"Benemon takes a more modern approach to Japanese comfort foods, specializing in staples like fried chicken, donburi (rice bowls), and curry. Tapas-style small plates set the playful tone — start with an edamame peperoncino boosted with garlic, olive oil, and hot chile flakes or anchovy-fried potatoes topped with mozzarella. The menu’s centerpiece, however, is the selection of donburi, which includes oyako don (dark meat chicken with shiitake mushroom), unagi don (broiled whole eel), and tsukimi tori don (deep-fried popcorn chicken)." - Dan Q. Dao