I spotted some friends posting from the 2022 Taipei Michelin Guide Awards, so I hopped onto Facebook to watch the livestream and screencap some highlights for you guys!
The Michelin Guide now has four cities in Taiwan in their guide- adding Tainan and Kaohsiung for the first time this year to Taipei and Taichung.
Michelin awarded 38 restaurants with stars for 2022, along with Michelin Green Stars, Bib Gourmand and Michelin selected restaurants (which confuses me a little bit- it's not a star, but I guess like an honorary mention. I'm not sure if the previous Plate category is still included also, or if this mention replaces Plate).
Kaohsiung's Liberte and Sho managed to catch new stars, but none for Tainan.
Five of the seven restaurants who were newly starred were in Taipei- Holt, Paris 1930 de Hideki Takayama (at Landis Hotel), Shin Yeh (yay!), Sushiyoshi and Yu Kapo.
Chef Hiroki from Sushiyoshi seemed to be having the most fun with the mandatory photo ops onstage, making silly faces and heart signs with the Michelin Man and head of Michelin Taiwan.
It was also a sweet moment when host Alex Niu made sure that Shin Yeh's founder Mrs. Lee got a photo of her chef receiving their first star.
Le Palais remains the only 3 starred restaurant in the Taipei Michelin Guide, for the fifth year in a row, while JL Studio, Logy, Tairroir, Raw, Shoun Ryugin, Guest House and Robuchon kept their 2 star status.
Highlighting Chef Justine Li of Fleur de Sel in Taichung and the wife owner of Ming Fu in the sea of male dominated chefs onstage.
Congrats to all the chefs and restaurants that were honored this year. What do you guys think of the list this year? Any surprise inclusions or snubs? Comment below or DM me!
2022 TAIPEI TAICHUNG KAOHSIUNG MICHELIN STARS
1 MICHELIN STAR TAIPEI ⭐️
- Danny's Steakhouse
- De Nuit
- Fujin Tree Taiwanese Cuisine
- Golden Formosa
- Holt (new)
- Impromptu by Paul Lee
- Ken Anhe
- Kitcho
- Longtail
- Ming Fu
- Mipon
- Molino de Urdaniz
- Mountain and Sea House
- Mudan
- Paris 1930 de Hideki Takayama (new)
- Shin Yeh (new)
- Sushi Akira
- Sushi Nomura
- Sushi Ryu
- Sushiyoshi (new)
- T+T
- Tien Hsiang Lo
- Ya Ge
- Yu Kapo (new)
1 MICHELIN STAR TAICHUNG ⭐️
1 MICHELIN STAR KAOHSIUNG ⭐️
2 MICHELIN STARS ⭐️ ⭐️
- JL Studio (Taichung)
- L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon (Taipei)
- Logy (Taipei)
- Raw (Taipei)
- Shoun Ryugin (Taipei)
- Tairroir (Taipei)
- The Guest House (Taipei)
3 MICHELIN STARS ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
- Le Palais (Taipei)
Sommelier Award
Paris 1930 de Hideki Takayama
Lin Yun Shu
Welcome and Service Award
Fleur de Sel
Pauline Pei-Ling Yu
Young Chef Award 2022
T+T
Kei Koo and Johnny Tsai
Green Star 2022 for sustainable gastronomy
Mountain and Sea House
Yangming Spring
Embers
Embers
Little Tree Food
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