Michelin Guide for Hong Kong & Macau
finest restaurants in Hong Kong & Macau mostly in hotels
French chef Joel Robuchon’s Macau restaurant Robuchon a Galera today became one of two establishments to secure a three-star rating in Michelin Guide’s debut edition for Hong Kong and the former Portuguese colony.
Robuchon a Galera, which opened in 2001, is in casino billionaire Stanley Ho’s Hotel Lisboa. Lung King Heen, a Chinese eatery at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong, also won top billing, making Yan Tak Chan the first Chinese to become a three- star Michelin chef. The two restaurants are now among 72 worldwide with the top Michelin rating.
The finest restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau “are mostly nestled in hotels,” said Jean-Luc Naret, director of Michelin Guides, at a Hong Kong press conference (watch video of Jean-Luc Naret at Google headquarter which we posted earlier). The Four Seasons and Hotel Lisboa both have a three- and two-star venue.
Hong Kong, which twins Shanghai as China’s financial gateways to the world, touts its high-living image as a shopping and culinary hub to draw tourists. The city of 7 million people, an hour from Macau by ferry, now grapples with its first recession since 2003 on weaker exports and domestic demand caused by the global credit crunch. That’s reflected in the city’s October retail sales, which grew at their slowest pace in five years.
Michelin’s Hong Kong and Macau Guide is its second for Asia. The company started a Tokyo version last year and released a second edition on Nov. 18, giving three stars to nine restaurants, placing Japan’s capital in a draw with Paris for the most three-star eateries. The bilingual Hong Kong edition goes on sale Dec. 5.
Guinea Fowl
Robuchon a Galera serves European cuisine such as roasted guinea fowl and foie gras from its a la carte menu for 1,180 patacas ($148). The tasting menu costs 2,100 patacas. With more than 2,800 classic French, Italian, American, Australian and German wines, it has one of Asia’s best cellars.
Lung King Heen -- which means View of the Dragon -- serves contemporary Cantonese food with emphasis on seafood and dim sum. It also serves daily Chinese breakfast, featuring congee, noodles and dumplings. On the fourth floor of the Four Seasons Hotel, the restaurant offers views of the harbor and private rooms for business and family gathering.
Eight restaurants took two stars, and 18 others took one. Robuchon’s other restaurant in Hong Kong and Macau, L’Atelier, took two stars. Eateries that took one star include Pierre Gagnaire’s restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, and Hong Kong’s culinary institutions such as Yung Kee and Fook Lam Moon. High-profile restaurants missing from the list include Nobu Matsuhisa’s Nobu and Rainer Becker’s Zuma.
Robuchon, Ducasse
Robuchon’s latest haul boosts his total star tally to 23, pulling ahead of Alain Ducasse, who’s unchanged at 16. Ducasse’s Spoon at the Intercontinental Hotel didn’t make the list.
Michelin judges restaurants on factors such as the quality and freshness of food, value for money, taste, consistency and technical skill. One star indicates a very good venue, two denotes excellent cuisine worthy of a detour, while three signals exceptional food deserving of a special journey, its Web site says.
“If you have one star, it means you are one of the top restaurants in the city, three means you are with the best in the world,” said Narat, to a room jammed with 120 journalists.
Ratings were given based on anonymous visits by Michelin scouts in the past year. Michelin fielded 12 inspectors for its Hong Kong edition, including two Chinese.
“You don’t have to be Chinese to understand Chinese cuisine,” said Narat. “Good cuisine is understood everywhere.
Restaurants awarded three stars are:
Lung King Heen (Four Seasons Hotel)
Robuchon a Galera (Hotel Lisboa)
Restaurants awarded two stars are:
Amber (Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel)
Bo Innovation
Caprice (Four Seasons Hotel)
L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon
Shang Palace (Shangri-La Hotel Kowloon)
Summer Palace (Island Shangri-La Hotel)
T’ang Court (Great Eagle Hotel)
Tim’s Kitchen
Restaurants awarded one star are:
Fook Lam Moon
Forum
Hutong
Imperial Court
Lei Garden (IFC)
Lei Garden (Tsim Sha Tsui)
Ming Court (Langham Place Hotel)
Petrus (Island Shangri-La Hotel)
Pierre (Mandarin Oriental Hotel)
Regal Palace (Regal Hotel)
Shanghai Garden
The Eight
The Golden Leaf
The Square
Tim’s Kitchen
Tung Yee Heen
Ying
Yung Kee
French chef Joel Robuchon’s Macau restaurant Robuchon a Galera today became one of two establishments to secure a three-star rating in Michelin Guide’s debut edition for Hong Kong and the former Portuguese colony.Robuchon a Galera, which opened in 2001, is in casino billionaire Stanley Ho’s Hotel Lisboa. Lung King Heen, a Chinese eatery at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong, also won top billing, making Yan Tak Chan the first Chinese to become a three- star Michelin chef. The two restaurants are now among 72 worldwide with the top Michelin rating.
