Four Vietnamese restaurants get Michelin stars for the first time
On the evening of June 6, Michelin Guide announced the list of the first Michelin-starred restaurants in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, including: Anan Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City; Gia, Hibana by Koki and Tam Vi, all in Hanoi.
Dining Saigon is a contemporary Vietnamese restaurant. Chef Peter Cuong Franklin of An Can Saigon has applied modern cooking techniques to street food recipes to create delicious flavors, thereby helping the restaurant be honored with a MICHELIN Star.
Gia (Hanoi) is a contemporary Vietnamese restaurant by Chef Sam Tran. The restaurant received a MICHELIN Star for its seasonal menu, inspired by Vietnamese culinary heritages.
Hibana by Koki (Hanoi) offers an impressive visual experience with a 14-seat restaurant in the basement of the Capella Hotel, where Chef Hiroshi Yamaguchi demonstrated skillful and meticulous teppanyaki processing, delivering flavorful dishes. rich delicious taste. The dishes on the menu have a luxurious feel, made with premium ingredients imported directly from Japan on a twice-weekly schedule, including abalone, spiny lobster, sea urchin and sea urchin. , Yaeyama Kyori beef and Hokkaido hairy crab.
Tam Vi (Hanoi) is a classic, Northern Vietnamese style teahouse restaurant with a collection of retro Chinese furniture and couplets carved on wooden planks. The restaurant mainly serves Northern Vietnamese dishes, but diners can also choose from some Central or Southern dishes.
The Michelin Guide is currently considered the world's most prestigious culinary guide, ranking restaurants through a "star" system. One star for the restaurant "with good quality food, worthy of stopping to enjoy". Two stars is "a restaurant with excellent food quality, worthy of returning guests". Three stars (the highest) is a place where "the quality of the food is excellent, worthy of planning to come and enjoy".
The late master chef – Joël Robuchon once asserted to Food & Wine magazine: “With one Michelin star, you grow about 20% of your business. Two stars, about 40% more and with three stars, it would be about 100%.” The presence of the Michelin Guide and the star rating also helped increase the workforce at Michelin-starred restaurants by 80%. Statistics and expectations at culinary venues around the world prove that the Michelin Guide and the list of starred food places are a "push", for not only the development of the cuisine but also both the economy and the tourism industry of the countries.
Cham chicken noodle soup, Obama bun cha… entered the Michelin category
In addition to 4 Michelin-starred restaurants, 103 restaurants in Vietnam were shortlisted according to three Michelin Selected categories (recommended by Michelin); Michelin Guide Special Awards (special awards) and Bib Gourmand (delicious eateries at affordable prices).
70 Michelin-recommended restaurants (Michelin Selected) include 32 restaurants in Hanoi and 38 restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City. Anh Vu fish cake, Huong Lien vermicelli (Bun Cha Obama), Yen Ninh chicken noodle soup, Au Trieu beef noodle soup, Prime Kitchen, Vietnam House... are on this list.
Bib Gourmand list includes 29 restaurants, including 13 restaurants in Hanoi and 16 restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City, including some representatives such as 1946 Cua Bac, Bun Cha Ta, Cha Ca Thang Long, Hello friend, Pho 10 Ly Quoc Su, Pho Hello, Pho Minh, Xoi Com,…
The owner of the chicken noodle soup Cham Yen Ninh (Hanoi) said that being on the Michelin Selected list is a great honor for the restaurant. Mrs. Cham is expected to organize a sale of 0 dong to thank customers for their support and love for the shop.
Ms. Ngo Thi Phi Nga, owner of Au Trieu beef noodle shop - one of 29 restaurants in the Bib Gourmand category, sees this as an opportunity to promote the restaurant's image to a large number of domestic and international tourists, thereby introducing about Vietnamese cuisine.
Mr. Ahmad Faiez Mohamed Pisal, managing director of Michelin Vietnam - said that these Michelin-listed restaurants will not only be known as the best restaurants in the city, region but also in the world. Through anonymous visits and rigorous evaluation, the appraisers ensure that only the finest and most distinctive dining experiences are recognized and deservedly honored on our first list. Michelin in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Nguyen Vu Quynh Anh – General Director of Sun Hospitality Group affirmed: “We understand that this historic milestone has just been established and the next journey, for Vietnam to have more Michelin awards. In the future, it will take a lot of effort. But with the presence of Michelin Guide, the efforts of chefs and people working in the culinary industry throughout Vietnam, we believe that, very soon, Vietnam will be a high-class culinary destination that Every international tourist needs to visit once in a lifetime.”
