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5 star restaurants in Taiwan don't wash vegetables before cooking/eating, not to mention avg. restaurants!?   The best-known expert in toxic study: Minimize the times of dining out to protect your health !

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 ●  Michelin Guide Taipei was released at 3-14-2018, Taiwanese cuisine was not valued high, only 2 restaurants won 1 star each,  European and Japanese dishes won most stars, 3 and 2 starred honors are belong to Chinese dishes and Japanese cuisine,  3 starred chefs are from Hong Kong (Canton) and Macau.   In contrast, Chinese cuisine earned most stars of Michelin Shanghai China, only four European tastes entered 1 ~ 2 starred list.   In Michelin Hong Kong & Macao, most starred restaurants' signatures are Chinese cuisine and local specialty.   The number of stars Taiwan obtained is much less than those of Shanghai, HK, Macao, and Singapore.   Furthermore, unlike those in Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Taiwan's night-market, street food failed to won any Michelin star.

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Bloomberg 3-15-2018  
Number of Restaurants of Asian cities with 3 Michelin Stars
Michelin Guide City

number of 3-stars (3星數)
Tokyo (日本東京)                                                 
Kyoto(日本)                              
Hong Kong, Macau
 (港澳)

                             

Osaka(日本大阪)

        

Seoul (韓國首爾)

    

Shanghai (上海)

    

Singapore (新加坡)

Taipei  (台北)

ps: The total number of Michelin stars of Singapore is more than that of Taiwan

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Total number of Michelin Stars comparison among Chinese-world cities
Michelin Guide 2018

3 star

2 star

1 star

num. of stars (星數)
Hong Kong, Macau  (港澳) 8 16 57 81
Singapore (新加坡) jun'17 1 7 30 38
Shanghai (上海) sept'17 2 6 22 30
Taipei  (台北) 1 2 17 20

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●  China Times - Want Weekly, No.185 (2017): To emergently save dying tourism, Taiwan government spent NT$90,000,000 (USD 3 millions) to invite <Michelin Guide> to Taiwan in 2018.   In contrast,  The China Times, 7-9-2017: The budget for Taiwan food safety is allocated only NT$1 to each person, on average, it's so poor !!   This site urges: we want food safety much more than good eat or food advertisements.

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● According to  "Asia's 50 Best Restaurants" (2018) , Thailand Bangkok's Gaggan consecutively got in the first place,  the number of Japanese restaurants selected is 11, Hong Kong & Macao 10,  Thailand 9、Singapore 7,  Korea and Taiwan both are 3, but Korea won the 11th grade, the best ever position that Taiwan got in this year is the 15th  (RAW, 18th MUME,  47th Shoun Ryugin),  China got the 8th position.  https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/asia-50-best-restaurants-2018/index.html

● According to The World's Best Restaurants (2017) , Taiwan is not included in the list, Thailand got No.7, Singapore No.14, Japan 18th, HK 24th, Shanghai 41th.  In total, 5 Japanese , 4 Chinese, 3 Singapore, 2 Thailand, 1 Korean, 1 India restaurant(s) entered top 100.   http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/1-50-winners#t51-100.

　

●  CNN (1-4-2017) "Best New Restaurants" included Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia Bali, Arab Dubai, ... but not any Taiwan's restaurants. 

●  New York Times (2-24-2017):   Taipei ... has a street food scene as vibrant as that of Bangkok; restaurants that specialize in both Taiwanese and regional cuisines from around China; thousands of cheap and cheerful joints at which to drink cold beer with small plates and quick stir-fries; ....  ref to https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/travel/taipei-taiwan-restaurants-local.html

