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2024 Michelin stars comparisons among main Asian countries |
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Michelin cities |
3 Star |
2 Star |
1 Star |
total number |
Tokyo (Japan) | 12 | 33 | 138 | 183 |
Hong Kong | 7 | 12 | 60 | 79 |
Kyoto (Japan) | 5 | 17 | 78 | 100 |
Osaka (Japan) | 3 | 10 | 72 | 85 |
Singapore | 3 | 6 | 42 | 51 |
Shanghai (mainland China) | 2 | 8 | 41 | 51 |
Macau | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
Taipei (Taiwan) | 2 | 5 | 30 | 37 |
Seoul (S. Korea) | 1 | 9 | 23 | 33 |
★
The
China Times
- Want Weekly,
No.185: To emergently save dying tourism, Taiwan government spent
NT90,000,000 (USD3 millions) to have <Michelin Guide> in Taiwan in 2018. ★\ |
★ Yahoo News (2024-4-30): Taiwan's a number of restaurants including Michelin 3-star Le Palais Cantonese restaurant (君品頤宮) in Palais de Chine Hotel and Michelin one-star MiPon (米香), A-Cut, Tien Hsiang Lo (天香樓) repeatedly failed to pass public health inspections in recent 4 years. Taipei city councilor questions that if Michelin restaurants got food safety issues, what can our people eat ? tw.news.yahoo.com/米其林餐廳也不合格-議員揭-食安地雷-君品頤宮-天香樓都入列-095930855.html
★ Michelin (2024-8-27): 3 starred restaurants in Taipei: Le Palais(君品頤宮 Cantonese, 02-2181-9985 )、 Taïrroir (態芮, creative dishes, 02-8501-5500); 2 starred restaurants : L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon、(侯布雄 , French, 02-8729-2628)、 logy(Asian dishes, 02-2700-0509 ) 、Molino de Urdániz(渥達尼斯磨坊, Spanish, 02-2500-6832 )、牡丹天ぷら(天婦羅 02-2706-8699)、RAW(creative, 02-8501-5800 ) /guide.michelin.com/sg/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/michelin-guide-taiwan-starred-restaurant-2024
★ Michelin (2024-8-27): One starred restaurants in Taipei: A Cut(steak)、Ad Astra(Euro.)、A(French) 、 Circum-(creative)、 De Nuit(French)、Impromptu by Paul Lee(creative)、INITA(Italian)、NOBUO(fashion 時尚菜)、 Sens(French)、T+T(creative)、 Wok by O'BOND(creative)、ZEA(Latin America)、富錦樹台菜香檳(Taiwanese)、金蓬萊遵古台菜(Taiwanese)、謙安和(Japanese)、吉兆割烹壽司(Sushi)、明福台菜海產(Taiwanese菜)、米香(Taiwanese)、山海樓(Taiwanese)、巴黎廳1930x高山英紀(French)、欣葉 鐘菜(Taiwanese)、明壽司(Shushi)、鮨隆(Sushi)、壽司芳(Japanese)、請客樓(Chinese 淮揚菜、川菜)、天香樓(Chinese 杭州菜)、雅閣(Chinese 粵菜)、彧割烹(Japanese)、盈科(Japanese)、 斑泊(Taiwanese); 3 starred restaurant in Taichung city : JL Studio; one starred restaurants in Taichung: 鹽之華、 Forchetta 、文公館、L'Atelier par Yao (PROMOTED)、 MINIMAL (PROMOTED)俺、達的肉屋、 澀、 元紀(new); one starred restaurants in Kaohsiung: 雋 (new)、Haili、承. guide.michelin.com/tw/zh_TW/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/taiwan-full-list
2023 Michelin stars comparisons among Asian countries |
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Michelin cities |
total number of stars |
Green Star |
3 Star |
2 Star |
1 Star |
Tokyo (Japan) | 202 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 139 |
Kyoto (Japan) | 104 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 73 |
Osaka (Japan) | 97 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 81 |
Hong Kong | 81 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 58 |
Singapore | 65 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 55 |
Shanghai (China) | 51 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 39 |
Seoul (S. Korea) | 38 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 25 |
Taipei (Taiwan) | 29 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
By highlighting eco-friendly pioneer restaurants with the MICHELIN Green Star, and spotlighting their virtuous initiatives, it stimulates awareness and actions both within the industry and by gourmets. |
According to CNN (2023-3-28), and 2023's “Asia's 50 Best Restaurants, Taiwan ranks No. 9 among Asia's countries, Taipei ranks No. 17 among Asia's cities, Taipei's Mume restaurant ranks No. 45 in top 50 restaurants, the number of Taiwan's restaurants entering top 50 is the least in recent 10 years. Taipei's Logy ranks No. 57, but its chef is a Japanese. Tapei's Adachi Sushi ranks No. 87, Kaohsiung's Liberte ranks No. 96.
