of many attracts for Kim.
Coqodaq choices will embrace Kim’s iconic “golden nugget,” with a caviar pairing, situated on the membership degree of Arthur Ashe Stadium. Coqodaq may even have a black truffle/24-carat gold providing known as ‘black gold.’
For deep-pocketed foodies, a golden nugget set shall be served with a tin of caviar and bespoke mom of pearl spoons formed like tennis rackets, engraved with the US Open, Kim mentioned.
He added that, collectively together with his chef, Seung Kyung Kim, they’re additionally engaged on growing some unique US Open sauce choices, together with summery frozen yogurt choices, with flavors like blueberry or peach, nonetheless to be decided.
“We wish to carry the perfect of New York Metropolis to the US Open,” Kim mentioned. “It’s a fierce competitors with world class gamers, and we will’t wait to serve our hen nuggets.”
These on the lookout for a preview of the meals choices and an opportunity to satisfy their favourite cooks can attend the annual Flavors of the Open, offered by Dobel Tequila, which shall be held Aug. 22 inside Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Tickets are $184 per individual.
The USA Tennis Affiliation and its hospitality companion, Levy, are organizing the festivities.
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