STEVENS POINT — A 10-table Korean restaurant that shares a small building with Jimmy John's and has been open just over a year is already making national waves.

This is what I’m thinking about over dinner at Somaek, a Korean restaurant from chef Jamie Bissonnette, who has been cooking for Boston diners for more than 20 years.

Just because you have a few Korean dishes in your culinary quiver doesn't mean you need to send each of them to your server every time you enter a Korean barbecue restaurant. Remember, Korea is an ...