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Peeking through the windows into the kitchen of Benu. Corey Lee sighting? |
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15 course tasting menu |
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thousand-year-old-quail egg, cabbage, ginger
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oyster, apple, horseradish |
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sea urchin tofu with marinated salmon roe |
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abalone grenobloise |
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eel (right), fueille de brick, creme fraiche caramelized anchovy, peanut, lily bulb (middle) , salt and pepper squid (left) |
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oxtail dumpling, sea cucumber, fermented pepper |
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monkfish liver torchon, cucumber, turnip, salted plum, brioche |
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Crispy cod milt, pickles, mustard |
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"shark's fin"soup, dungeness crab, Jinhua ham, black truffle custard |
#92 on SF Foodie's 92 eats
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Risotto with white truffle from alba |
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Pumpkin porridge, lobster, black truffle |
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Chicken Cecilia |
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Beef rib cap, abalone mushroom, pine needle honey, pear, mitsuba |
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White chocolate, olive, yuzu, cilantro |
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Persimmon pudding, burnt acorn ice cream, mace |
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Assortment of chocolates |
Address: Benu
22 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
Type: American- Asian fusion
fine dining
Chomp worthy: tasting menu
Pass: nothing
Random facts:
- Chef and owner Corey Lee is a James Beard award winner
- Benu is an Egyptian word for phoenix
- Chef Corey Lee is a former French Laundry chef
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