Asia's 50 Best
Restaurants 2023 |
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rank |
countries with the most wins |
number of restaurants selected | rank |
cities with the most wins |
number of restaurants selected |
1 | China (Hong Kong 5, Shanghai 2, ShenZhen 1, Macau 2, Beijing 1) | 11 | 1 |
Bangkok (Thailand ) |
9 |
2 | Japan (Tokyo 7, Osaka 1, Wakayama 1, Kyoto 1) | 10 | 2 |
Singapore |
9 |
3 | Thailand (Bangkok 9) | 9 | 3 | Tokyo (Japan) | 7 |
4 | Singapore | 7 | 4 | Hong Kong (China) | 5 |
5 | S. Korea | 4 | 5 | Seoul (S. Korea) | 4 |
6 | India | 3 | 6 | Shanghai (China) | 2 |
7 | Philippines | 2 | 7 | Macau (China) | 2 |
8 | Vietnam | 1 | 8 | Manila (Philippines) | 2 |
9 | Taiwan | 1 | 9 | Osaka (Japan) | 1 |
♣
No.1 Le Du (Thai.), No.2 Sezanne (Japan), No.3 Nusara
(Thai.), 4. Den (Japan), 5 Gaggan Anans (Thai.)...No. 45
Mume (Taiwan Taipei)
♣ Bangkok has long been considered a world capital when it comes to street food. But these days, its fine dining scene is proving to be just as alluring. Though most of the winners on the list are fine dining restaurants, one street food eatery managed to break through the pack – Bangkok’s Michelin-starred Raan Jay Fai |
10 | Wakayama (Japan) | 1 | ||
11 | Mumbai (India) | 1 | |||
12 | New Delhi (India) | 1 | |||
13 | Chennai (India) | 1 | |||
14 | ShenZhen (China) | 1 | |||
15 | Kyoto (Japan) | 1 | |||
16 | Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) | 1 | |||
17 | Taipei (Taiwan) | 1 | |||
18 | Beijing (Chn) | 1 |
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100 Best Cuisines in the world tasteatlas.com/best/cuisines |
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rank | country | rank | country |
2 | Japan | 54 | Syria |
5 | China | 56 | Singapore |
6 | Indonesia | 57 | Pakistan |
11 | India | 62 | Israel |
17 | Thai | 63 | Palestine |
18 | Korea | 73 | Sri Lanka |
22 | Vietnam | 74 | Jordan |
23 | Iran | 78 | Taiwan |
26 | Lebanon | 82 | Iraq |
31 | Malaysia | 86 | Lao |
33 | Philippines | 94 | NZ |
50 | Australia | 95 | Saudi |
Best rated food
tasteatlas.com/taiwan .tasteatlas.com/best-rated-dishes-in-taiwan The best traditional restaurants in Taiwan .tasteatlas.com/taiwan/restaurants |
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Politico.eu,
2023-10-5:
2022 Michelin stars comparisons among Asian countries |
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Michelin cities |
number of 3 stars |
num. of 2 stars |
number of 1 star |
total num. |
Tokyo (Japan) | 12 | 41 | 150 | 203 |
Hong Kong | 7 | 12 | 52 | 71 |
Kyoto (Japan) | 6 | 19 | 83 | 108 |
Osaka (Japan) | 3 | 11 | 82 | 96 |
Singapore | 3 | 7 | 41 | 51 |
Macau | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
Seoul (Korea) | 2 | 7 | 24 | 33 |
Shanghai (China) | 2 | 8 | 37 | 47 |
Taipei (Taiwan) | 1 | 6 | 24 | 31 |
TaiChung City (Taiwan) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Kaohsiung (Taiwan) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
