Tongue-twister of a title aside, the MICHELIN Guide digital platforms are now an invaluable source of hospitality recommendations for gourmands and travelers alike. Since acquiring online booking platform Tablet Hotels in 2018, the MICHELIN Guide has expanded its website and app so you can find places to stay around the world with colorful introductions, trusted reviews, and instant reservations.
Tablet hotels can be found in more than 120 locations around the world. There are currently 18 in Taiwan including Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung. Situated in some of these hotels are acclaimed restaurants recommended in the MICHELIN Guide Taiwan 2023. We highlight the hotels with MICHELIN-recommended restaurants where you can stay and eat like a king while traveling.
Palais de Chine
The unique East-meets-West ambience of the hotel marries the low-key luxury of old France — think crystal chandeliers and majestic fireplaces — with elegant Chinese elements like garden courtyards and lanterns. Artworks displayed in every corner, such as a tapestry of Caesar crowning a young Cleopatra, or the preface to the Lantingji Xu collection by calligrapher Wang Xizhi, allow travelers to wander freely between historical eras of the East and West. Particularly meaningful is Lady the Fine Steed, an antique horse sculpture that greets guests at the hotel’s first floor lobby, symbolizing the progression of human travel.Long time three-MICHELIN-star-awarded Cantonese restaurant Le Palais on the 17th floor offers tempting dishes such as roasted young duck, Cantonese-style crispy roast duck, white gourd stuffed with shrimp and crab meat, as well as fried tofu milk. Restaurant manager Jennifer Wan was awarded the MICHELIN Service Award in 2021.
MICHELIN-listed Artbrosia is also located in the Palais de Chine, a fine dining concept opened in collaboration with celebrated chef Massimiliano Musso of one-MICHELIN-starred Ca'Vittoria in Italy, serving innovative interpretations of their Piedmontese classics.
The Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel is home to one-MICHELIN-starred The Guest House. Pictured is a signature claypot chicken dish.
Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel
Conveniently located near Taipei Main Station, Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel is spacious and modern with a minimalist layout, incorporating oriental elements such as antiques and artworks.The Guest House on the 17th and 18th floors is a one-MICHELIN-starred restaurant that specializes in Huai Yang and Sichuan cuisine and offers a slew of creative small plates that are crowd favorites.
The Dragon at the basement of the hotel is also a MICHELIN-recommended restaurant. It offers Cantonese cuisine and Hong Kong-style dim sum with well-known signature dishes such as roasted baby duck, Cantonese-style Peking duck, crispy barbecued pork, and stir-fried pork tendon in XO sauce.
There is a star Taiwanese restaurant, Mipon, in Grant Mayfull Taipei.
Grand Mayfull Taipei
Located beside the Dazhi River in Taipei, the neoclassical style hotel sports majestic Roman columns, high-ceilinged halls, and marble-clad bathrooms — all adding to the luxurious experience.One-MICHELIN-starred Taiwanese cuisine restaurant Mipon is on the third floor of the hotel. At its helm is chef Chen Yonghua, who has nearly 40 years of cooking experience, specializing in refined home-style Taiwanese cooking that captures the tradition and original taste of the local ingredients. His cooking also boasts modern twists, incorporating the chef’s overseas experiences in innovative dishes that are cooked and presented beautifully. Recommended dishes include the honey mustard-glazed ribs with black jujube date sauce, Sichuan-style chicken in chilli oil sauce, as well as pepper beef with glutinous rice.
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The Mandarin Oriental Taipei is home to one-star Cantonese restaurant Ya Ge (pictured right is Ya Ge’s barbecued pork).
Mandarin Oriental Taipei
Located next to the boulevard of Dunhua North Road, the Mandarin Oriental Taipei is a study in luxury and opulence. The 300-plus rooms and suites are the city’s largest, and guests are treated to the brand’s famed attention to detail and meticulous service.The hotel’s one-MICHELIN-starred Cantonese restaurant Ya Ge is a MICHELIN Guide stalwart. Chef de Cuisine Cheng Kwok-Hun has 25 years of experience, and is extremely dedicated to cooking and pays great attention in honing his knife skills and mastery of fire. He also emphasizes using seasoning and local ingredients. On the menu, Potherb Mustard, Goose, Inaniwa Noodles, and Matsutake Mushrooms, Conpoy, Fish Maw, Double-boiled are all popular dishes.
One-MICHELIN-Starred Impromptu by Paul Lee is located on the ground floor of the Regent Taipei. On the right is its signature dish of white chocolate bread pudding with nitro foie gras.
Regent Taipei
Adjacent to the Zhongshan business district in Nanjing, the elegant Regent Taipei draws tourists with its world-class galleria, home to stores offering everything from specialty ingredients to designer fashion, as well as a variety of dining options. The vibrant, dynamic space is a hive of activity, offering something for everybody.One-star restaurant Impromptu by Paul Lee is located on the first basement floor of the hotel. Designed around an open kitchen, dining at the counter allows guests to get up close and personal with the chefs preparing their food. The menu is an amalgamation of chef Paul Lee’s childhood growing up in the United States, his culinary training in classic French cuisine, as well as his experience returning to Taiwan. As the name of the restaurant suggests, there is a spontaneity to the cuisine that energizes the menu.
MICHELIN-listed Silks House on the third floor is helmed by Hong Kong head chef Max Wo of Lei Garden fame and dim sum chef Dicky Ng. Chef Wo’s mantra of “never getting tired of eating” translates into seemingly simple classic Cantonese dishes executed with meticulous care, with layered flavors that bring out the best in each ingredient. Must-orders include the Xishi soup rice, signature barbecued pork, as well as dim sum such as chef Wu’s exquisitely delicate and translucent rice rolls and shredded radish pancakes.
Another MICHELIN-recommended restaurant at the Regent Taipei is Robin's Teppanyaki, so named after long-serving maître d’ and sommelier Robin Liu. The elegant restaurant offers a wide selection of prime ingredients, from seafood to premium steaks, and an excellent wine list to pair. Recommended dishes include the signature ribeye beef roll and the abalone steamed with rock salt.
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Amidst the hustle and bustle of Taipei’s East District, MICHELIN-starred The Tavernist is an oasis within the Kimpton Da An Taipei. Its chef, James Sharman, melds his global experiences and culinary background into unique dishes including this Grouper-Pumpkin-Pine nut-Sage-Butter dish on the right.
Kimpton Da An Taipei
The hotel is located in the bustling East District of Taipei City, not far from the MRT station, and yet exudes its own style of tranquility. Kimpton Da An Taipei is the first overseas outpost of Singapore's IHG InterContinental Hotel Group. Shanghai design house Neri & Hu was inspired by the streets and alleys of Taipei for the hotel’s traditional yet urban architecture, full of charm and vitality.The Tavernist on the 12th floor is helmed by culinary director James Sharman, who spent two years touring with culinary pop-up outfit One Star House Party, hosting 20 pop-up restaurants in 20 locations in 20 months all over the world with fellow former noma chefs. Sharman’s global experiences show up on The Tavernist’s menu, in a modern and adventurous cuisine that takes diners on an exciting journey.
Photos courtesy of respective restaurants and hotels.
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