Food News – Namu, The Richmond

The restaurants along Balboa continue to impress…

Namu (439 Balboa) was named as a top choice for late night dining by the New York Times last week:

A similar mix of flavors can be found at Namu, which draws on the Korean heritage of the brothers Dennis, Dan and Dave Lee, who run it. In a quiet part of the Richmond District, Namu feeds diners until midnight most nights with dishes like green beans and tofu sesame cream with crisp guanciale from Boccalone, and a hamburger cooked rare, dressed with daikon and kimchi relish. Sojus are inventively flavored, one with smoky Pu’er tea.

The SF Bay Guardian took a closer look at The Richmond (615 Balboa), saying it’s “one of those wonderful neighborhood restaurants where it is actually possible to have a conversation with the other people at your table.”

The reviewer had good things to say about the menu too: “Owyang appears to have taken a sense of culinary style away from [his experience at Elisabeth Daniel] while paring away the Upper East Side preciousness… The basic style is elegant Californian, with a rich variety of flavors, colors, and textures and tasteful presentations that don’t become precious.”
Read the full review here

Sarah B.