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 2024  Michelin stars comparisons among main Asian countries

 Michelin cities

3 Star

2 Star

1  Star

total number

Tokyo (Japan) 12 33 138 183
 Hong Kong 7 12 60 79
Kyoto (Japan) 5 17 78 100
Osaka (Japan) 3 10 72 85
 Singapore 3 6 42 51
Shanghai (mainland China) 2 8 41 51
 Macau 2 6 8 16
Taipei (Taiwan) 2 5 30 37
Seoul (S. Korea) 1 9 23 33
  The China Times - Want Weekly, No.185: To emergently save dying tourism, Taiwan government spent NT90,000,000 (USD3 millions) to have <Michelin Guide> in Taiwan in 2018

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Michelin (2024-8-27):  3 starred restaurants in Taipei:  Le Palais君品頤宮 Cantonese,  02-2181-9985 Taïrroir 態芮, creative dishes,  02-8501-5500);  2 starred restaurants : L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon侯布雄 , French,   02-8729-2628 logyAsian dishes,  02-2700-0509 Molino de Urdániz渥達尼斯磨坊, Spanish,  02-2500-6832牡丹天ぷら(天婦羅 02-2706-8699RAWcreative,  02-8501-5800    /guide.michelin.com/sg/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/michelin-guide-taiwan-starred-restaurant-2024

  Yahoo News (2024-4-30): Taiwan's a number of restaurants including Michelin 3-star Le Palais Cantonese restaurant (君品頤宮) in Palais de Chine Hotel and Michelin one-star MiPon (米香), A-Cut, Tien Hsiang Lo (天香樓) repeatedly failed to pass public health inspections in recent 4 years.  Taipei city councilor questions that if Michelin restaurants got food safety issues, what can our people eat ?  tw.news.yahoo.com/米其林餐廳也不合格-議員揭-食安地雷-君品頤宮-天香樓都入列-095930855.html

Michelin (2024-8-27):  One starred restaurants in Taipei: A CutsteakAd AstraEuro.AFrench   Circum-creative De NuitFrenchImpromptu by Paul LeecreativeINITAItalianNOBUOfashion 時尚菜)  SensFrenchT+Tcreative  Wok by O'BONDcreativeZEALatin America富錦樹台菜香檳Taiwanese金蓬萊遵古台菜Taiwanese謙安和Japanese吉兆割烹壽司Sushi明福台菜海產Taiwanese菜)米香Taiwanese山海樓Taiwanese巴黎廳1930x高山英紀French欣葉 鐘菜Taiwanese明壽司Shushi鮨隆Sushi壽司芳Japanese請客樓Chinese 淮揚菜、川菜)天香樓Chinese 杭州菜)雅閣Chinese 粵菜)彧割烹Japanese盈科Japanese 斑泊Taiwanese;  3 starred restaurant in Taichung city : JL Studio;   one starred restaurants in Taichung:   鹽之華 Forchetta 文公館L'Atelier par Yao (PROMOTED)  MINIMAL (PROMOTED)達的肉屋 元紀(new);  one starred restaurants in Kaohsiung:    雋 (new)Haili.    guide.michelin.com/tw/zh_TW/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/taiwan-full-list 

  Taiwan News (2024-8-20): Michelin announces Taiwan's 2024 Bib Gourmand winners The six new selections for Taipei include Sinchao Rice Shoppe, Huang Chi Lu Rou Fan, Noodle House, Pang, Soft Power, and Xiao Ping Kitchen.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5922030  The other 2024 Bib Gourmand winners - see taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/08/20/2003822521

 

 

 

   

 

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2023  Michelin stars comparisons among Asian countries

 Michelin cities

total number of stars

Green Star

3 Star

2 Star

1 Star

Tokyo (Japan) 202 12 12 39 139
Kyoto (Japan) 104 6 6 19 73
Osaka (Japan) 97 3 3 10 81
Hong Kong 81 3 7 13 58
Singapore 65 1 3 6 55
 Shanghai (China) 51 1 2 9 39
Seoul (S. Korea) 38 3 2 8 25
Taipei (Taiwan) 29 2 2 5 20
 By highlighting eco-friendly pioneer restaurants with the MICHELIN Green Star, and spotlighting their virtuous initiatives, it stimulates awareness and actions both within the industry and by gourmets