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● According to CNN (2-29-2016) "Asia's 50 Best Restaurants" , only two Taiwanese restaurants are selected (leMout Taichung (No.30) and Raw Taipei (No.46)), the number was ranked No. 9 in Asia, next to Singapore (10 restaurants selected )、Hong Kong(9)、Japan(8)、Thailand(4, but Gaggan got best award)、China(3)、Korea、India、Sri Lanka； China's 3 restaurants ranking No. 7,18, 28 respectively ,  higher than Taiwan's 。Besides, only one Taiwanese restaurant selected serves Taiwanese food. (http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/29/foodanddrink/asia-best-restaurant-2016/index.html)
● According to The World's Best Restaurants (2016) , Taiwan is not included in the list (Italia Osteria Francescana got No.1, Spain El Celler de Can Roca No.2 ), 8 Asian restaurants are selected, including Japan Narisawa (No.8), H.K. Amber (No.20), Thail Gaggan (23), Singapore Andre (No. 32),  Japan 龍吟 (31), Thai Nahm (37), China Shanghai's Ultraviolet  by P.P. (42). / UDN 6-16-2016.
 ● In UK's Economist Intelligence Unit - Global Food Security Index ( Sept., 2017), Taiwan is not included , China's score of 2017 is 63.7, ranks 45th among 113 nations ( Singapore 4, Japan 18, Korea 24, Ireland 1, US 2, UK 3,);  In EIU Liveability Country Level Index (Jan. 2015), Taipei's "Food Security Index" ("1" means "Most Secure") is "42", same score as all other communist China's major cities, e.g., GuangZhou, TianJin, Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai.  Most-secure-food cities include New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington D.C., all are Index "1",  Paris Index is "3" ,  Zurich and Amsterdam index "5", Brussels "7".  China's "Food Security Index" of 2016 is No. 42,  some other top 40 Asian countries are Singapore No.3,  Qatar No. 20, Japan No.22, Korea No. 28, UAE No. 30, Saudi Arabia No. 32, Malaysia No. 35, Thailand No. 51, Vietnam No. 57,  world top 11 are USA, Ireland, Singapore, Australia, Nederland, France, Germany, Canada, UK, Sweden, NZ.

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best street food - braised pork rice in Taiwan

　

CNN（ 7-24-2015）"40 Taiwanese foods we can't live without" -  ranking No.1 is Gin-Fon(金鋒)
Braised pork rice, which is next to Nan-Men Market (on Roosevelt Rd. - for honoring US former president);
NT50 for Large-sized , NT30 Small-sized.  But, pls. note no braised egg (NT10) in CNN website's pic.
(8-4-2015) is included in the pork rice, besides, according to United Daily (4-30-2011, 6-5-2014),
braised pork rice was selected as one of 10 unhealthy, dangerous Taiwanese foods
in night market (see tbl. ), however this never affects a long queue at front of Gin-Fon restaurant.
　

　

　

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CNN: best beef noodle in Taiwan
　

　

　
　

　

CNN（7-24-2015）recommands 40 Taiwanese foods that we can't live without, the picture above is No.2  food
 ― Lin_Dong_Fang beef noodle in Ba-de road, Taipei. (neighborhood of the headquarter of KMT, Taiwan's ruling political-party '08 ~ '16)
you can see a long queue in each weekday's dining time , but, It looks bit awful (moved to next lane '18 ),  even it tastes awesome,
how do Westerners feel about the "restaurant"?  another one CNN recommended is TaoYuan Street Lao Wang beef noodle,
their beef is sort of pink-colored (look like roast beef), very tender, and less salty than Lin Dong-Fang's.

　

　

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◎ Discovery (USA) called oyster omelette as  "Taiwanese Viagra".  Oyster omelet is best dish / most typical snack in Taiwan.
◎ Taiwanese government (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) announced via Guardian (UK) and United Daily (Taiwan) in 2010 that Taiwan
 will spend NT1 billion dollars on promoting "country brand" by popularizing typical foods, oyster omelet and stinky tofu... although Bizarre
 Foods of Andrew Zimmern in Nov. '15 mentioned Americans are afraid of street foods ...

　
　

　

　

oyster omelet reported by Discovery USA

 oyster omelet reported by CNN 7-24-2015

ShiLin night market's "Grandmom's family" (「阿婆之家」) oyster omelet was one of 2 stores

 earliest-selling oyster omelets in Taiwan.

"Loyalty" / "Zhong Cheng" (「忠誠號」) is

another most famous Taiwanese oyster

omelette in ShiLin night market.
"The Circle Side" ("圓環邊" no.46 Nin-Xia

 Rd., ) oyster omelet was reported by

Discovery (USA), Michelin Plate 3-14-2018 included this shop.

"Lai Ji" oyster omelet was ranked as No.3 "Taiwanese foods we can't live without"

by CNN (July 24, 2015)

　

　

 ps: The Liberty Times (9-18-2015 Weekender): some businesses used soaking in phosphatic water to enlarger oysters, formaldehyde (HCHO) to extend oysters expiration, borax(硼砂) to whiten (or avoid dark / black color) oysters ... better select shops with reputation.
　

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1.  Michelin Taipei

          ★ (1)  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.   In contrast,  The China Times, 7-9-2017: The budget for food safety is allocated only NT1 to each person, on average, so poor !!

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●   Apple Daily, 11-20-2017 : Almost all world countries are more and more strict with food safety, only Taiwan is more and more relaxed in legislating for food safety.   In this way, how can Taiwan have a reputation on "fine food kingdom" ?  (breif)  /  by 邱致穎, chair, and teacher of food science, TungHai University. 

