Caroline Shin

Caroline Shin is a Flushing, Queens-bred food journalist, who has extensively covered the Korean American dining scene in New York, as well as immigrant-run small businesses in Queens. Watch her award-winning Cooking with Granny series on YouTube, and follow her on Instagram.


The Sarashina Horii soba set with tempura.

Dish By DishNew York

How Sarashina Horii Exalts Their Prized White Soba, as Seen In Five Dishes

It took 232 years for the historic Japanese soba shop Sarashina Horii — lauded for its rarefied white soba noodles…

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Love LettersNew York

Immigrant Restaurants Are the Soul of New York City — And Also a Life Spent Here

My childhood was kimchi, koftas, and gyros. Oxtail stew, mattar paneer, and soup dumplings.  My Korean immigrant parents had their…

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