Benu - I'm Back and Yes, I Do Pay Top Dollars For Asian Food (San Francisco, CA)
Benu One of the things that I cringe the most has always been paying for overpriced Asian food, especially if it's Asian Fusion. PF Chang's? Ugh. Lukshon? Still not interested. Red Medicine? After that mediocre meal at Test Kitchen , my interest in trying Jordan Kahn's menu is at a nil. (That's besides the fact of what happened to SIV, which I found unprofessional to be frank). However, Benu has been a restaurant I've had my eye on ever since Corey Lee, the former chef de cuisine at The French Laundry moved on to helm his very own restaurant in San Francisco. Call me a hypocrite, but if Chef Lee was good enough for Thomas Keller, he's good enough for me. After given the green light from my buddies up North, I booked a tasting at Benu this past weekend. 19 Course Tasting Menu at Benu Upon entering the restaurant, I looked at the space. Clean, and modern, just what a restaurant should be these days. Buckwheat Sesame Crisps Instead of a bread course, we were given