Chef Thomas Keller Adds Asian-Influenced Restaurant RO Restaurant and Lounge to His Yountville Dynasty | Eater SF

"Transformed from Keller’s caviar and Champagne lounge into a full-service restaurant, RO Restaurant and Lounge at 6480 Washington Street features a menu developed by chef de cuisine Jeffery Hayashi, who has woven Asian influences into dishes such as pork belly tossed with savory egg custard and huckleberry and hibiscus shave ice topped with creme fraiche. Where the old lounge offered mostly small, snacky plates, the new restaurant serves full meals including black truffle egg salad sandos, bigeye tuna and king salmon chirashi bowls, and warm butter mochi for dessert; there are still prominent Regiis Ova caviar flourishes—served straight with oysters or atop a dish of barbecued white asparagus—and RO is the latest addition to Keller’s Yountville portfolio alongside the French Laundry, La Calenda, Bouchon Bistro, and Bouchon Bakery." - Justine Jones