 

Asia's 50 Best Restaurants (2024)    .theworlds50best.com/asia/en/

Country Rankings of winning restaurants total number
Japan no. 1, 2, 8, 9 , 14, 35, 39, 45, 47 9
Singapore 10, 15, 20, 25, 28, 30, 31, 38, 43 9
Thailand 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 17, 29, 42 8
Hong Kong 4, 5, 16, 27, 32, 37 6
Korea (Seoul) 13, 18, 21, 41 4
China (Shanghai) 19, 36, 40, 50 4
Taiwan 22, 33, 34 3
India 23, 26, 44 3
PS: Philippines no. 24, Indonesia no. 46, Vietnam no. 48, Macau no. 49

  SCMP (2024-6-27): Taiwan private club serves "body sushi" where woman had her body painted with floral decorations and laid fully naked on a table with food (sushi and sashimi - high quality raw fish slices) covering her private parts. The guests dined directly off her body, but they had little memory of what they actually ate.

Though "Nyotaimori" sometimes criticised as humiliating, degrading, and sexist.  One critic: This proves that people lose their humanity when they get rich.(By contrast, China outlawed nyotaimori on naked bodies )
scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3267329/taiwan-private-club-serves-body-sushi-where-woman-uses-naked-body-dish-investigated-police

  According to CNN (2023-3-28), and 2023's “Asia's 50 Best Restaurants, Taiwan ranks No. 9 among Asia's countries, Taipei ranks No. 17 among Asia's cities, Taipei's Mume restaurant ranks No. 45 in top 50 restaurants, the number of Taiwan's restaurants entering top 50 is the least in recent 10 years.  Taipei's Logy ranks No. 57, but its chef is a Japanese.  Tapei's Adachi Sushi ranks No. 87, Kaohsiung's Liberte ranks No. 96.

 

pic.Google doodle celebrates Taiwan's sweet and tangy drink bubble tea
India Today, 2023-1-29:The unique drink that is sweet and tangy was popularised back in 2020. Countries like Singapore, Japan and South Korea have taken this drink to the next level with an ample amount of experiments msn.com/en-in/foodanddrink/foodnews/google-doodle-celebrates-taiwans-sweet-and-tangy-drink-bubble-tea/ar-AA16R1Tq

MarketPlace, 2024-3-14:  The perfect cup of bubble tea is boiled down to a science.  Tapioca pearls in Taiwan tend to have better bite than shops abroad because they are freshly cooked.  Its popularity came down to the sweetness level as measured on the Brix scale.   Most shops in Taiwan allow us to choose how much sugar and ice we want.

marketplace.org/2024/03/14/bubble-tea-economic-survival-national-identity-and-betrayal/   Jennifer Pak

 


 

 Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2023
theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/1-50

rank

countries with the most wins

 number of restaurants selected rank

cities with the most wins

number of restaurants selected
1 China   (Hong Kong 5, Shanghai 2, ShenZhen 1, Macau 2, Beijing 1) 11 1

Bangkok (Thailand )

9
2 Japan    (Tokyo 7,  Osaka 1, Wakayama 1, Kyoto 1) 10 2

Singapore

9
3 Thailand  (Bangkok 9) 9 3 Tokyo (Japan) 7
4 Singapore 7 4 Hong Kong (China) 5
5 S. Korea 4 5 Seoul (S. Korea) 4
6 India 3 6 Shanghai (China) 2
7 Philippines 2 7 Macau (China) 2
8 Vietnam 1 8 Manila (Philippines) 2
9 Taiwan 1 9 Osaka (Japan) 1
No.1 Le Du (Thai.), No.2 Sezanne (Japan), No.3 Nusara (Thai.), 4. Den (Japan), 5 Gaggan Anans (Thai.)...No. 45 Mume (Taiwan Taipei)

 