TaiNan City(Taiwan) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Users/88695/Downloads/20220830_PR-MG_TTTK-2022.pdf guide.michelin.com/th/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-singapore-2022-new-starred-restaurants 2022-7-12 guide.michelin.com/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-seoul-2022-eng guide.michelin.com/hk/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-hong-kong-macau-2022-unveiled-today-with-11-newly-starred-restaurants guide.michelin.com/en/article/news-and-views/the-michelin-guide-kyoto-osaka-2022-is-unveiled-en michelin.com/en/press-releases/michelin-guide-2022-shanghai/ guide.michelin.com/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-tokyo-2022-eng 2021-11-29 Taipei Times, 2022-9-10, Liberty Times (Taiwan), 2022-8-30, editorial : This year’s Bib Gourmand list for Taiwan includes more than 20 types of cuisine. With Taiwanese cuisine accounting for as high as 30 percent of the total ... Taiwan's cuisine / Indigenous diets are characterized by taro, yam, millet, wild vegetables and herbs, wild boar and seafood. Early Han Chinese immigrants, predominantly from Fujian and Guangdong provinces, introduced their traditional foods to Taiwan, adding a range of new delicacies to the national cuisine. The Japanese colonial era brought a smorgasbord of new flavors and textures to Taiwan, including sashimi, oden (various ingredients simmered in a soy-flavored dashi broth) and boxed meals containing steamed rice and side dishes. At the end of the Chinese Civil War, 2 million Han Chinese arrived on Taiwan’s doorstep and brought with them the eating customs and cuisines of northern and southern China ... talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1537171 taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2022/09/10/2003785064 |
news / DailyMail (UK),
2023-4-28:
Young Australian student
on his dream overseas exchange program is fighting for his life in Taiwan after
eating street food laced with rat poison. He had been
misdiagnosed in Taiwan with an immune disorder.
Alex is at the Taipei Medical University Hospital
...The medical services in Taiwan don't
currently have the right treatments or drugs to stabilise his condition,
Alex's condition has grown worse and he needs to be flown to the Royal
Prince Albert Hospital in Sydney via a specialised medical flight retrieval
service.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12023841/Toowoomba-student-exchange-Taiwan-fighting-life-eating-food-laced-rat-poison.html
★ New
York Times,
2023-3-16:
★
New
York Times,
2022-8-18:
Taiwanese cuisine
— layered, distinct, multiethnic ...has been shaped by many cultural forces,
including the island's Indigenous tribes, long-established groups of
Fujianese and Hakka people; Japanese ; Chinese immigrants in 1949+...
nytimes.com/2022/08/16/dining/taiwanese-cuisine.html
★ According to CNN (2023-3-28), and 2023's “
Asia's 50 Best Restaurants, Taiwan ranks No. 9 among Asia's countries, Taipei ranks No. 17 among Asia's cities, Taipei's Mume restaurant ranks No. 45 in top 50 restaurants, the number of Taiwan's restaurants entering top 50 is the least in recent 10 years. Taipei's Logy ranks No. 57, but its chef is a Japanese. Tapei's Adachi Sushi ranks No. 87, Kaohsiung's Liberte ranks No. 96.