The finest restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau “are mostly nestled in hotels,” said Jean-Luc Naret, director of Michelin Guides, at a Hong Kong press conference (watch video of Jean-Luc Naret at Google headquarter which we posted earlier). The Four Seasons and Hotel Lisboa both have a three- and two-star venue.
Hong Kong, which twins Shanghai as China’s financial gateways to the world, touts its high-living image as a shopping and culinary hub to draw tourists. The city of 7 million people, an hour from Macau by ferry, now grapples with its first recession since 2003 on weaker exports and domestic demand caused by the global credit crunch. That’s reflected in the city’s October retail sales, which grew at their slowest pace in five years.
Michelin’s Hong Kong and Macau Guide is its second for Asia. The company started a Tokyo version last year and released a second edition on Nov. 18, giving three stars to nine restaurants, placing Japan’s capital in a draw with Paris for the most three-star eateries. The bilingual Hong Kong edition goes on sale Dec. 5.
Guinea Fowl
Robuchon a Galera serves European cuisine such as roasted guinea fowl and foie gras from its a la carte menu for 1,180 patacas ($148). The tasting menu costs 2,100 patacas. With more than 2,800 classic French, Italian, American, Australian and German wines, it has one of Asia’s best cellars.
Lung King Heen -- which means View of the Dragon -- serves contemporary Cantonese food with emphasis on seafood and dim sum. It also serves daily Chinese breakfast, featuring congee, noodles and dumplings. On the fourth floor of the Four Seasons Hotel, the restaurant offers views of the harbor and private rooms for business and family gathering.
Eight restaurants took two stars, and 18 others took one. Robuchon’s other restaurant in Hong Kong and Macau, L’Atelier, took two stars. Eateries that took one star include Pierre Gagnaire’s restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, and Hong Kong’s culinary institutions such as Yung Kee and Fook Lam Moon. High-profile restaurants missing from the list include Nobu Matsuhisa’s Nobu and Rainer Becker’s Zuma.
Robuchon, Ducasse
Robuchon’s latest haul boosts his total star tally to 23, pulling ahead of Alain Ducasse, who’s unchanged at 16. Ducasse’s Spoon at the Intercontinental Hotel didn’t make the list.
Michelin judges restaurants on factors such as the quality and freshness of food, value for money, taste, consistency and technical skill. One star indicates a very good venue, two denotes excellent cuisine worthy of a detour, while three signals exceptional food deserving of a special journey, its Web site says.
“If you have one star, it means you are one of the top restaurants in the city, three means you are with the best in the world,” said Narat, to a room jammed with 120 journalists.
Ratings were given based on anonymous visits by Michelin scouts in the past year. Michelin fielded 12 inspectors for its Hong Kong edition, including two Chinese.
“You don’t have to be Chinese to understand Chinese cuisine,” said Narat. “Good cuisine is understood everywhere.
Restaurants awarded three stars are:
Lung King Heen (Four Seasons Hotel)
Robuchon a Galera (Hotel Lisboa)
Restaurants awarded two stars are:
Amber (Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel)
Bo Innovation
Caprice (Four Seasons Hotel)
L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon
Shang Palace (Shangri-La Hotel Kowloon)
Summer Palace (Island Shangri-La Hotel)
T’ang Court (Great Eagle Hotel)
Tim’s Kitchen
Restaurants awarded one star are:
Fook Lam Moon
Forum
Hutong
Imperial Court
Lei Garden (IFC)
Lei Garden (Tsim Sha Tsui)
Ming Court (Langham Place Hotel)
Petrus (Island Shangri-La Hotel)
Pierre (Mandarin Oriental Hotel)
Regal Palace (Regal Hotel)
Shanghai Garden
The Eight
The Golden Leaf
The Square
Tim’s Kitchen
Tung Yee Heen
Ying
Yung Kee
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