Press
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"10 Restaurants Worth a Plane Ride"
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The New York Times
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"2 Stars"
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The MICHELIN Guide San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country 2012
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"...exquisitely balanced and perfectly executed."
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Los Angeles Times
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"...the [tasting menu] would be a buy for either a kaiseki meal or a Michelin-style three-star extravaganza. The beauty of Benu is that it gives you both."
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Patricia Unterman,
The Examiner
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"San Francisco's best entirely new restaurant in several years."
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Wine Spectator
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"Of all the restaurant openings in San Francisco this year, Benu is the most hotly anticipated..."
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Jessica Battilana,
7x7
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"Benu, an Egyptian word symbolizing rebirth and new beginnings, is the culmination of Lee's impressive 15-year career."
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Robb Report
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"The food is flawless."
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Josh Sens,
San Francisco Magazine
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"[Yoon] Ha has a truly nuanced sense of how to draw out specific notes..."
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Jon Bonne,
San Francisco Chronicle
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"Top 10 Celebration Restaurants in the US"
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bon appétit
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"At Benu, Lee has created his personal interpretation of modern fine dining, influenced by his global restaurant experiences, his Korean heritage and, of course, the French Laundry's Thomas Keller"
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Paolo Lucchesi,
San Francisco Chronicle