Asia's 50 Best
Restaurants 2023 |
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rank |
countries with the most wins |
number of restaurants selected | rank |
cities with the most wins |
number of restaurants selected |
1 | China (Hong Kong 5, Shanghai 2, ShenZhen 1, Macau 2, Beijing 1) | 11 | 1 |
Bangkok (Thailand ) |
9 |
2 | Japan (Tokyo 7, Osaka 1, Wakayama 1, Kyoto 1) | 10 | 2 |
Singapore |
9 |
3 | Thailand (Bangkok 9) | 9 | 3 | Tokyo (Japan) | 7 |
4 | Singapore | 7 | 4 | Hong Kong (China) | 5 |
5 | S. Korea | 4 | 5 | Seoul (S. Korea) | 4 |
6 | India | 3 | 6 | Shanghai (China) | 2 |
7 | Philippines | 2 | 7 | Macau (China) | 2 |
8 | Vietnam | 1 | 8 | Manila (Philippines) | 2 |
9 | Taiwan | 1 | 9 | Osaka (Japan) | 1 |
♣
No.1 Le Du (Thai.), No.2 Sezanne (Japan), No.3 Nusara
(Thai.), 4. Den (Japan), 5 Gaggan Anans (Thai.)...No. 45
Mume (Taiwan Taipei)
♣ Bangkok has long been considered a world capital when it comes to street food. But these days, its fine dining scene is proving to be just as alluring. Though most of the winners on the list are fine dining restaurants, one street food eatery managed to break through the pack – Bangkok’s Michelin-starred Raan Jay Fai |
10 | Wakayama (Japan) | 1 | ||
11 | Mumbai (India) | 1 | |||
12 | New Delhi (India) | 1 | |||
13 | Chennai (India) | 1 | |||
14 | ShenZhen (China) | 1 | |||
15 | Kyoto (Japan) | 1 | |||
16 | Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) | 1 | |||
17 | Taipei (Taiwan) | 1 | |||
18 | Beijing (Chn) | 1 |
★ New York Times, 2022-6-28: Taiwanese Fried Chicken Meets the Moment / As crispy chicken soars in popularity, Taiwanese American chefs are reimagining the street-food classic. nytimes.com/2022/06/28/dining/Taiwanese-fried-chicken.html
★ New Yorker, 2022-8-29: shared a few theories for why Taiwanese food skews sweet: the influence of Shanghainese arrivals in the nineteen-fifties, after the Chinese Civil War; the use of sugar, once a limited commodity, as a way to broadcast wealth. newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/29/the-food-of-taiwan-and-home-at-wenwen
Michelin 2022 - starred restaurants in Taipei, TaiChung, Kaohsiung |
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three-star restaurant | Cantonese restaurant Le Palais in Taipei |
two-star restaurants |
♣
Taipei city /
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Logy, RAW, Shoun Ryugin, Taïrroir, and The
Guest House ♣ Tai-Chung city / JL Studio |
one-star restaurants |
♣
Taipei city /
Danny's Steakhouse, De Nuit, Fujin Tree
Taiwanese Cuisine & Champagne (Songshan), Golden Formosa, Impromptu by
Paul Lee, Ken Anhe, Kitcho and Longtail, Ming Fu, Mipon, Molino de
Urdaniz, Mountain and Sea House, Mudan, Sushi Akira, Sushi Nomura, Sushi
Ryu, T+T, Tien Hsiang Lo, and Ya Ge ♣ Tai-Chung city / Fleur de Sel, Forchetta, Oretachi No Nikuya, and Sur- ♣ Kaohsiung / Liberté, Sho承 |
★ China Times - Want Weekly, No.185: To emergently save dying tourism, Taiwan government spent NT90,000,000 (USD3 millions) to have <Michelin Guide> in Taiwan since 2018. |
2022
Michelin stars comparisons |
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Michelin cities |
number of 3 stars |
num. of 2 stars |
number of 1 star |
total num. |
Tokyo (Japan) | 12 | 41 | 150 | 203 |
Hong Kong | 7 | 12 | 52 | 71 |
Kyoto (Japan) | 6 | 19 | 83 | 108 |
Osaka (Japan) | 3 | 11 | 82 | 96 |
Singapore | 3 | 7 | 41 | 51 |
Macau | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
Seoul (Korea) | 2 | 7 | 24 | 33 |
Shanghai (China) | 2 | 8 | 37 | 47 |
Taipei (Taiwan) | 1 | 6 | 24 | 31 |
TaiChung City (Taiwan) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Kaohsiung (Taiwan) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
TaiNan City(Taiwan) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Users/88695/Downloads/20220830_PR-MG_TTTK-2022.pdf guide.michelin.com/th/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-singapore-2022-new-starred-restaurants 2022-7-12 guide.michelin.com/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-seoul-2022-eng guide.michelin.com/hk/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-hong-kong-macau-2022-unveiled-today-with-11-newly-starred-restaurants guide.michelin.com/en/article/news-and-views/the-michelin-guide-kyoto-osaka-2022-is-unveiled-en michelin.com/en/press-releases/michelin-guide-2022-shanghai/ guide.michelin.com/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-tokyo-2022-eng 2021-11-29 Taipei Times, 2022-9-10, Liberty Times (Taiwan), 2022-8-30, editorial : This year’s Bib Gourmand list for Taiwan includes more than 20 types of cuisine. With Taiwanese cuisine accounting for as high as 30 percent of the total ... Taiwan's cuisine / Indigenous diets are characterized by taro, yam, millet, wild vegetables and herbs, wild boar and seafood. Early Han Chinese immigrants, predominantly from Fujian and Guangdong provinces, introduced their traditional foods to Taiwan, adding a range of new delicacies to the national cuisine. The Japanese colonial era brought a smorgasbord of new flavors and textures to Taiwan, including sashimi, oden (various ingredients simmered in a soy-flavored dashi broth) and boxed meals containing steamed rice and side dishes. At the end of the Chinese Civil War, 2 million Han Chinese arrived on Taiwan’s doorstep and brought with them the eating customs and cuisines of northern and southern China ... talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1537171 taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2022/09/10/2003785064
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Nikkei Asia (Japan), 2022-5-6: Costs,
COVID and labor crunch hit Taiwan's restaurant industry.
