The dining room at Hwaban has Italian white marble tabletops and white brick walls, providing contrast with the round gray banquettes as well as the rotating floral arrangements and vintage ceramics placed throughout the room. The space seats 60 people.
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The restaurant serves a scallop crudo with Korean pear, asparagus salad and wild sesame sauce.
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The lotus root salad comes with baby greens and a five-flavor-fruit vinaigrette.
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A seafood entrée at Hwaban is pan-seared sea bass with pickled onions and mushrooms, brûléed tomatoes, sautéed mushrooms and buttered soy sauce.
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Another entrée is the poached lemon sole with seasonal vegetables and a doenjang beurre blanc sauce. Doenjang is a type of fermented bean paste commonly used in Korean cooking.
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Hwaban’s rice cake dish is goongjoong ddukbokki, a non-spicy, soy sauce-based variation of ddukbokki, or spicy stir-fried rice cakes. At Hwaban, the rice cakes are served with vegetables and marinated ribeye.
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Customers can also enjoy the Hwaban Table — a set menu of assorted dishes.
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One of the desserts Hwaban offers is a beautifully designed buttercream flower cake — made with honey pecan cake or chocolate cake and layers of salted caramel buttercream.
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Diners can select from a menu of wines, soju and sake as well as fine- and coarse-leaf Korean teas.