Oyster, Pork Belly and Kimchi at Benu restaurant in San Francisco, Calif., is seen on Friday, February 3, 2012. John Storey/Special to The Chronicle Sea cucumber stuffed with shrimp at Benu in S.F.

Two San Francisco restaurants have become the city's first to earn three stars in the Michelin Guide. Benu and Saison earned the legendary designation from the highbrow restaurant guide in its ...

Many, many pleasures, from a mind that stands alone among the country’s vanguard of fine dining. Lee—36 years-old, born in Korea, raised in New Jersey—felt the call of refined cooking early.

Guiding the food world into next week's annual reveal of the World's 50 Best restaurants is the newly released first round rankings (#51-#100) for 2017. For the Bay Area, the list included several ...

Last week, San Francisco chef Corey Lee’s Benu earned one of the most coveted distinctions in the restaurant world: three Michelin stars. But earning a third star doesn’t just mean an increase ...

Chef Wong first worked at Benu for a month in 2020, after leaving Esora in 2019. The Covid-19 pandemic cut short his time there and he returned to Singapore.