Benu – Revisiting a San Francisco Fine Dining Destination AdrienneJanuary 23, 2025January 23, 2025 I recently returned from an amazing three weeks in Asia—Taipei, Shanghai, Tokyo. More to come on that, but today I wanted to recap my last meal of 2024 in the Bay Area. And what aContinue reading
Jang SF – A New Korean Japanese Concept in Hayes Valley AdrienneJune 17, 2024June 17, 2024 Jang is a new creative Korean Japanese hybrid restaurant from the Mins Group (Sushi Sato, Hakko,Continue reading
Ki Kim of Kinn LA at Turntable San Francisco AdrienneSeptember 10, 2023June 3, 2024 Chef Ki Kim of the lauded kinn restaurant in Los Angeles was the Turntable San FranciscoContinue reading
Nathan Matkowsky’s Ambitious Debut French-Asian Menu at Turntable San Francisco AdrienneMay 11, 2023June 3, 2024 It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Turntable at Lord Stanley, home to aContinue reading
Unapologetic Asian Fusion at KoThai Republic in SF’s Inner Sunset AdrienneApril 30, 2023June 3, 2024 I was intrigued by the unique and concise menu at KoThai Republic, a Korean and ThaiContinue reading
An Incredibly Unique and Familiar Meal at Susan Kim’s Doshi – Turntable, San Francisco AdrienneNovember 18, 2022May 18, 2023 Chef Susan Kim’s Doshi pop-up was one of my favorite tasting menus this year! She isContinue reading
Korean Charcoal BBQ from the Benu team – San Ho Won, San Francisco AdrienneDecember 19, 2021December 19, 2021 If you asked what my top 10 favorite takeout meals were during the 2020 lockdown, IContinue reading
Celebrating a 100th Birthday – Benu, San Francisco AdrienneOctober 15, 2019June 7, 2020 Yuanfen 缘分, or “fateful coincidence”, is a Chinese phrase I learned at my dinner with Cecilia Chiang.Continue reading
Maum – A Modern Korean Tasting Menu in Palo Alto AdrienneAugust 22, 2018August 6, 2019 Maum continues the trend of tasting menus that incorporate traditional Asian flavors in a modern andContinue reading
