"Back in the day, Le Bec-Fin was as extravagant as you could get in Philly. You could argue the same to be true about Provenance, a modern French-meets-Korean tasting menu restaurant in Society Hill. This is food in HD. You can taste every element of the $225 per person, 25-dish lineup of velvety uni with buttercup squash, ruby red bluefin tuna topped with foie gras and black truffle, and duck confit with unforgettable fresh corn polenta and pops of trout roe. The courses aren’t served on gold plates, but they are handed to you over a stunning soapstone counter by the head chef. Close enough." - alison kessler