This year’s Michelin Guide Taiwan is to be unveiled at a ceremony in Taipei on Aug. 31, the France-based gourmet publication said yesterday.
The new edition is to include evaluations of restaurants in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung, it said.
Aside from restaurants that garner star ratings, those offering delicious food at reasonable prices would be recognized in the Bib Gourmand guide, which is to be released on Aug. 23, the publication said.
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A complete list of Bib Gourmand restaurants can be viewed on the application and the Web site of Michelin Guide Taiwan at https://guide.michelin.com/tw/zh_TW, it added.
The guide said that the criteria that Michelin inspectors use to review restaurants are identical around the world.
“Our Michelin Guide inspectors will review all cuisines anonymously and focus on the quality of food,” the guide said.
“They use five rating criteria, including quality of products, mastery of flavor and cooking techniques, the personality of the chef represented in the dining experience, harmony of the flavors and consistency between inspectors’ visits,” it said, adding that locations, restaurant decorations, services and facilities are not criteria that are used to review restaurants.
Michelin began evaluating restaurants in Taipei in 2018, with eateries in Taichung included in 2020.
Inspectors from the gourmet publication expanded their culinary search last year by also evaluating restaurants in Tainan and Kaohsiung.
Tainan was the only one of the four cities that did not have a restaurant with a star rating, despite the city’s reputation as the capital of traditional Taiwanese food.
The only three-star restaurant in Taiwan is Le Palais of the Palais de Chine Hotel, which has maintained the status since 2018.
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