On The Tasting Menu

New York Times food critic Pete Wells writes "Nibbled to Death," a rant on tasting menus that explores several Bay Area offerings. Although he thinks Corey Lee's Benu, and Christopher Kostow's The Restaurant At Meadowood defy the hurdles of the meal format, Saison leaves him "dazed" when he "could have been dazzled." Let's ask the class: which Bay Area tasting menus are successful? Which aren't? [NY Times]