Karissa

Karissa is a New York–based food creator whose eating adventures span continents. Her Social Foodie profile covers New York, Los Angeles, Denver, New Orleans, Seoul, Busan, Reykjavik, and more — making her one of the most globally traveled tastemakers on the platform. Her content reflects a genuine hunger to understand food in its cultural context, not just as something to photograph.

In New York, Karissa covers everything from Astoria's diverse restaurant corridor to Brooklyn's neighborhood staples and Manhattan's sprawling culinary landscape. Her Korean food coverage is particularly deep — shaped by time spent eating in Seoul and Busan — and she brings that context back to the Korean dining scene in New York and Los Angeles. She covers soul food, Cajun cooking, Filipino dishes, Bangladeshi cuisine, ramen, dim sum, and stadium food with equal enthusiasm.

What distinguishes Karissa's perspective is the international baseline she brings to domestic dining. Having eaten in Iceland, South Korea, and across the American South and West, she approaches every restaurant with a broader frame of reference than most local reviewers. Her Social Foodie profile is the place to start for anyone who wants to eat like someone who has genuinely been everywhere.