●  This site urged :  Taiwanese want food safety, much more than good eat or food advertisements for promoting tourism.  When having Michelin recommended food, sometimes we may need to put aside factor of health, for instance:

      ◆  One Michelin Bib Gourmand stall put their "to go"  main-dish hot soup in plastic bag, hence, customers  likely eat  plasticisers and something  ―  their main foods are animal organs (viscera), Int'l medical web advised "organ meats carry some risks", offals are not considered "staple of the Western diet" (usually muscle meats only). ps: cholesterol in lean pork about 60mg. ,pork  liver 420mg.

      ◆  Din Tai Fung's Xiao Long Bao (steamed bun mainly stuffed with pork meat) may give you extra fat - according to Apple Daily 3-9-2018,  3 pieces of steamed bun contain fat 14.7g.  Medical or Nutrition websites usually advise daily fat intake is : dietary fat 55-65 g. (saturated fat (飽和脂肪) can only take about 22.2 g. per day)

     ◆  CTV evening news (3-14-2018)  interviewed a starred chef, he recommended 5-star hotel restaurant's creative food using  ingredient - hundred-year egg,  which is a processed or preserved (not fresh) food, may contain some metal elements, usually is a suspected food.

     ◆  Some  Michelin restaurants failed to pass health or sanitary inspections more than once before, or made dishes containing toxic material (食物「中鏢」) may cause cancer, according to LTN 7-29-'15 and so on.

　

　

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

　

Michelin Guide 2018

3 star
 (三星)

2 star
 (二星)

1 star
 (一星)

num. of stars

Bib Gourmand
Hong Kong, Macau
 (港澳)		 8 16 57 81 82
Singapore (新加坡) jun'17 1 7 30 38 38
Shanghai (上海) sept'17 2 6 22 30 26
Taipei  (台北) 1 2 17 20 36

　

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 The purpose of Taiwan's spending huge money on inviting Michelin, one is to promote dying tourism - probably won't be successful, because  the number of Michelin fans is limited, and consumers usually go to leading brands, e.g., eating French food in France, Japanese cuisine in Nippon, Taipei's former tourism gov. leader pointed out at ADN 3-22-2018 that "all ingredients in starred Japanese restaurants in Taiwan are imported from Japan".

Furthermore,  rich tourists may not be interested in Taiwan's environment, secondly, to change Taiwanese "greedy" habit - all-u-can-eat & worth-the-value (UDN 3-15-2018), most likely will fail, advertising and political field suppose knew  this well , Taiwanese are "realistic", even Washington Post mentioned this at early 2017 in satiric mode.

　

　

　
　 　

●  Which restaurants may get Michelin star ??  predicts by  UDN 10-19-2017, United Daily, 11-7-2017

　 ● L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon (侯布雄法式餐廳,Taipei)

● ShinYeh (欣葉) Taiwanese cuisine restaurant

● Landis Taipei(亞都麗緻), Paris 1930 (avg price of dinner : NT3300-3800 plus 10%)

● Mandarin Oriental Taipei (東方文華), Yage (雅閣), PUTTO BELLO Italian cuisine

　

● 寒舍食譜, 君品酒店頤宮, 101食藝軒, 明福Taiwanese cuisine,  山海樓 Taiwanese cuisine

● 祥雲龍吟 (3 star in Tokyo, 2 star in Hong Kong)

● Orchid Restaurant, Mume, 態芮,  世貿聯誼社, 蔦

 

　

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          ★  (2)  Michelin Guide Taipei  , 3-14-2018 1:00 pm

　

Michelin starred restaurants in Taipei : 20 in total, one 3 starred, two 2 starred

statistics : 2 Taiwanese cuisine restaurants, 4 Chinese restaurants, 6 Japanese cuisine,  5 Euro. restaurants, 2 creative cuisine (Western taste too)

餐廳名(restaurant name)

聯絡(contact)

地址(address)

特色 ( specialities & remarks)
◆ 米其林3星 (Michelin 3 starred restaurants)
頤宮 ( Le Palais ) 21819985 www.palaisdechinehotel 君品酒店 (Palais de Chin Hotel, next to Taipei Main Station; No. 3, sec. 1, Chan-De Rd), 台北後火車站 承德路一3
　
廣式點心與中華筵席料理
先知鴨和火焰片皮鴨, 建議預訂幼鴨, 豆腐菜式, 原味蛋塔 (Chinese cuisine with hand-picked fresh ingredients, Cantonese dim sum, Chinese banquet cuisines : Cantonese-style crispy roast duck, preorder baby duck;  the tofu dishes and the baked egg custard tarts); avg. consumption : NTD 1800-2000 / person

　
◆ 米其林2星 (Michelin 2 starred restaurants)
祥雲龍吟 ( RyuGin Taipei Restaurant ) 8501 5808 樂群三路301號  (No.301 Lequn 3rd Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan ) 時尚創意日式料理 - 東京總店"龍吟"連7 年獲得米其林3星 (Michelin Tokyo), 台灣分店"祥雲龍吟" , 使用台灣蔬菜海鮮, 融合了本土烹調味 製作日式料理 (Japanese contemporary delivers similarly creativity - Japanese cuisine by using Taiwan's seafood and vegetables); avg. : 7th class cuisine NTD4200+, 10th class NTD6500+
請客樓 ( The Guest House ) 2321 5511ext 8116 忠孝東一12 (17F., No.12, Sec. 1, ZhongXiao E. Rd., Sheraton ) 餐廳佈置簡單, 川揚麵食為基礎&蘇杭菜系 並融合本土特色 - 核桃棗煎餅、香濃燉湯、麻油雞飯、紅麴豬尾、千層百頁豆腐... (Si-Chun province cuisine, Jiang-Su province & HangZhou dishes / Signature dishes : double-steamed soups, chicken rice with sesame oil, pork tail braised in red yeast rice, millefeuille tofu skin)  ; avg. : NTD 1780-3680 / person
◆ 米其林1星  (Michelin 1 starred restaurants)
大腕燒肉 ( Da-Wan ) 27110179 敦化南路一段177巷22 ( 22, ln.177, sec.1, Dun-Hua S Rd) 燒肉 /  真空包裝冷藏、熟成至少三星期的牛肉,  均消費額NT$1500-3000 (BBQ meat /  grill  Beef is chilled, never frozen, and is aged in vacuum pack for no less than 21 days;  avg. consumption exp. NT$1500-3000)
教父牛排 (Danny's SteakHouse ) 85011838 樂群三路58號 (58 , Le-Qun 3rd Rd) 牛排 / 荔枝木烹牛排、 自製酸種麵包、  薯條和甜品 (steak/  lychee wood in a broiler from the U.S
homemade sourdough, French fries and desserts are hard to find fault with.   avg. consumption exp. NT$500-1500)
金蓬萊遵古台菜 (Golden Formosa)  28711517  天母東路101號 (101,  Tian-Mu E Rd) 古台菜 / 北投  酒家菜，味道偏濃重，家族獨門秘方，招牌菜排骨酥，臺灣豬腹斜排，佛跳牆; 均消費額NT$500-1500  ( traditional Taiwanese dishes / they started serving heavily seasoned BeiTou 'night-club/bar food' to go with alcoholic drinks,  old days family recipes,  signature: deep-fried pork ribs w crispy crust,  Buddha- Jumps-Over-The-Wall  chicken soup & 10-plus gourmet ingredients , avg. consumption exp. NT$500-1500.
謙安和 (Ken Anho) 27008128 安和路一段127巷4  (4, ln.127, sec.1, An-He Rd) 壽司 (sushi)   , avg. consumption exp. : lunch NTD3800 / person, dinner NTD 5800/ person
吉兆割烹壽司 (Kitcho) 27711020 忠孝東路四段181巷48 (48, ln.181, sec.4, Zhong-Xiao E Rd) 日本料理/   上成壽司  NTD1500-3000 (Japanese cuisine / Niigata rice is seasoned with three vinegars, including akazu that gives depth and umami; , avg. consumption exp. NTD1500-3000 )
L'ATELIER de Joel Robuchon (侯布雄法式餐廳) 87292628  松仁路28號 (28, Song-Ren Rd) 法國料理 / 上乘的用料和純熟的烹調技巧, 均消費額NT$500-1500  (French cuisine / French classics are re-invented with skill, care and a great deal of aplomb; avg. NT$500-1500)
La Cocotte by Fabien Verge 33223289  金山南路二段13巷20號106 (20, ln.13, sec.2, Jin-Shan S Rd) 時尚歐陸法國菜 /  僅20座位的時髦餐廳 , 老闆兼主廚曾在巴黎Alain Ducasse餐廳工作  ,  均消費額NT$1280 (Euro. & French cuisine /  20-seat chic restaurant,  owner-chef once work at Alain Ducasse in Paris, avg. consumption exp. NT$1280)
Longtail 27326616  敦化南路二段174號 (174, sec.2, Dun-Hua S Rd) 時尚歐陸菜/ 老闆兼主廚曾在各地一流餐廳工作數年,  均消費額NT$1140 ( restaurant & bar /
owner chef  worked in some of the world's best kitchens for years, avg. consumption exp. NT$1140  )
明福台菜海產 (Mingfu Taiwan seafood dishes) 25629287  中山北路二段137巷18-1號 (18-1, ln.137, sec.2, Zhong-Shan N. Rd ) 台式海鮮菜 /  佛跳牆 (可多添鮑魚代替魚翅)，古早瓜仔雞 , 小館子只有六張餐桌，且不設外賣, 均消費額 NT$500-1500  (Taiwanese seafood dishes / a tiny restaurant - six tables only, no "to go" order, signature : traditional braised chicken with pickled gourd, Buddha- Jumps-Over-The-Wall  chicken soup, if customers don't like shark-fin, they can replace it with some more abalones )
MUME 27000901 四維路28號 (28, Si-Wei Rd) 北歐風格時尚歐陸菜, 妙用花草使菜色美艷如畫, 店名是"梅花"的拉丁文, 均消費額NT$1700 ( melds New Nordic influences with Taiwanese ingredients, garnishes dishes with fresh herbs and flowers, avg. USD50+ )
RAW 85015800 樂群三路301號 (301, Le-Qun 3rd Rd)  創意料理 / André廚師江振誠 開設 , 部分菜式滲入street food - small eat元素,  均消費額NT$1850
 (creative cuisine /  owner-chef Singapore André Chiang ,  menu showcases's creative take on Taiwanese cuisine with the occasional street food influence, avg. USD60 )
鮨野村 (Nomura Sushi ) 27077518 仁愛路四段300巷19弄4號 (4, alley19, ln.300, sec.4, Ren-Ai Rd) 壽司 (sushi) / avg. NTD 1500-3000 / person
鮨隆 (sushi ryu ) 25818380  新生北路二段60-7號(60-7, sec.2, Sin-Sen N. Rd)  壽司吧 (sushi bar) / 魚肝壽司 (fish liver sushi), avg. NTD 3000/ person
Tairroir (態芮) 85015500 樂群三路299號(299, Le-Qun 3rd Rd  ) 創意料理 / 顛覆傳統概念，重新演譯新世代飲食精神，傳遞台灣經典，從不同角度體驗臺菜&台灣風土文化, 均消費額NT$1650 (reinventing Taiwanese cuisine, avg. NT$ 1650)
大三元 (3 coins)  23817180 衡陽路46號 (46, Heng-Yang Rd) 港式飲茶•新粵式料理 /  帶點臺式元素的廣東菜:  鮮茄大鮮鮑，苦茶油雞湯 ; 均消費額不超過NT$500 ( New Cantonese cuisine,  HK style dim sum/ classic Cantonese, with occasional Taiwanese touches:   Peking duck served with wholemeal flatbread; steamed abalone with fresh and sundried tomatoes; and chicken soup with bitter tea seed oil; avg. < NTD500)
天香樓 (landis hotels resorts)   25971234 民權東路二段41號 (41, sec.2, Minquan E Rd) 杭州菜, 中華料理 / 宋嫂魚羹、天香東坡肉、龍井蝦仁 神仙鴨魚丸湯 ( hangZhou dishes, Chinese cuisine / Fairy Duck soup by combining two Hangzhou classics, namely fish ball soup and braised duck with ham.  Dongpo pork and stir-fried river shrimps with long ching tea,  avg. NT$ 500-1500)
雅閣 (Ya Ge)  2715 6788 敦北158 (No. 158, Dun-Hua N Rd, Mandarin Oriental Hotel) 中華料理, 港點 /  華麗裝飾，典雅格調, 秋季時分大閘蟹菜式, 主廚經驗豐富。均消費額NT$500-1500  (Chinese cuisine, dim sum /  various set menus : hairy crab when in season, an array of Cantonese classics; experienced chef )
　

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ps: some info. from Apple Daily headlines, UDN, 3-7-2018 ; https://guide.michelin.com/tw/en/taipei

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    ★ (4)  "Michelin Star"  "branch restaurant" in Taiwan:  (data till Mar. 1, 2018)

    Actually, There's no Michelin starred restaurant in Taiwan before Mar. 2018.  All below are Michelin restaurants' Taiwan branches without any star.  
　

    ●   TimHoWan (添好運):  With nick-name "Global cheapest Michelin Star restaurant",   Hong Kong's TimHoWan 3 branches in 北角、深水埗, 大角咀 at 10-30-2014 gained Michelin one star title respectively, 3 stars in total。 Till early 2018, their Hong Kong (not Taiwan) restaurants won 1 star for consecutive 9 years.  But CTV evening news (12-12-2015 7:15pm) criticized some foods in Taiwan's TaiChung branch is not up to Michelin level, they have 9 branches in Taiwan now 3-'18.  contact 02-23703978, 04-24623078.

     ●  L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon (侯布雄法式餐廳,Taipei) :  Taipei's L'ATELIER ( Robuchon ) located in Bellavita is not a Michelin starred restaurant, although their fine-dining restaurants in Macau, Japan(惠比壽), Moroco won Michelin 3 star title each, L'atelier in New York, Paris, Singapore got 1 or 2 star,  in Hong Kong got a 3 star.  For Taipei branch contact 02-87292628.   for full details pls. check  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Michelin_starred_restaurants。

     ●   "龍吟" (name in Japan) won 3 star in Michelin Tokyo for consecutive 7 years - till early 2018,  祥雲龍吟 (its name in Taiwan) uses Taiwan's vegetables and seafood as ingredient.  contact 02-85015808.

     ●   YeShanghai (夜上海) in AMBROSIA Mutsukoshi XinYi (信義三越A4)  : Hong Kong's YeShanghai (馬可波羅6F) obtained Michelin 2 stars in  2012, one star in  2013, 2014 till present early 2018, its restaurant in Shanghai and Taipei never won a star till early 2018。contact 02-23450928.

     ●    low-price Asian Michelin (since May 2017) -   Liao-Fang Hong Kong chicken (了凡香港油雞 Hawker Chan ) in Singapore won 1 star for 2 years, it's just a stall in Singapore, however, it takes a form of restaurant in Taiwan, contact the one in opposite side of Taipei Main Station by 02-2311-8078, another branch is 04-24626178..

     ●   Din Tai Fung / Taiwan's Din Tai Fung was advertising itself a Michelin Star restaurant in 2015-2016, even Hong Kong branch just lost Michelin star title in 2015, 2016，Taiwan branch never won any star。http://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/topic/detail.html?id=ABFGD1ozBwlZFQNo

     ●   The 2016 Michelin Guide is now featuring wallet-friendly street food in the latest instalment of its Hong Kong and Macau hospitality guide edition (no "star" awarded).   The 'branch' of Taiwan's Dai Gwan Hujiao bing (wheat buns more accurately, pies or pockets, 台灣帝鈞碳烤胡椒餅) in Feng-Chia (逢甲) night market is included in 2016's street food list of Macau.   The boss said there're some difference between Taiwan's and Macau's.   The Hujiao bing in Macau's branch taste more salty, those in Taiwan taste more spicy (SETV news 11-6-2015). 

     ●    Kanpai Classic (老乾杯), in DaZi (大直), contact 02-8501-5556, in Mutsukoshi XinYi (信義三越), 02-27253311.

◎  ●   Tsuta in Japan won Michelin one star in Tokyo for consecutive 3 years.  They opens 2 branches in Taipei, TaiChung, Tsuta makes noodles by using Japan's flour, and uses stew-7-hours full chicken and very small clams (海瓜子) as soup base.
      ●    Celebrity Cuisine (名人坊), in Hi-Lai Hotel at Kaohsiung (高雄漢來), and then Tai-Nan and Tai-chung.    / ref. The China Times, 10-12-2017 , UDN 3-28-2018

     ●    ibuki by Takagi Kazuo (日本料理 ，日本神戶2星), 2 starred Japanese cuisine restaurant in Japan. 

     ●    厲家菜 (北京宮廷料理 ， 東京2星), Beijing Palace cuisine, won Michelin 2 star in Tokyo Japan.  

     ●    UKAI-TEI (日鐵板燒， 東京1星), Japanese cuisine won 1 star in Tokyo Japan,  they opened branch in Taiwan's Kaohsiung 晶英國際行館 .   ● 鳥喜Toriki   照燒  avg. NTD1000,  02-27232288.

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 2. Eating in Taiwan /  Chinese restaurants

中餐廳 (Chinese cuisine in Taiwan)

Best Chinese cuisine restaurants in Taiwan include: 

★Din Tai Fung ( 鼎泰豐), Its branches in Hong Kong obtained Michelin one star, but not any more at end of  2014, CNN (July 2015) dropped it to No.20 restaurant in Taiwan, Daily Meal (Oct. 2014) let it fall by 6 positions.  Din Tai Fung has been using MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) till present('15),  being suspicious of getting involved in Taiwan food scandal, and used G.M.(genetic modified) material until July of 2015.   details ... comment Din Tai Fung

★ YinYih restaurant - belongs to Chinese HuaiYang cuisine, intro. by Discovery of USA  ("銀翼", 淮揚菜系, 美國Discovery介紹 ) tel: 02-23417799

　

★ "Lon" restaurant - Shanghai original flavor, intro. once by Wall Street Journal, USA  (隆記菜館, 上海本幫菜,  美國華爾街日報Wall Street專文介紹)

　

★ Celestial restaurant, known for its Beijing Roast duck, intro. by Japanese magazine (天廚, 北京烤鴨, 日本刊物介紹)

　

★ Peng Yuan restaurant, Chinese HuNan province cuisine (彭園, 湖南菜系, 台灣大報介紹)

　

★ Beijing Do It True, since 1949, intro. by Discovery USA。

　

★ Chin Garden - SiChuan province cuisine, In XiMun Din there's a SiChuan cuisine street ("黔園", 台灣大報介紹, 四川菜系,  西門酊康定路25巷是川菜街   )、

　

★ Chinese two provinces - Yunnan and Kweichow  cuisin 人和園(雲貴菜)

　

★ NanMen market, a most famous cuisine shop - ycyf.com.tw ("億長御坊", 年菜、中國傳統家常菜 -  自由時報等介紹)、a branch in Taipei 101 F1 supermarket (南門市場內有些知名年菜店如合興糕餅、隆記等)、

　

★ Braised snacks / munchies:  JengJi.com.tw(正記, salty ducks鹽水鴨etc)、LauTianLu.com.tw(老天祿,braised duck tongue滷鴨舌etc)、LaoTianLu.com.tw(上海老天祿 braised duck tongue 滷鴨舌etc )、信遠齋(smoked chicken燻雞etc)。

　

★ some Chinese restaurants in some best 5 star hotels。

　

★ Taiwanese cuisine, YongKang beef noodle, other widely known beef noodles include Lao Wang, 15 Tao Yuan St.,  Lao Dong which won 1st award in 2006 int'l beef-noodle contest (news report: " Japanese and  HongKongers heard YongKang's name and came (永康牛肉麵, 日本、香港客聞風來")", but I personal feel YongKang beef noodle is more soy-sauce flavour according to experience about 5 years ago , so I agree CNN's evaluation in July 2015)

　

★ Ay Chung flour rice noodle ( since 1975  阿宗麵線) in Shi-Mun Din(西門町)  is a popular Taiwanese cuisine shop for tourists.

　

 DinTaiFung in USA  Nearly Shut Down for Unsatisfactory Health Inspection...The Brand Personality ?

　

　

★ According to 2 US local news (4-15-2016), Din Tai Fung ( Bellevue, WA, USA ) failed to pass health inspections (violating cooling procedures, handwashing, and having valid permits and operating procedures, among other items) and garnered 85 critical food safety violations, Din Tai Fung ( Seattle ) also received unsatisfactory health inspections 3 times ... (China Times, 5-22-2016)
 ★ Din Tai Fung's Hong Kong branches were just eliminated their Michelin one star title at Oct. 31, 2014,
 Taiwan's Din Tai Fung never won any Michelin star title, but it is advertising itself a Michelin star restaurant by posters at front of largest Japanese mall, Mitsukoshi Dpt. Store in Taipei (photo Aug. 22 2015)  and in SOGO Dpt. Store (2-27-2016).
★ Din Tai Fung USA website (http://DinTaiFungusa.com) has also been advertising a similar one in its front-page. (tests till present at 9-17-2015)
  ps: the China Times analyzed losing Michelin most likely it's because of inconsistent quality problem.  (http://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20141031001358-260405)  

 

★ Apple Daily, 9-22-2016: Din Tai Fung did not get a star in Michelin Shanghai

　
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★  You may ref. to Apple Daily's Next Magazine "The Best Restaurants 2013, Taiwan - high end and low end ones"  ( <壹周刊>出版之「美食大賞2013」之"高檔餐廳"與"平價餐廳"二版本)。

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 Taiwanese foods
Beaviss : dummy ! there's no poison, addictives, MSG, lard oil, gutter oil, etc being added in these Chinese heritage arts - pork stone and cabbage jade
Butter-Head: so, we can eat these health foods now?!

a creativity by Z. Zu

pic. below: former US president Bush was in Taiwan's restaurant

 - Beijing Do It True.
ps: DIT doesn't have Bush's favorite, Beijing roast duck,

 the best duck in Taiwan is in Celestial (天廚) restaurant.

US president Bush was in Taiwanese restaurant


　

Snake Alley, HuaXi street's special ―  snake (Cobra, etc) soup  (a bowl for USD 5 ), snake gall, snake blood
Pic. above is a huge golden-color

Patteraless (python)
Vedio below shows peeling a painful, curling,

 long snake for a  regimen-meal.
　

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUX6sVx3pFU

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hot pot - ShanXi instant boiled mutton
M.D.s advised Taiwanese favorite new-in spicy hot-pot may causes illness if having much; pic. above is tranditional Chinese ShanXi hot pot in Taiwan for instant boiled meat, was no longer popular.