'Good old days have passed' for dining sector as customer behavior
changes.
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-trends/Costs-COVID-and-labor-crunch-hit-Taiwan-s-restaurant-industry
★ New York Times, 2022-5-9: Restaurants, bars and gyms that were once packed are now noticeably quieter...fear of outbreaks is not uncommon
nytimes.com/2022/05/09/world/asia/taiwan-china-covid.html
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New York Times, 2022-1-19: Many
of Taiwan's residents are now proud of their island's culinary
offerings, whether it
is the classic beef noodle soup — a mix of mainland influences unique to Taiwan
— or bubble milk tea, a modern invention.
nytimes.com/2022/01/19/world/asia/taiwan-china-identity.html
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Seattle Times, 2021-8-14:
In Taiwan, big data turns pig’s blood and century
eggs into hot pizza toppings
/ In 2019, Domino’s Pizza created the boba — a
pizza served with sweet tapioca pearls as an homage to the popular bubble milk
tea. ... ramen and spicy hot pot pizza. It even made a pizza topped with
durian — a thorny fruit ... The latest invention — featuring a street delicacy
made of sticky rice and pig’s blood, and preserved eggs — broke Pizza Hut’s
previous sales record set by the durian pizza. “Every
now and then, Taiwanese will go crazy over a new popular, well-talked about
food” . “Taste does not seem to be their top priority.”
seattletimes.com/nation-world/in-taiwan-big-data-turns-pigs-blood-and-century-eggs-into-hot-pizza-toppings/
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country | total number of winnings | ranks |
Japan | 11 | No.1, 3, 6, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 36, 42, 43 |
Thailand | 9 | No. 2, 4, 7, 10, 25, 29, 31, 33, 46 |
Hong Kong | 6 | No. 5, 9, 24, 32, 34, 48 |
Singapore | 7 | No. 8, 20, 23, 37, 40, 41, 44 |
China | 4 | 12, 19, 28, 39 |
S. Korea | 5 | 16, 18, 26, 27, 30 |
India | 3 | 21, 22, 49 |
Sri Lanka | 1 | 35, |
Taiwan | 2 | 38, 45 |
Macau | 1 | 47 |
Malaysia | 1 | 50 |
theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/1-50 No.1 Den (Tokyo), No.2 Sorn (Bangkok), No.3 Florilege (Tokyo), 4. Le Du (Bangkok), 5. The Chairman (HK), 6. La Cime (osaka), 7. Suhring (Bangkok), 8. Odette (Singapore), 9. Neighborhood (HK), 10. Nusara (Bangkok) |
Economist /
Global Food Security Index 2022 |
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world rank | country | Overall Score | Affordability | Availability | Quality & safety | Sustainability & Adaptation |
6 | Japan | 79.5 | 89.8 | 81.2 | 77.4 | 66.1 |
14 | NZ | 77.8 | 91.6 | 67.7 | 73.1 | 75.1 |
22 | Australia | 75.4 | 93.3 | 61.1 | 84 | 58.8 |
23 | UAE | 75.2 | 86.7 | 73.8 | 81.3 | 55.2 |
25 | China | 74.2 | 86.4 | 79.2 | 72.0 | 54.5 |
28 | Singapore | 73.1 | 93.2 | 77.8 | 69.7 | 44.3 |
30 | Qatar | 72.4 | 88.6 | 72.9 | 71.7 | 51.0 |
39 | S Korea | 70.2 | 76.8 | 71.5 | 71.5 | 58.5 |
41 | Malaysia | 69.9 | 87.0 | 59.5 | 74.7 | 53.7 |
46 | Vietnam | 67.9 | 84.0 | 60.7 | 70.2 | 52.2 |
63 | Indonesia | 60.2 | 81.4 | 50.9 | 56.2 | 46.3 |
64 | Thailand | 60.1 | 83.7 | 52.9 | 45.3 | 51.6 |
impact.economist.com/sustainability/project/food-security-index/ |
2021 Michelin stars comparisons among Asian countries |
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Michelin cities |
number of 3 stars |
num. of 2 stars |
