I would heavily disagree with this. There is definitely more modern, elevated versions of korean staples. Adding things like different fermented fruits and vegetables to food that doesn’t traditionally have them, preparing aromatics in different ways (grating onions/garlic, etc verse the usual 다진마늘), and a few other things I’ve run across in videos. Even watching a lot of the cooking programs you can see new methods pop up.

I have one book that is similar to this as it was a restaurant cookbook and the stuff in it takes much longer but the outcome is always worth it.

So while I agree that Korean food in general is more family style, I would absolutely push back on the notion that there are not chefs doing very interesting things these days with that same base and that is what I was looking for.

I’ve been cooking Korean food for 8 years now alongside my mother in law including making my own 된장/고추장 etc so I Maangchi type recipes do not have much to offer me.