Six months later, on a Thursday evening in Gangnam, Hannah stood at the threshold of the largest Black-owned fusion restaurant in the district and let herself be seen.
The space was hers in every visible way—the warm terracotta walls, the open kitchen framed like a stage, the menu printed in both English and Korean with her name at the top in clean, unapologetic type. The first review had called it a love letter written in flavor. The second had called it the best new restaurant in Seoul, full s