number of 1 star |
total num. |
Tokyo (Japan) | 12 | 42 | 158 | 212 |
Hong Kong | 10 | 18 | 59 | 87 |
Kyoto (Japan) | 7 | 19 | 84 | 110 |
Osaka (Japan) | 3 | 12 | 81 | 96 |
Singapore | 3 | 5 | 41 | 49 |
Seoul (Korea) | 2 | 7 | 34 | 43 |
Shanghai (China) | 1 | 10 | 32 | 43 |
Taipei (Taiwan) | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 |
Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2021, 2021-3-25 |
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rankings theworlds50best.com/stories/News/asias-50-best-restaurants-2021-the-list-in-pictures.html |
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● top 10 restaurants : | No. 1. The Chairman, HK, China 2. Odette, Singapore 3. Den, Japan 4. Le Du, Thailand 5. Gaggan A. , Thailand 6. Suhring, Thailand 7. Florilege , Japan 8. La Cime, Japan 9. Narisawa, Japan 10. Mingles, S. Korea |
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number of top 40 |
China 9, Japan 9, Singapore 6, Thailand 5, Taiwan 4, S. Korea 3, India 2 |
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China Times,
editorial, 2021-4-25:
Taiwan has imported
pork and pig offal in total
1800 ton from the US
since Jan. 2021, however, in all the markets, there's no any
pork and pig offal marked "containing
controversial Ractopamine" or even
"imported from USA". Another mysterious thing is
Agriculture government (Council
of Agriculture) says 70% of them were already used for meat processing, but
Health government (Ministry Health & welfare)
says 70% of them were still in the
refrigerating chamber.
chinatimes.com/opinion/20210424003140-262101?chdtv
●
Apple Daily editorial, 1-5-2021: chaos !
Taiwanese people lost confidence in gov. pork control strategy.
famous shop "Formosa Chang" was
questioned too.
AP, Nov 23, 2020: Taiwanese
business may not be ethical ...
mix the U.S. pork ( Ractopamine
pork banned by 150+ countries
) with Taiwan pork.
●
Scientific Reports Journal,
Food Navigator Asia, 2-9-2021:
Fish fraud findings: Almost 20% of fish in Taiwan found to be mislabelled -
study.
https://www.foodnavigator-asia.com/Article/2021/02/09/Fish-fraud-findings-Almost-20-of-fish-in-Taiwan-found-to-be-mislabelled-study Nature, 12-15-2020:
The rates and consequences of seafood substitution frauds in Taiwan were
elusive. Snapper, cod and surimi products are particularly vulnerable
to fraudulent substitutions. The high abundance of Pseudomonas in
tilapia sashimi mislabeled as snapper unveils a potential health issue
pertaining to the consumption of raw mislabeled seafood. modern
seafood products often appear in the form of fish pieces, filets or even
ready-to-eat meals instead of whole fishes. The food processing technologies can
also change the original color and luster of the meat.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-79070-y ●
United Daily
(Economy
Daily News, Taiwan)
, editorial, 1-17-2021:
Taiwan imported US
beef (aged 30+ months),
US pig offal and pork
with
controversial Ractopamine since Jan.
2021, it's not safe enough for customers because (1)
A
new branding initiative (Taiwan pork logo) that helps customers
distinguish whether shops and restaurants are using predominantly
local or imported pork was officially launched, however, it's very
easy for businessmen to have that logo (2)
Marking "US pork" in restaurants and
shops is not
arbitrary for political
factor.
