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Photos: Saint Martha in Koreatown

Steak and oyster tartare, the default signature dish at Saint Martha, is served with bone marrow beignets and two sabayon sauces made to look like a fried egg.

Steak and oyster tartare, the default signature dish at Saint Martha, is served with bone marrow beignets and two sabayon sauces made to look like a fried egg.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Saint Martha is a modern American restaurant in Koreatown where chef Nick Erven likes keeping his customers on edge.

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Chef Nick Erven, previously of Tart in the Farmer’s Daughter Hotel, can often be spotted in a baseball hat cooking under the restaurant’s “hipster” sign.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Crab and smoked uni cream “okonomiyagi.”   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Saint Martha is named for the patron saint of cooks and servants. The dark, windowless restaurant and its menus are decorated with medieval-style art.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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The restaurant functions as an expanded wine bar for which sommelier Mary Thompson has created an eccentric wine list.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Crispy chicken thigh with steel-cut oats, carrots, pickled dates and Moorish spices. Thompson suggests pairing it with a Chinon for the chocolaty overtones.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Though the interior might not suggest it, Saint Martha is located in a mini-mall in Koreatown.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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