Bangkok has long been considered a world capital when it comes to street food. But these days, its fine dining scene is proving to be just as alluring.  Though most of the winners on the list are fine dining restaurants, one street food eatery managed to break through the pack – Bangkok’s Michelin-starred Raan Jay Fai

10 Wakayama (Japan) 1
11 Mumbai (India) 1
12 New Delhi (India) 1
13 Chennai (India) 1
14 ShenZhen (China) 1
15 Kyoto (Japan) 1
16 Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) 1
17 Taipei (Taiwan) 1
18 Beijing (Chn) 1

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 BBC, 2024-1-9: Taipei bears strong evidence of northern Chinese influence, from food to language. Taipei is a city of wheat noodles and dumplings, again northern fare. There are also plenty of excellent Shanghainese restaurants: a legacy of the exodus of much of that city's business elite as the communists took power.
 

 

 


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Taiwan, full of bizarre foods - a whole big black frog in a bowl of noodle   happytravel.tw/olm11/   Or a crocodile foot in a bowl of ramen
CNN (2023-6-30  edition.cnn.com/travel/crocodile-ramen-taiwan-intl-hnk/index.html), Next Shark (2023-6-27): “Godzilla Ramen” (eggs, pork, baby corn, dried bamboo shoots, black fungus and cubes of fish paste, topped with a crocodile leg) served at Witch Cat Kwai (女巫貓葵), a restaurant in Douliu City Yunlin County, asking  (US$50) per bowl.

 

Crocodile ramen comes about one month after a Taipei restaurant went viral for serving ramen topped with a giant isopod, a 14-legged crustacean, and frog ramen introduced at Yuan Ramen in Yunlin .

 

 


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 Politico.eu, 2023-10-5: The international perception of Taiwanese food is stuck in the late 20th century...   the components of the Taiwanese pantry are inherently unique to Taiwan. For example, some variants of Taiwanese soy sauce, rice wine and rice vinegar are made with recipes dating back to when Taiwan was a Japanese colony.  30 years ago, most people in Taiwan would consider Taiwanese food a subset of Chinese food, and while some people might hold that opinion today, they don't reflect the majority. As cross-Strait tensions build, so does the sense of a distinct Taiwanese identity and a growing pride in Taiwanese cuisine as a unique and diverse culinary tradition separate from that of China   politico.eu/newsletter/china-watcher/taiwan-shivers-over-ukraine-funding-freeze/    PHELIM KINE

 

100 Best Cuisines in the world    tasteatlas.com/best/cuisines  

rank country rank country
2 Japan 54 Syria
5 China 56 Singapore
6 Indonesia 57 Pakistan
11 India 62 Israel
17 Thai 63 Palestine
18 Korea 73 Sri Lanka
22 Vietnam 74 Jordan
23 Iran 78 Taiwan
26 Lebanon 82 Iraq
31 Malaysia 86 Lao
33 Philippines 94 NZ
50 Australia 95 Saudi
Best rated food   tasteatlas.com/taiwan   .tasteatlas.com/best-rated-dishes-in-taiwan
The best traditional restaurants in Taiwan   .tasteatlas.com/taiwan/restaurants

 

 

 

 

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2022  Michelin stars comparisons among Asian countries

 Michelin cities

number of 3 stars

num. of 2 stars

number of 1 star

total num.

Tokyo (Japan) 12 41 150 203
Hong Kong 7 12 52 71
Kyoto (Japan) 6 19 83 108
Osaka (Japan) 3 11 82 96
Singapore 3 7 41 51
Macau 3 5 7 15
Seoul (Korea) 2 7 24 33
Shanghai (China) 2 8 37 47
Taipei (Taiwan) 1 6 24 31
TaiChung City (Taiwan) 0 1 4 5
Kaohsiung (Taiwan) 0 0 2 2
TaiNan City(Taiwan) 0 0 0 0
Users/88695/Downloads/20220830_PR-MG_TTTK-2022.pdf
guide.michelin.com/th/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-singapore-2022-new-starred-restaurants
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guide.michelin.com/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-seoul-2022-eng

guide.michelin.com/hk/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-hong-kong-macau-2022-unveiled-today-with-11-newly-starred-restaurants
guide.michelin.com/en/article/news-and-views/the-michelin-guide-kyoto-osaka-2022-is-unveiled-en
michelin.com/en/press-releases/michelin-guide-2022-shanghai/
guide.michelin.com/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-tokyo-2022-eng    
2021-11-29


