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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.

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

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 2022-7-12 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

	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
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★ 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
★ 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 / Liberté, Sho承
guide.michelin.com/tw/en/article/dining-out/what-michelin-inspectors-said-new-star-restaurants-taipei-taichung-tainan-kaohsiung-2022

★ Nikkei Asia (Japan), 2022-5-6: Costs, 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, 2022-1-19: Many 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

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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	19	56
Kyoto (Japan)	100	8	21	77
Osaka (Japan)	111	3	16	79
Seoul (Korea)	31	2	7	22
Singapore	44	2	5	37
Taipei (TW)	25	1	6	19
Shanghai (China)	23	1	2	20

★ To emergently rescue dying tourism, Taiwan spent huge money to have <Michelin Guide> Taipei

pic.: 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.

● Compare to Chinese world - Shanghai, HK, Macao, Singapore:

Michelin Guide 2018	3 star	2 star	1 star	num. of stars	Bib Gourmand
Hong Kong, Macau	8	16	57	81	82
Singapore jun'17	1	7	30	38	38
Shanghai sept'17	2	6	22	30	26
Taipei	1	2	17	20	36

★ Lonely Planet, 2022-9-30:What to eat and drink in Taiwan / Yongkang Beef Noodles, Taipei. pearl milk tea, zhenzhu naicha (珍珠奶茶) in Chun Shui Tang, Taipei. gooey oyster omelets (蚵仔煎), ‘salt-crisp’ fried chicken tossed with basil leaves and five-spice, and shaved ice desserts (剉冰) in Miaokou Night Market, Keelung. aboriginal Formosans cuisine: wild boar served with onions and greens, steamed rice stuffed into bamboo tubes, and millet wine – once the tonic of tribal rituals. You might also encounter dishes of betel-nut salad, bird’s nest fern and even flying squirrel try it in Taiya Popo, Yilain. lonelyplanet.com/articles/what-to-eat-and-drink-in-taiwan

★ Seattle Times, 2021-8-14: In Taiwan, big data turns pig’s blood and century eggs into hot pizza toppings / In 2019, Domino’s Pizza created the boba — a pizza served with sweet tapioca pearls as an homage to the popular bubble milk tea. ... ramen and spicy hot pot pizza. It even made a pizza topped with durian — a thorny fruit ... The latest invention — featuring a street delicacy made of sticky rice and pig’s blood, and preserved eggs — broke Pizza Hut’s previous sales record set by the durian pizza. “Every now and then, Taiwanese will go crazy over a new popular, well-talked about food” . “Taste does not seem to be their top priority.” seattletimes.com/nation-world/in-taiwan-big-data-turns-pigs-blood-and-century-eggs-into-hot-pizza-toppings/

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Michelin Star restaurants in Taipei, TaiChung, Aug. 2021

guide.michelin.com/tw/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-taipei-taichung-2021-new-star-restaurants-en
　

Michelin three stars
　
Le Palais (頤宮)

Taipei city

Michelin two stars
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon (侯布雄); Logy; Raw; Shoun Ryugin (祥雲龍吟);
Sushi Amamoto (鮨天本); Taïrroir; The Guest House (請客樓)

Michelin one star

A Cut; Danny's Steakhouse (教父牛排)
Da-Wan (大腕); De Nuit
Fujin Tree Taiwanese Cuisine & Champagne (Songshan) (富錦樹台菜香檳)（松山）
Golden Formosa (金蓬萊遵古台菜餐廳); Impromptu by Paul Lee
Ken Anhe (謙安和); Kitcho (吉兆割烹壽司)
Longtail; Ming Fu (明福台菜海鮮)
Mipon (米香); Molino de Urdániz (渥達尼斯磨坊)
Mountain and Sea House (山海樓)
Mudan (牡丹); Sushi Akira (明壽司)
Sushi Nomura (鮨野村); Sushi Ryu (鮨隆)
T+T; Tien Hsiang Lo (天香樓); Ya Ge (雅閣)

　

Michelin two stars : JL Studio
Michelin one star: Fleur de Sel (鹽之華), Forchetta,
Oretachi No Nikuya (俺達的肉屋), Sur (澀)

TaiChung City

　

　

Michelin bib-gourmand in Taiwan, 2021

restaurant's name type contact
restaurant's name

type

contact

My Tsao
Taiwanese 9-1, Lane 100, Songjiang Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei, 104, Taipei & Taichung
Da-Qiao-Tou Tube Rice Pudding

　
street food 41, Section 3, Yanping North Road, Datong District, Taipei, 110, Taipei & Taichung

A Cheng Goose
Taiwanese 105 Jilin Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei, 104, Taipei & Taichung
Shih Chia Big Rice Ball

　
street food 02-25857655

Fu Hang Soy Milk戶杭
Dim Sum 108, Section 1, Zhongxiao East Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei, 100, Taipei & Taichung
Lao Shan Dong Homemade Noodles

　
noodles 02-23891216

Mao Yuan茂園
Taiwanese 185, Section 2, Chang'an East Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei, 104, Taipei & Taichung 02-27528587
Sate House

　
Indonesia 02-2732 5048

Tao Luan Ting Roast Peking Duck Palace

　
Beijing Cuisine 02-2778 7805
Lo Chi Hsiao Chao

　
street food 27, Alley 50, Lane 39, Tonghua Street, Da'an District, Taipei, 110, Taipei & Taichung

Serenity (Zhongzheng)

　
vegetarian 02-2357-0377
Yu Pin Yuan Iced and Hot Tangyuan

　
street food 0955861816

MoonMoonFood (Qingdao East Road)雙月

　
Taiwanese 02-3393 8953
Liang Chi Lu Wei梁記滷味
street food Alley 50, Lane 39, Tonghua Street, Da'an District, Taipei, 110, Taipei & Taichung

Jen Ho Yuan 人和園

　
Yunnanese 02-2536 4459
Do It True (Xinyi)都一處

　
Beijing 02-2720 6417

Taj

　
India 02-8773 0175
Yi Jia Zi

　
small eats 02-23115241

A Kuo Noodles

　
noodles 02-2531-0009
Sung Kitchen

　
Beijing 02-2764 4788

Tsui Feng Yuan

　
Cantonese 02-2577 9528
Wu Wang Tsai Chi

　
Street Food 0930406677

Tsui Feng Yuan

　
Cantonese 02-2577 9528
Unnamed Clay Oven Roll

　
Street Food Lane 311, Section 2, Zhonghua Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei, 110, Taipei & Taichung

Tien Hsia San Chueh

　
noodles 02-2741 6299
Chang Hung Noodles

　
Street Food 15 Huaxi Street, Wanhua District, Taipei, 108, Taipei & Taichung

Liu Yu Zi

　
street food Ningxia Road, Datong District, Taipei, 110, Taipei & Taichung
Yuan Fang Guabao

　
Street Food 02-23810249

Fang Chia Shredded Chicken on the Rice

　
street food 44-2 Ningxia Road, Datong District, Taipei, 110, Taipei & Taichung
Stinky Tofu Boss

　