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Bold Leap into Seasonal Innovation: Inspectors Reveal All about Macau’s Two-MICHELIN-Starred Chef Tam's Seasons

Chef Tam's Seasons was awarded one MICHELIN star in its first year of opening and was promoted to two stars this year. We spoke with the MICHELIN inspectors about their experiences at Chef Tam's Seasons and delved into the efforts and creativity involved in reinventing traditional Cantonese cuisine.

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Pursuing Innovation — Coral Lobster by Albert Au, Executive Chef of the Two-MICHELIN-Starred Restaurant The 8

For Albert Au, Executive Chef of the two-MICHELIN-Starred restaurant The 8, the dish "Coral Lobster" is the finest example of his philosophy: staying in tune with diners' preferences and adapting to the evolving dining landscape to remain sharp and continuously innovate."

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Gourmet Hidden Gem: Man Yuen

Tucked away in a public housing estate mall in Wong Tai Sin, East Kowloon, Man Yuen Restaurant has already made its mark by gaining a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand recommendation just one year after opening. Of course, the team behind the restaurant takes full credit for this achievement.

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Lunar New Year Food and Wine Pairing Guide

Here are some tips for pairing three traditional Lunar New Year dishes with wine, as recommended by sommeliers of MICHELIN-Starred restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau.

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Recipe: How to Make the Perfect Ee-Fu Noodles by Elegant Inn Kuala Lumpur

Ee-fu Noodles are an auspicious dish that's great for any upcoming occasion. MICHELIN Cantonese restaurant Elegant Inn in Kuala Lumpur shows us how to make the perfect plate.

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Palace Garden’s Chef Ken Chong on Embracing the Old and New

Embracing the pride that comes with being a chef, Ken Chong always considers ways on how to integrate traditional dishes with innovative techniques.

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3 Must-Try Dishes at Forum Hong Kong (Other Than Abalone)

Many would consider a visit to three-MICHELIN-Starred Forum in Hong Kong incomplete without having its famed Ah Yat braised abalone, but with so much more to offer from dim sum to classic Cantonese cuisine at affordable prices, the full menu is worth exploring indeed.

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Breaking New Grounds with Jacky Luk, MICHELIN Guide Sommelier Award Winner

Meet Jacky Luk, sommelier of three-MICHELIN-star Forum and winner of the inaugural MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau Sommelier Award, presented by Perrier-Jouët. Luk took over Forum’s wine program and brought the 46-year-old institution’s wine list to greater heights, all while bringing in a fresh perspective to pairing wine with Chinese cuisine.

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Bite-sized Wisdom: Classic Hong Kong-style Cakes and Puddings at Mrs. Fong Chinese Desserts

Black sesame cakes, put chai ko, red bean cakes… for many Hongkongers, these street snacks evoke sweet memories of their childhood.

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Restore your yin and yang: The extraordinary Cantonese soups from Hong Kong MICHELIN restaurants

From Cantonese home to MICHELIN-starred establishments, many of their kitchens begin the morning similarly, by making one of the most time-consuming and important elements in Cantonese cuisine in time for lunch – soup.

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Sweet and Sour: Ying Jee Club’s Chef Siu Hin-Chi Reflects on 40 Years in the Kitchen

After four decades of tasting the variegated flavours that characterise his trade, master chef Siu Hin-Chi of Ying Jee Club, the two MICHELIN-starred fine dining Cantonese concept under ZS Hospitality Group, still has not forgotten the unadulterated love of cooking that first drew him into the kitchen all those years ago.

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5 different ways to embrace hairy crab season in MICHELIN starred restaurants

It’s the time of the year to greet each other by asking how their cholesterol levels are, then followed by how many hairy crabs they intent to devour this season. Here's a list of MICHELIN restaurants that feature the seasonal hairy crabs.

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Cantonese Pastries & Cakes: MICHELIN-Starred Chinese Chefs’ Sweet Childhood Memories

White sugar sponge cakes, fermented bean curd puffs, wife cakes… these Cantonese pastries and cakes that were once very common are now increasingly hard to find. Chefs from MICHELIN restaurants in Hong Kong explains why.

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The Vanishing Treasures of Cantonese Cuisine and Where to Find Them

Many disappearing traditional Cantonese dishes are slowly making a return onto Hong Kong menus.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Qiu Xiaogui Of Yu Ting Yuan

In its 2022 edition, the MICHELIN Guide Thailand welcomes Cantonese cuisine to its Star selection with newly minted Yu Ting Yuan as the first and only Cantonese restaurant to be awarded one MICHELIN Star in Thailand.

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5 Must-Order Dishes At Luk Yu Tea House, A MICHELIN Celebration Of Well-Preserved Cantonese Classics

The MICHELIN Selected restaurant preserves vintage style and diminished traditional dishes worth savouring.

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First Day We Got Our Stars: Jayson Tang of Man Ho

From helping out at his parents’ dai pai dong to earning a MICHELIN star for Man Ho, chef Jayson Tang talks about his personal journey as a Cantonese chef.