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CTV, 1-12-2021:
18 star-rated tourist
hotel restaurants were found to be
irregular/illegal
in
expired
ingredients or other food-safety issues,
including
many 5 star hotels e.g., Ambassador Hotel,
Regent Taipei's
晶泉丰旅、日月行館
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UapKrGPkjUM)
●
83%
of Taiwan's Michelin 2~3
star
restaurants,
and 33% of Taiwan's Michelin star
restaurants, failed to pass
sanitary/health inspection (kitchen things/equipment
not clean, food materials on the floor, without staffs' health examination proof
) , but they passed second round inspection, such as 3 star restaurant
Le Palais, 2 star restaurants
RAW、態芮-Tairroir、祥雲龍吟( RyuGin
Taipei
)、
鮨天本(Sushi Amamoto).
ref. to Liberty Times, 3-30-2020, Apple Daily 3-31-2020.
●
Financial Times,
8-28-2020:
Taiwan eventually eases restrictions on US pork
and beef imports.
Must bear in mind you may eat beef and pork with
controversial Ractopamine from 2021 on,
because the cost of local meat is much more expensive.
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Yahoo News, 12-16-2020: Singapore’s hawker
culture was officially approved
(Dec.16, 2020) to be inscribed
into UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity. But
Taiwan's night market hawker culture was not selected
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Chang Gung Mem. Hospital
Toxicology expert professor
Yen
Tzung-Hai M.D. (顏宗海,
Doctor, Univ. of London ): Minimize the times of dining out to protect your
health ! ( ref. to book <食品不安全的年代如何自保>("how to
survive in this bad food-security time",
April '16))
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2020's Michelin Guide Taipei & TaiChung was released in August 2020, Taiwanese cuisine was not valued high, last year's 1 starred Taiwanese cuisine restaurant "Tainan Tai Tsu Mien Seafood"(台南擔仔麵) was kicked out of starred list, and there's no any new-entry Taiwanese cuisine restaurant.
● Michelin Taipei was released at 4-10-2019, Taiwanese cuisine was not valued very high, only 4 restaurants won 1 star each, 3 starred chefs are from Hong Kong (Canton) and Macau. The total number of stars and starred restaurants of Taiwan are much less than those of Shanghai, HK, Macao, and Singapore, in both 2019 and 2018. Furthermore, unlike those in Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Taiwan's night-market, street food failed to won any Michelin star. Even Michelin 3 star winner Le Palais was found snacks containing Hydrogen peroxide (過氧化氫) and Benzoic acid (苯甲酸), besides, many tourism hotels / 5 star hotels were found food hygiene not up to standard, e.g., 5 star hotels used expired no-good ingredients, such as HsinChu and Taipei's Ambassador Hotel, The Grand Hotel, Regent Formosa, and so on, reported by CTV evening news, BCC , LTN (12-19-2019) https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3014179 . United Daily 1-20-2020: Taipei mayor Ko: Our night markets and markets are too dirty ! Liberty Times (自由時報) 1-6-2019 : Taipei City Hall's "Model Night Markets" project, aims at " Japanese tourists are willing to sit down to eat ",however, quite many stalls opposed, in that elevating the hygienic level and class increases their running costs... WEF <Travel and tourism competitiveness report> of 2019 shows Taiwan had the sub-region's largest decline in competitiveness, Taiwan ranks 10th in Asia, Taiwan's prioritization of travel & tourism ranks world No.75. travel & tourism of Taiwan !!
2021 Michelin stars comparisons among Asian countries |
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Michelin cities |
number of 3 stars |
number of 2 stars |
number of 1 star |
total num. |
Tokyo (Japan) | 12 | 42 | 158 | 212 |
Hong Kong | 10 | 18 | 59 | 87 |
Kyoto (Japan) | 7 | 19 | 84 | 110 |
Osaka (Japan) | 3 | 12 | 81 | 96 |
Seoul (Korea) | 2 | 7 | 23 | 32 |
Singapore | Sept | - | - | - |
Shanghai (China) | 1 | 10 | 32 | 43 |
Taipei (Taiwan) | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 |
Michelin Star restaurants in Taipei, Aug. 2021 guide.michelin.com/tw/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-taipei-taichung-2021-new-star-restaurants-en |
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Michelin three stars |
Le Palais (頤宮) |
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Michelin two stars |
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon (侯布雄); Logy; Raw; Shoun Ryugin (祥雲龍吟); Sushi Amamoto (鮨天本); Taïrroir; The Guest House (請客樓) |
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Michelin one star |
A Cut
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pic.: In World's Best Restaurants list, In Asia area, Australia, Singapore, Japan, India, Thailand, China, Korea are winners , Taiwan was not selected.