Um.ma: The First 100 Days

BY TAMARA PALMER

As of today, Um.ma has been open for 100 days in San Francisco. A Korean restaurant from Los Angeles chef Chris Oh helmed locally by chef Edwin Bayone, Um.ma quickly became a destination eatery that is perpetually packed at night in a neighborhood that’s full of decent to solid places to eat.

It’s one of those kinds of places where you start making plans to visit again while you’re still sitting at the table eating and I’m so happy it’s out here in the Avenues.

Banchan

Yuzu soja

Korean fried chicken with gochujang honey glaze and Korean melon

Seafood pancake with rock shrimp and scallions

Mackerel with crispy skin and lemon

Pork belly with gochujang glaze, fuji apple and Korean miso

Rock and roe, a rice dish that chef Oh used to serve at his old deli in the Sawtelle area of Los Angeles

Soon dubu

Kalbi prime rib beef with sweet garlic soy marinade

Dad’s outdoor bar

Um.ma herself

Um.ma, 1220 Ninth Avenue, San Francisco