To receive a MICHELIN star, what criteria must the first 4 Vietnamese restaurants meet?

Of the 103 restaurants honored in the first edition of MICHELIN Guide Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City, the “one MICHELIN star” rating was awarded to 3 restaurants in Hanoi and 1 in Ho Chi Minh City, thanks to their delicious cooking quality and outstanding culinary experience, worthy of visitors stopping to enjoy when coming to Vietnam.

The four restaurants that received stars include:

Anan Saigon (HCMC) : Anan Saigon is a contemporary Vietnamese restaurant. Chef Peter Cuong Franklin of Anan Saigon has applied modern cooking techniques to street food recipes to create delicious flavors that have helped the restaurant earn a MICHELIN star. Whether you order fresh tuna tartare, herb-mozzarella-roasted duck mini pizzas, pork and shrimp tacos, or wagyu beef pho with bone marrow, everything has the ideal balance of flavors and textures.

GIA ( Hanoi ) : GIA is a contemporary Vietnamese restaurant by Chef Sam Tran. The restaurant has been awarded a MICHELIN Star for its seasonally changing menu, inspired by Vietnam's culinary heritage. GIA's signature dishes are elaborately and beautifully presented, highlighting the delicate blend of flavors, with refreshing sourness and texture playing a prominent role.

Hibana by Koki (Hanoi) : Hibana by Koki offers an impressive visual experience with a 14-seat dining counter in the basement of Capella Hotel, where Chef Hiroshi Yamaguchi performs a skillful and meticulous teppanyaki preparation, bringing delicious and rich flavors to the dishes. The dishes on the menu bring a sense of luxury, made from high-quality ingredients imported directly from Japan on a twice-weekly schedule, including abalone, spiny lobster, sea urchin, Yaeyama Kyori beef and Hokkaido hairy crab.

Tam Vi (Hanoi) : Tam Vi is a restaurant with a classic teahouse style, typical of Northern Vietnam with a collection of nostalgic Chinese-style furniture and wooden couplets. The restaurant mainly serves Northern Vietnamese home-cooked meals, but diners can also choose some Central or Southern dishes. The outstanding dishes here include Cha Oc served with herbs, rice noodles and fish sauce; or Canh cua mung oi with a prominent crab flavor and clear broth.

Additionally, 29 dining establishments received Bib Gourmand awards (a list of judges' favorites that includes quality food at affordable prices).

The Bib Gourmand award honors MICHELIN Guide restaurants that offer “worth-every-cent” cuisine. These are restaurants that are considered “top picks” by MICHELIN Guide reviewers, are also popular with MICHELIN Guide readers, and are highly rated for their affordable menus, while still maintaining the quality of food and service.

This year, the Bib Gourmand list features 29 restaurants and dining establishments. There are 13 locations in Hanoi and 16 in Ho Chi Minh City. More than 50% of the list serves Vietnamese cuisine or street food, highlighting the widespread popularity and strong ties to local culture of street food.

13 Bib Gourmand dining establishments in Hanoi include:

1946 Cua Bac, Bun Cha Ta (Nguyen Huu Huan Street), Cha Ca Thang Long, Chao Ban, Don Duck Old Quarter, Habakuk, Pho 10 Ly Quoc Su, Pho Bo Au Trieu, Pho Ga Nguyet, Pho Gia Truyen, The East, Tuyet Bun Cha 34, and Xoi Com.

16 Bib Gourmand dining establishments in Ho Chi Minh City include:

Mother In's Kitchen (Le Thanh Ton), Chay Garden, Ba Ghien Broken Rice, Cuc Gach Quan, Dim Tu Tac (Dong Du), Hong Phat (District 3), Hum Garden, Pho Chao, Pho Hoa Pasteur, Pho Hoang, Pho Huong Binh, Pho Le (District 5), Ky Dong Chicken Noodle Soup, Pho Minh, Pho Phuong, and Xoi Bat.

In addition, 70 other dining establishments are recommended in the MICHELIN Guide (32 in Hanoi and 38 in Ho Chi Minh City), collectively referred to as MICHELIN Selected dining establishments.

To receive a MICHELIN star, what criteria must the first 4 Vietnamese restaurants meet? - 2 — 70 dining establishments made the MICHELIN Selected list.

Overall, street food and local cuisine once again dominate. However, as more international tourists come to Vietnam, other types of cuisine will have the opportunity to develop. It can be seen that French, European, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Latin American or Mediterranean restaurants are also making their way onto the list.

Some examples are La Badiane (Hanoi), a charming French restaurant with a fusion of different cuisines; Truffle (HCMC), a contemporary French restaurant; TUNG Dining (Hanoi), The Monkey Gallery Dining (HCMC) both follow contemporary European cuisine; Akira Back (Hanoi) and Lua (HCMC) serve Japanese dishes.

5 criteria for evaluating restaurants according to MICHELIN star standards include:
1 - Quality of raw materials
2 - Chef's cooking techniques
3 - Food quality
4 - Restaurant style, staff attitude
5 - The value of the food is commensurate with the price
The MICHELIN Guide notes that these standards are consistent worldwide. This means that MICHELIN-starred restaurants in Vietnam are of the same quality as similar restaurants around the world.

Cong Hieu

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