Dining at Benu is always a supreme pleasure with incomparable food and service. Much thanks to Chef @clee_benu, @q.sinead08, and the entire staff for another stellar experience. Can’t wait to come back! 👏😃🙏

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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Mignardises – pine needle sikhye, dried gooseberries rolled in chocolate, and toasted mint 😋

A delicious, refreshing finish to a spectacular meal! 😃👏🙏

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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Milk pudding – salt, smoke, peat 🤯

Lightly cultured milk and cream from a small dairy. The caramel sauce underneath has been seasoned with seaweed salt and smoked with peat. Simply phenomenal! 🤤👏😋

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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Omija and olive oil 🥰

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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1) Fried rabbit and liver soondae – Wood ear, cilantro, sweet and sour rabbit jus 🤤

2) Rabbit head – braised in stock, then fried and seasoned 🤤

Fantastic butchery and preparation of rabbit. Really delicious. I hope to see more courses like this in the future 👏

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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Monkfish liver and lobster sausage – leek mille-feuille, spicy lobster sauce, aromatic herbs 🔥

First steamed and then finished on the grill. The texture of the sausage was somewhat bouncy with a fantastic snap reminiscent of my favorite hot dog, Vienna Beef. This was a real pleasure to eat! 🤤👏😋

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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Chilled fresh noodles, Dungeness crab, cucumber, perilla 😋

Flavored by a sauce made from crab brains, this was one of the best cold-noodle dishes I’ve eaten to date. Superb in every way 🤤

SWIPE 👉 for a close-up 🦀

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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Xiao Long Bao – homemade soy sauce and vinegar 🥰

The best XLB I have had to date 👏🔥

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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1a) Small Delicacies 6: Flowering tofu, clam broth, chile sauce 👏😋

1b) Close-up of the chilled tofu made from reduced soy milk 👀

2) Small Delicacies 7: Acorn, black truffle, jamón ibérico 🐖

3) Bread Service – sprouted grain bread, orange blossom honey infused with ginseng 🤤

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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Small Delicacies 5: Steamed pine mushroom, raw hazelnut oil 🤯

I am still baffled how a dish that looks so plain and simple can taste so astounding here 🤤👏😋

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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Small Delicacies 4: Shirako – deep-fried, served with a spicy fish sauce

Excellent. My favorite version to date 😃

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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Small Delicacies 3: Radish, squid sangchae, sauce made from squid ink

Exquisite 👏

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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Small Delicacies 2: Marinated mussel stuffed with glass noodles and vegetables 😋

Another terrific opening bite 🤤

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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Small Delicacies 1: thousand-year-old quail egg 👏

One of the best opening bites of any tasting menu 🤤🔥😋

SWIPE 👉 for a close-up 👀

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No. 14 on @oadtop100 “North America Top Restaurants” for 2021

No. 28 on @theworlds50best for 2021
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