Sublime

MICHE is typically quite large—sometimes pushing 2,000 grams—but this adaptation is more approachable for the typical home kitchen and still brings with it all the qualities of a great miche. There’s a tangible joy in handling this dough during shaping; the large dough weight requires the baker to approach shaping with a confident yet delicate

When I talked to Choi in 2014, he said he wanted to create a menu that represented the Koreatown he had known as a child—a place with Mexican lowriders and mixed-race couples.