Award-winning chef Ji Hye Kim, the owner of Miss Kim in Ann Arbor, is opening a new restaurant and market across the street called Little Kim.
Kim, a five-time James Beard Award semifinalist who was also named one of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs of 2021, says Little Kim will be a chef-driven, fast-casual restaurant.
Little Kim’s all-vegetarian menu will draw from diverse vegetarian traditions – with influences from Korea, Japan, China and India – all while highlighting Michigan farmers and producers. The menu will have a heavy focus on traditional vegetarian proteins in Asian cuisines, and many dishes can be made vegan.
On top of the restaurant, Little Kim will have a mini-mart with a selection of sauces and retail products, some of which will be made in-house and others from Asian and Asian-American makers. It will also feature grab-and-go items like bean salad, soy marinated eggs, kimchi and more…