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Jium is a Korean restaurant at 26 rue Tiphaine in Paris's 15th arrondissement, and Michelin lists it as Recommended for 2026. Le Fooding also features the kitchen, noting that the La Motte-Picquet neighborhood has favored this spot since 2007.
Kim Hong-sung's menu is printed on school graph paper and changes the choices diners make from it. Chubby mandoo, pan-fried pork and celery dumplings, make a good opening. The kimchi jjigae, a stew with pork belly and tofu, has heat that stays on the right side of too much.
The dining room is a white tiled kitchen-atelier with mid-century modern chairs and 1950s tableware. Opaline glass lamps hang over the tables. Dessert is a black sesame panna cotta or a scoop of yuzu sorbet, and solo diners will find it a comfortable place to eat alone.
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Ever since 2007, the La Motte-Picquet neighborhood has been loving this discreet spot (a white tiled kitchen-atelier, mid-century modern chairs, 1950s tableware, opaline glass suspension lamps) where Kim Hong-sung tries not to suffer the comparison to cheap Korean BBQ joints and other soulless temples to bimbimbap. Selected from the mouthwatering menu printed on school graph paper, the night we went: chubby mandoo (pan-fried dumplings with pork and celery); fiery kimchi jjigae (kimchi stew with pork belly and tofu) that tickles the palate without setting it ablaze; before an excellent black sesame panna cotta or a scoop of yuzu sorbet. // J.F.
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