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As someone who, long ago, lived in the East Village, it’s always exciting to see how the neighborhood transforms but manages to stay the same. It’s a fast past environment where a lot of restaurants come and go and, unfortunately, Nook NYC no longer remains but featured some beautifully plated dishes in a wonderfully magnetic space.
Meju is a fine dining, set-menu restaurant in the back of a lovely Korean market in Long Island City. The Infatuation was in need of some photos to accompany their review, and so they called upon yours truly to do so. When I light food, I try to match the mood of the space and the vibe. As Meju is an upscale one-seating-per-evening speakeasy playing Sinatra, it gave off the vibe of a single softbox sort of aesthetic, which you can view below.
What begin as a pop-up sprouted into its own brick-and-mortar location of KJUN - a fantastic mix of creole meets Korean cuisine, two cuisines I love separately and together. See some photos below from a review by The Infatuation.
Similarly to Lexus’s Intersect, the car manufacturer, Genesis, created a space to showcase their product, as well as bring in Seoul-exclusive restaurant brand Onijum to the space. This was photographed for Eater NY and you can read more about it here. Here are some outtakes from the shoot:
