Radio Taiwan International
Date: 25 August, 2020
By: Shirley Lin

A total of 30 restaurants in Taipei and Taichung received stars by the Michelin Guide this year. This is the first year that the global culinary guide rated restaurants in Taichung. Four of the starred restaurants were in the central city of Taiwan. 

Along with restaurants in Taipei, the Michelin Guide also included ratings for restaurants in Taichung for the first time this year.  Le Palais of the Palais de Chine Hotel in Taipei won the three-star rating for the third year in a row. 

Three Taipei restaurants received a Michelin star for the first time. They include A Cut of the Ambassador Hotel which serves US and Australian beef steaks,  the Spanish restaurant Molino de Urdanize and Japanese restaurant Sushi Akira. The Taichung restaurants that received a Michelin star are Taichung’s Fleur de Sel, Forchetta and Oretachi No Nikuya. Taichung’s JL Studio featuring Asian cuisine won a two-star rating.    [FULL  STORY]