Eatanic Garden

Eatanic Garden
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Restaurant information
Owner(s)Josun Palace Hotel
Head chefSon Jong-won
Food typeContemporary cuisine, Korean cuisine
Rating1 Michelin star (Michelin Guide)
Street address36F Josun Palace Hotel, 231 Teheran-ro, Gangnam District, Seoul, 06142, South Korea
Coordinates37°30′11″N 127°02′29″E / 37.5030°N 127.0415°E / 37.5030; 127.0415
Websitewww.eatanicgarden.com

Eatanic Garden (Korean: 이타닉가든) is a fine dining restaurant in Seoul, South Korea. The restaurant serves contemporary cuisine, with some dishes taking inspiration from Korean cuisine.[1] It received one Michelin Star from 2023 through 2024.[2] In 2024, it received a Michelin Service Award.[3]

The name of the restaurant is a pun. In the Korean term for "botanic garden", 식물원; sikmulwon, sik ("living") has a homophone that means "eat". This pun has been rendered into English as "Eatanic Garden".[4]

The restaurant's head chef is Son Jong-won, whom also runs the restaurant L'Amant Secret. That restaurant is also in Seoul and Michelin-starred. Son trained at The Culinary Institute of America.[1] He worked in Noma in Denmark and Quince in San Francisco, United States.[5] Son received a "New Talents of the Year 2024" award from La Liste.[6][5]

  1. ^ a b Kim, Da-sol (2023-02-10). "[Korean Flavors] Chef Son Jong-won creates innovative, wholesome Korean fine dining experience". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  2. ^ "4 Michelin-Starred Seoul Hotel Restaurants That Offer a Taste of Luxury". Matador Network. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  3. ^ 황, 해연 (2024-02-22). "조선호텔 '이타닉 가든·라망 시크레' 미쉐린 1스타 선정". 천지일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  4. ^ "Eatanic Garden – Seoul". Michelin Guide. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  5. ^ a b "'I don't like to compromise': Award-winning Korean chef recognized for innovation". Korea JoongAng Daily. 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  6. ^ "Chef Son Jong-won named one of New Talents of Year 2024 by culinary guide La Liste". Korea JoongAng Daily. 2023-11-22. Retrieved 2024-08-30.