Taipei Times, 2022-9-10,  Liberty Times (Taiwan), 2022-8-30, editorial :
 This year’s Bib Gourmand list for Taiwan includes more than 20 types of cuisine. With Taiwanese cuisine accounting for as high as 30 percent of the total ...
Taiwan's cuisine / 
Indigenous diets are characterized by taro, yam, millet, wild vegetables and herbs, wild boar and seafood. Early Han Chinese immigrants, predominantly from Fujian and Guangdong provinces, introduced their traditional foods to Taiwan, adding a range of new delicacies to the national cuisine. The Japanese colonial era brought a smorgasbord of new flavors and textures to Taiwan, including sashimi, oden (various ingredients simmered in a soy-flavored dashi broth) and boxed meals containing steamed rice and side dishes. At the end of the Chinese Civil War, 2 million Han Chinese arrived on Taiwan’s doorstep and brought with them the eating customs and cuisines of northern and southern China
   ...  
talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1537171    taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2022/09/10/2003785064
 

 

 

 New York Times, 2023-3-16: Because of gentrification and noise complaints, many of Taipei's night markets aren't as robust as they were decades ago. Ningxia Night Market is a distinguished exception, ... many of the food stalls here... Nkụ is a fine-dining restaurant that serves locally sourced cuisine with a Scandinavian flair. Hermit's Hut  -Taiwan's wide range of oolong teas. Chao serves vegan stir-fries that pair well with ice-cold beer. Lao-A-Bei is renowned for its assortment of traditional seafood soups. nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/16/travel/things-to-do-taipei.html

 New York Times, 2022-8-18: Taiwanese cuisine — layered, distinct, multiethnic ...has been shaped by many cultural forces, including the island's Indigenous tribes,  long-established groups of Fujianese and Hakka people; Japanese ;  Chinese immigrants in 1949+...   nytimes.com/2022/08/16/dining/taiwanese-cuisine.html
 

Michelin Starred restaurants in Taiwan (Taipei, Tai-chung, Kaohsiung), 2023

1 Michelin stars

A Cut, Taipei ;    Ad Astra, Taipei ;     Ban Bo, Taipei ;    Danny’s Steakhouse, Taipei;    De Nuit, Taipei;   Fleur de Sel Restaurant, Taichung;    Forchetta, Taichung;    Fujin Tree Taiwanese Cuisine & Champagne, Taipei;     Haili, Kaohsiung;       Holt, Taipei;      Impromptu by Paul Lee, Taipei;  Inita, Taipei ;      Ken Anho, Taipei;      Kitcho, Taipei;      La Maison de Win, Taichung; Longtail, Taipei;      Mingfu Restaurant, Taipei;      Mipon, Taipei;      Mountain & Sea House Restaurant, Taipei;      Oretachi no Nikuya, Taichung;      Paris 1930 de Hideki Takayama, Taipei;

Shin Yeh Taiwanese Signature, Taipei;     Sho, Kaohsiung;      Sur, Taichung;

Sushi Akira, Taipei;      Sushi Nomura, Taipei;      Zea, Taipei 

Two Michelin stars

L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, TaipeiLiberté, Kaohsiung Logy, Taipei
Molino de Urdániz, Taipei ; Mudan, Taipei ; Raw, Taipei

Three Michelin stars

Le Palais, Taipei

 JL Studio, Taichung

 Taïrroir, Taipei

 

New York Times, 2022-6-28: Taiwanese Fried Chicken Meets the Moment / As crispy chicken soars in popularity, Taiwanese American chefs are reimagining the street-food classic.  nytimes.com/2022/06/28/dining/Taiwanese-fried-chicken.html

