Feed Your People Pop-up: Namu's Bo Ssam
A seated dinner. Guests are welcome to BYOB wine and beer; we will also have bottles for sale.
Throughout 2016, we will be hosting a series of dinners called Feed Your People. These family-style meals -- cooked by famous chefs in our 18th Street space -- are centered around big batch recipes, many of which will be featured in our collaborator Leslie Jonath’s Feed Your People cookbook (Powerhouse Books 2016). We know that cooking for a crowd can be intimidating, and the goal of both the dinner series and cookbook is to help home cooks gain confidence and creativity when hosting large group meals.
Join us for this special meal cooked by chef Dennis Lee -- of the popular and exceedingly delicious Namu -- featuring his unique take on a crowd-pleasing menu:
Crispy mung bean pancake
Beef dumplings
Bo Ssam: pork belly, oysters, sides for Ssam wraps, rice
Kimchee stew
Black sesame pudding with chocolate, malt ball crumble, cream
About Executive Chef Dennis Lee
Dennis comes from a family of successful restaurateurs; he has an innate sense of food that people will want to eat. He is also committed to using the best ingredients and exploring their use as well as the grower/consumer relationship. Growing up as part of an Asian minority population in suburban Massachusetts, he experienced an intimate spectrum of Asian foods and learned to cook from his mother.
In Namu Gaji’s first year Lee was recognized with a rising star chef award from San Francisco Magazine. His restaurant also operates a one acre farm with farmer Kristyn Leach. The farm operates with no petroleum fuel input and uses Korean Natural Farming techniques. Lee’s food is highly personal and explorative, though he calls upon strict tradition when appropriate. Lee credits his success to his strong relationships with friends, family and his brothers - and business partners - David and Daniel.
These meals benefit our nonprofit community cooking school in the Mission. In our classroom on 18th Street, we offer cooking classes, food craft workshops, and dinners with local farmers and winemakers. Beyond our classroom, we offer a free program called Cooking Matters that teaches basic cooking, nutrition, and budgeting skills to over 2,500 low-income adults and kids each year. In all our programming, we seek to inspire home cooks to make the most of their knowledge, skills, and resources, while cooking creative and delicious meals for themselves and their families.
