Hero 289, rue Saint-Denis Paris 75002 Korean pork buns at Hero Paris I’ve long been a fan of Korean food.  I’ve been making my own kimchi for over a decade and continue to work my way through the city’s Korean restaurants. So, when I read a few years back in a UK-based magazine that Korean food was trending, it seemed there would soon be even more choice to come.  But things remained relatively status quo on the Korean front in Paris.  Sure, something popped up in le Jeune Rue (the highly anticipated Paris gastro-project that is currently going nowhere.) But otherwise, there wasn’t much new here until now. Upstairs restaurant at Hero, Paris The Quixotic Project team (Candelaria, Le Mary Celeste, Glass) is once again ahead of the curve with their latest opening: Hero, Korean Restaurant and Bar. Rather than rest on their laurels, this group has brought something fresh and unique to the scene with each new opening, earning them a fiercely loyal legion of foodie and drinkie fans. Hero isn’t a hole in the wall with big bowls of bibimbap (not that I’m opposed to places like that.)  It’s three stories of cool and playful design.  The street level is [...]