 New Yorker, 2022-8-29: shared a few theories for why Taiwanese food skews sweet: the influence of Shanghainese arrivals in the nineteen-fifties, after the Chinese Civil War; the use of sugar, once a limited commodity, as a way to broadcast wealth. newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/29/the-food-of-taiwan-and-home-at-wenwen

 

 

Michelin 2022 - starred restaurants in Taipei, TaiChung, Kaohsiung

three-star restaurant Cantonese restaurant Le Palais in Taipei
two-star restaurants Taipei city /  L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Logy, RAW, Shoun Ryugin, Taïrroir, and The Guest House
Tai-Chung city / JL Studio
one-star restaurants Taipei city /  Danny's Steakhouse, De Nuit, Fujin Tree Taiwanese Cuisine & Champagne (Songshan), Golden Formosa, Impromptu by Paul Lee, Ken Anhe, Kitcho and Longtail, Ming Fu, Mipon, Molino de Urdaniz, Mountain and Sea House, Mudan, Sushi Akira, Sushi Nomura, Sushi Ryu, T+T, Tien Hsiang Lo, and Ya Ge
Tai-Chung city / Fleur de Sel, Forchetta, Oretachi No Nikuya, and Sur-
Kaohsiung / LibertéSho承
guide.michelin.com/tw/en/article/dining-out/what-michelin-inspectors-said-new-star-restaurants-taipei-taichung-tainan-kaohsiung-2022


Nikkei Asia (Japan), 2022-5-6Costs, COVID and labor crunch hit Taiwan's restaurant industry'Good old days have passed' for dining sector as customer behavior changes.  asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-trends/Costs-COVID-and-labor-crunch-hit-Taiwan-s-restaurant-industry

New York Times, 2022-5-9:  Restaurants, bars and gyms that were once packed are now noticeably quieter...fear of outbreaks is not uncommon nytimes.com/2022/05/09/world/asia/taiwan-china-covid.html
New York Times, 2022-1-19Many of Taiwan's residents are now proud of their island's culinary offerings, whether it is the classic beef noodle soup — a mix of mainland influences unique to Taiwan — or bubble milk tea, a modern invention.  nytimes.com/2022/01/19/world/asia/taiwan-china-identity.html 

 

Asia's 50 Best restaurants 2022
Taiwan ranks No. 9 in Asia

country total number of winnings ranks
Japan 11 No.1, 3, 6, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 36, 42, 43
Thailand 9 No. 2, 4, 7, 10, 25, 29, 31, 33, 46
Hong Kong 6 No. 5,  9,  24, 32,  34,  48
Singapore 7 No. 8, 20, 23, 37, 40, 41, 44
China 4 12, 19, 28, 39
S. Korea 5 16, 18, 26, 27, 30
India 3 21, 22, 49
Sri Lanka 1 35,
Taiwan 2 38(Logy, Taipei), 45(JL Studio, TaiChung)
Macau 1 47
Malaysia 1 50
theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/1-50
No.1  Den (Tokyo), No.2 Sorn (Bangkok), No.3 Florilege (Tokyo), 4. Le Du (Bangkok), 5. The Chairman (HK), 6.  La Cime (osaka), 7. Suhring (Bangkok), 8. Odette (Singapore), 9. Neighborhood (HK), 10. Nusara (Bangkok)

 

EATER / The world's best 50 restaurants in 2022
Taiwan failed

country total number of winnings ranks
Japan 4 No.20  Den (Tokyo), No.30 Florilege (Tokyo),
No. 41.  La Cime (osaka), No. 45  Narisawa (Tokyo)
Hong Kong 1 No. 24.  The Chairman (HK)
Singapore 1 No. 36.  Odette (Singapore)
Thailand 1 No. 39   Sorn (Bangkok)
eater.com/worlds-50-best-restaurants-awards/22960670/worlds-50-best-restaurants-2022-list-winners
   

