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After a shaky start several years ago, Fu He Hui has really hit its stride. Read more...
Some of the new openings! Most of the closings! Get your fix here! Read more...
By now, you’ve probably already heard the news, bashed out by rows of media with laptops at the press conference: Michelin has manufactured more stars . The news was that Stefan Stiller’s Tai’an Table upgraded its celestial real estate to two stars. Even bigger was that
Heavy pressure on the hotel's new chef. Read more...
Outdated, overpriced, fully booked. What's going on here? Read more...
It may be a book I despise as much as Trump: The Art of The Deal , but there's no denying The Michelin Guide 's influence on restaurants. (Way too much influence, I would argue.) In order to assign all those heavy stars, they have to tour the city every so often, eating and judging their way around... Read more...
The Michelin Guide 2019 press conference -- the starmaker's event -- has just wrapped up, and the results are in: Habit Burger Grill, three stars; Fatburger, two stars; Carl's Jr, two stars; Burger King, Bib Gourmand. What else happened of note? Three-star T'ang Court lost a star. OUCH .
Opinions about, remembrances of and vitriol for Shanghai's celebrity chef brigade. Read more...
If you're looking for a good deal on a world class meal, check out this French cuisine special from Calypso in Jing'an Shangri-La and Michelin-accredited chef Nicolas Boutin. From March 22 to March 24, a three-course lunch is 238rmb and a five-course dinner is 488rmb. Options to tag on wine pairing on top of those prices.... Read more...
The Meituan-Dianping juggernaut shook things up yesterday in Shanghai , introducing a new ranking system for restaurants in 22 cities in China and five cities overseas including New York, Tokyo, and Paris that awards either one, two, or three stars — er,... Read more...
If you've been wandering around the city like a zombie, starving, slamming your head into walls, delirious with starvation, unable to find a mall restaurant that can serve you world-class food, the Michelin Guide 2018 edition was released yesterday and can help with a few recommendations. Some... Read more...
SmSh got a backstage pass to one of the greatest food shows on earth. Chris St. Cavish and photographer Charlie Xia go behind the scenes of Paul Pairet's Ultraviolet as they serve their new menu, UV-C. Read more...
Lots of face-meltingly bright red pomp and circumstance at the Michelin Guide awards ceremony , replete with robust and invigorating Price Is Right-style music as the chefs of Shanghai clambered onto the stage to accept their one, two, and three-star anointments from the world's most respected restaurant... Read more...
The Michelin migration from Hong Kong continues. 3Top is shuttered and gutted. And while we may have lost Shanghai's only Chinese-Japanese-Singaporean-Malaysian-Indian-Thai restaurant and wine bar, it appears we'll be gaining something of a big name in its stead: Xin Dau Ji. This classic Cantonese restaurant... Read more...
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