Meet Irene - chef, co-owner of @orionbarbk, and the mastermind behind delicious drinking food like Kimchi Carbonara 🤤 Her flavor-forward world is coming soon to your bookshelf with her debut cookbook Soju Party: How to Drink (and Eat!) Like a Korean 💙What’s one underrated place in NYC that you love? ‘Battery Park – it’s where I first lived when I moved to NY, and it feels like this gorgeous little enclave right on the water. I love sitting out on the pier and watching the boats bob in the water.’ 👩🏻‍🎨 Where do you go to feel inspired? ‘ I do my best thinking and writing on the subway! I’ll often have flashes of inspiration as I’m walking to my stop, and quickly jot down my ideas in my Notes.’ 👃Perfect New York Summer Friday smell like ‘Grassy like sitting out on a big lawn, a little dewy like sitting under a heavy tree cover, and a little smoky from wafts off a grill cooking hot dogs!’ 🍜What’s a summer memory you’d bottle if you could? ‘Eating pieces of LA kalbi (grilled short ribs) that my mom would give me at picnics in the park and slurping cold noodles with my grandparents in Korea’