CNN Travel / World's best restaurants for 2022 revealed
2022-7-20
Taiwan
failed

country total number of winnings ranks
Japan 4 No.20  Den (Tokyo), No.30 Florilege (Tokyo),
No. 41.  La Cime (osaka), No. 45  Narisawa (Tokyo)
Hong Kong 1 No. 24.  The Chairman (HK)
Singapore 1 No. 36.  Odette (Singapore)
Thailand 1 No. 39   Sorn (Bangkok)

edition.cnn.com/travel/article/worlds-50-best-restaurants-2022/index.html

 

Economist  /    Global Food Security Index 2022
Taiwan is not included

world rank country Overall Score Affordability Availability Quality & safety Sustainability & Adaptation
6 Japan 79.5 89.8 81.2 77.4 66.1
14 NZ 77.8 91.6 67.7 73.1 75.1
22 Australia 75.4 93.3 61.1 84 58.8
23 UAE 75.2 86.7 73.8 81.3 55.2
25 China 74.2 86.4 79.2 72.0 54.5
28 Singapore 73.1 93.2 77.8 69.7 44.3
30 Qatar 72.4 88.6 72.9 71.7 51.0
39 S Korea 70.2 76.8 71.5 71.5 58.5
41 Malaysia 69.9 87.0 59.5 74.7 53.7
46 Vietnam 67.9 84.0 60.7 70.2 52.2
63 Indonesia 60.2 81.4 50.9 56.2 46.3
64 Thailand 60.1 83.7 52.9 45.3 51.6
impact.economist.com/sustainability/project/food-security-index/


  Taiwan News, 2022-3-23: Pizza Hut unleashed the "Cilantro Century Egg Pig’s Blood Cake Pizza" (香菜皮蛋豬血糕比薩), which was well-received by some Taiwanese but met with disgust by many foreign readers.

 

2021  Michelin stars comparisons among Asian countries

 Michelin cities

number of 3 stars

num. of 2 stars

number of 1 star

total num.

Tokyo (Japan) 12 42 158 212
Hong Kong 10 18 59 87
Kyoto (Japan) 7 19 84 110
Osaka (Japan) 3 12 81 96
Singapore 3 5 41 49
Seoul (Korea) 2 7 34 43
Shanghai (China) 1 10 32 43
Taipei (Taiwan) 1 7 21 29

 

 

Best Cuisines in the world, Dec. 2022
Taste Atlas   tasteatlas.com/best/cuisines
TasteAtlas Awards: World’s Best Cuisines - TasteAtlas Awards 2021

No. 1. Italy, score 4.72 14. Poland 26. Georgia Bosnia
2. Greece, score 4.68 15. Germany 27. Czech Malaysia
3. Spain, score 4.59 16. Indonesia 28. Bulgaria Lebanon
4. Japan, score 4.59 17. Croatia 29. UK Ukraine
5. India, score 4.54 18. Argentina 30. Thailand Palestine
6. Mexico 19. S. Korea Belgium Bangladesh
7. Turkey 20. Vietnam Nederland Lithuania
8. USA 21. Hungary Austria No. 45  Taiwan,
 score 3.96
9. France 22. Romania Algeria
10. Peru 23. Philippines Denmark
11. China 24. Iran S. Africa
12. Brazil 25. Serbia Syria
13. Portugal      

 

Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2021,   2021-3-25

 rankings     theworlds50best.com/stories/News/asias-50-best-restaurants-2021-the-list-in-pictures.html

 top 10 restaurants :  No. 1.  The Chairman, HK, China   2. Odette, Singapore  3. Den, Japan  4. Le Du, Thailand  5. Gaggan A. , Thailand 6. Suhring, Thailand   7.  Florilege , Japan   8. La Cime, Japan   9.  Narisawa, Japan   10. Mingles, S. Korea

  number of top 40
in each Asian country:

 China  9,    Japan  9,    Singapore  6,   Thailand  5,   Taiwan 4,   S.  Korea 3,   India 2

 

 

   Michelin Stars (2020) comparison among Asian cities

Michelin Guide cities

number of starred restaurants

number of 3-stars restaurants

number of 2 stars

1 star

Tokyo (Japan) 226 11 48 167
Hong Kong,
Macau
85 10