It was an inopportune time to open a restaurant. After nine years working with Thomas Keller—at The French Laundry and helping open Per Se—Corey Lee struck out on his own with Benu in 2010. The ...

Many Korean folktales begin with an old refrain, “back when tigers used to smoke.” Korea is filled with mountains and forests once home to tigers, which reached mythological proportions in folklore, ...

As far as I know, the only Korean food we had in the Mission before San Ho Won was at a convenience store on 16th Street, KD Market, which, last time I checked, had closed their kitchen during the ...

Here’s a Bay Area food fact: Our region is home to Corey Lee, the first Korean chef in the world to be awarded with three Michelin stars — and also the first San Francisco chef of any background to ...

San Ho Won is actually a partnership between Corey Lee and Jeong-In Hwang, one of his longtime chefs and collaborators, who’s worked at fine dining restaurants around the world, for the Pierre ...

SEOUL, South Korea, June 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Daesang's global kimchi brand Jongga has launched a gourmet kimchi line in the United States in collaboration with Michelin 3-star chef Corey Lee. The ...

At the Michelin-starred Korean restaurant Cote, diners load the familiar Korean barbecue tabletop grills with galbi and skirt steak, yes, but also USDA Prime cuts and A5 wagyu meats. Banchan and ...