Entries tagged with 'Michelin'
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Just announced: The star rankings of the Michelin 2010 Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country. The highlights? Three Stars: The French Laundry is still alone at the top Two Stars: Coi, Cyrus, Manresa, and The Restaurant at Meadowood take the two-stars Newbies: Aziza, Commis, La Toque, Luce, Sante, Terra and Ubuntu all get their first star The full list, after the jump....
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Chan Yan Tak, one of whose dim sum dishes was once described as "like eating clouds," has become the first Chinese chef to be awarded three Michelin stars. Despite the celestial nature of his cooking, we're told that the executive chef of Hong Kong's Lung King Heen is a very modest man. With no formal culinary training, he started working in kitchens at the age of 13. Mr. Chan is in good company. Only one other restaurant in the Hong Kong-Macau Michelin Guide unveiled today was awarded the maximum three stars; it's run by a chef you may have heard of—Joël Robuchon. Take a peek at Lung King Heen's menu. Of particular note is the Children's Menu, which is split...
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The 2009 edition of the San Francisco, Bay Area, and Wine Country Michelin Guide goes on sale tomorrow. Here's word on the starrage: "The French Laundry remains the sole Michelin three-star selection, Coi joins the ranks of Michelin two-star restaurants, and Murray Circle, Plumed Horse, Trevese and The Village Pub join the Michelin one-star selections." $11.53, from Amazon.com...
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Randall Stross compared Yelp and Zagat in the New York Times on Sunday. While he correctly noted that Yelp now covers more restaurants than Zagat, and uses this as a launching pad to compare and contrast the two companies, he leaves out the most relevant points. Most notably, he completely whiffs on recent business goings-on in the world of user-generated restaurant reviews. My first question is what do serious eaters think about both Zagat and Yelp? And while you ponder that, here's what Stross should have pointed out in his comparison....
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ViaMichelin.com How does an over one-century-old restaurant rating publication translate to the digital era? It lets diners not on Michelin's payroll do most of the work. Taking a Yelp-ian approach to user-generated content, the recently-revamped ViaMichelin site offers a forum for cuisine discussion, real-time traffic updates, interactive maps, Microsoft-powered satellite images, digital trip planners and mobile phone accessibility, all free. Back in 1900, the original Michelin guide was also free in an effort to promote tourism; only in 1920 did the red books start costing you. ViaMichelin again demonstrates the value of free information, but so far, the site is pretty ugly and slim on content, even if three-million users are registered, as German weekly magazine Spiegel reports. This isn't...
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In a further attempt at globalizing its brand, the Michelin Guide has, as we reported last March, now been introduced in Japan. New York Times reports today that,-->As was the case when Michelin introduced its American guides in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, the ride has not been all that smooth. Lots of interesting stuff in this New York Times story: Many Japanese food critics, pundits, and serious eaters feel that the Michelin folks do not have the expertise and experience to properly judge Japanese food, although, like Michelin's American forays, it has enlisted the help of locals. I have always been skeptical about Michelin's American efforts....
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This November, Michelin will be publishing its premiere Tokyo Guide, marking the first time France's renowned bible of gastronomy has set its gaze outside of Europe and North America. As you might well imagine, local purists are agog at the idea of outsiders judging their food, but "to quell concern that Michelin's ratings would impose French tastes on centuries-old Japanese customs, Michelin dispatched both Japanese and European food critics to Tokyo's eateries, company spokeswoman Yoko Ikejima said. "Our staff is fully trained to base their evaluations on Michelin's universal standards, as well as on a full understanding of local traditions," Ikejima said."...
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If you've got $25,000 lying around that you don't know what to do with and you've got December 2nd free, buy yourself a seat at Thailand's Epicurean Masters of the World grand finale dinner—six chefs des cuisines with three Michelin Stars apiece will be flown in from France and Italy to contribute one or two signature dishes to the menu, each paired with one of the world's most exquisite wines. The chefs: Antoine Westermann of Buerehisel (Alsace, France), Chef Jean Michel Lorain of La Cote Saint Jacques (Joigny, France), Chef Marc Meneau of L’Esperance (Vezelay, France), Chef Luisa Valazza of Al Sorriso (Piedmont, Italy) Chef Heinz Beck of La Pergola (Rome, Italy) and Chef Annie Feolde of Enoteca Pinchiorri (Florence,...
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Adrian Moore peeks at French papers for the first look at the French Michelin Guide results for 2007. Here's the Le Figaro article in French. Promoted: Anne-Sophie Pic's Maison Pic (making her the first three-starred woman), Philippe Barbot and Christophe Rohat's l'Astrance, Frédéric Anton's Le Pré Catelan, Yannick Alléno's Le Meurice. Demoted: Marc Veyrat's recently sold La Ferme de Mon Père, Le Cinq, Philippe Legendre's George V, Le Taillevent, Bueherisel, L'Esperance (which just declared bankruptcy)....
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