Talking Shop

A Korean purveyor of fine food has your toasted rock laver needs and more sorted.

 

For the past five years Table 181 has quietly supplied top restaurants such as MoVida and Momofuku Seiobo with high-end, artisanal Korean ingredients. Korean-born Paul Lee and his wife, Idylle, launched the business in Melbourne, but relocated to Sydney last year to be closer to the bulk of the demand. Now a move to Banksmeadow sees the addition of a shopfront and tasting room.

Opened in July, the new retail space marks the first time the public has had access to the boutique goods.

“It’s somewhere we can invite anyone who’s interested to come and see and taste the products,” says Lee. “I can explain how they’re grown, made or fermented, and people can take them away and experiment.”