I ate turtles and alligator-tail in Florida before, a widely saying in China & Taiwan ―

 eating soft-shell turtles is good for

regimen, however, Taiwan just

found turtles (甲魚/水魚) in a famous

 restaurant chain contain poisonous

 LMG, etc.  (CNA, 7-25-2015)
pic. above is a tourism site in S. TW.

　

　

　


Hong Kong's TimHoWan is a

Michelin restaurant, but

Taiwan's branch restaurant is not.   Others like Singapore's

了凡 are same.

　

　

Original Shanghai flavor foods was Introduced by Wall Street Journal.
 Chiang or Jiang G.K. (蔣經國),

 Former president's favorite-food restaurant was no longer crowded.

　

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China food price VS Taiwan
　

　

Comparing to restaurants in China,

the price in Taiwan is not so competitive,

generally speaking.

　

pic. left is what I saw on

Asia Travel Channel

 < Cook Eat China> (made in Singapore ) in Mar. 2018,

YangZhou city's signature food - YangZhou  Fried noodle (揚州炒麵) only ask RMB 5 (USD 0.7) for one order,


Several years ago, I came with my American friend to a well-known brand YangZhou Fried Noodle (China's restaurant brand) in 晶華城 mall, Bade Rd. Taipei ,

The price is much higher than that.

　

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 3. Eating in Taiwan /  int'l & Chinese cuisines

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★  <The Daily Meal> 101 Best Restaurants in Asia, The Daily Meal celebrates the most exemplary epicurean endeavors in Asia :

 At 10-10-2014,   http://www.thedailymeal.com/101-best-restaurants-asia , ranks best restaurants in Taiwan:
No.6  Din Tai Fung  (was already wiped out of Michelin star list of 2014/2015)
No.43 Le Mout, Taichung  (the official website spelt wrongly - "Taiching")
No.42 DN innovation, Taipei, Taiwan
No.61 Osteria de Angie, Taipei, Taiwan
No.73 La Cocotte, a French restaurant, Taipei, TW
No.79 七十二牛肉麵 (Seventy-Two beef noodle restaurant, Taipei, Taiwan)

In its report of May 16, 2013, 4 out of top 5 are communist Chinese restaurants (全鴨季,Beijing; 紫雲軒茶事,Beijing; Temple Restaurant, Beijing; 前門M餐廳, Beijing).
There're 6 restaurants in Taipei rank "Top 101 Asian best restaurants", in addition to 鼎泰豐:
 No. 43: Tainan Tu Hsiao Yueh Danzai noodle (台南度小月擔仔麵).
 No. 50:  Non-zero restaurant, Taipei(非零餐廳).
 No. 70: Osteria by Angie, Taipei, Taiwan, it's an Italia restaurant.
 No. 74:  Seventy-Two beef noodle restaurant, Taipei, Taiwan (七十二牛肉麵).
 No. 76:  La Cocotte, a French restaurant, Taipei, TW.
 No. 86: Hiroshima, Taipei , TW (鐵匠鐵板燒居酒屋).

ps:      Best dish in Taiwan : oyster omelet (introduced by Discovery channel of USA) ―  it is most typical Taiwanese food( street snack everywhere in night markets), but not exquisite & elaborated food.   

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★ According to New York Times (12-12-2015), French La Liste's  top 10 best restaurants include 3 Asian restaurants, but no any Taiwanese restaurant was included, the Liberty Times (12-13-2015) mentioned no Taiwan's restaurants included in top 1000 list. 

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★ According to < Miele  Guide> of 2011/2012, There's no Taiwanese restaurants is included in top 20 Asian best, but inside Taiwan, 5 restaurants are listed as below:
   (1) Din Tai Fung,  ps: This restaurant admits they do use Monosodium Glutamate as addictive, and won't change this policy so as to keep major cuisine (e.g., steamed bun, chicken soup) delicious, according to United Daily News 5.9.2013.
   (2) 銀翼 (best dishes:文思豆腐,蔥開煨麵)
   (3) ShinYeh Taiwanese cuisin 欣葉 (02-25963255, best: 煎豬肝, 菜埔蛋)
   (4) Le Mout French restaurant 樂沐法式餐廳, a French restaurant (excellent, evaluated by Relais & Chateaux in 2011)
        in Taichung city (04)23753002(best dish: 經典套餐NT3800)
   (5) La Cocotte, a traditional French cuisine restaurant own by Fabien Verge (02)33223289 (best dish: NT980白酒墩牛肚)

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★ According to < Country Brand Index> of 2007( 2008 Top Country Brand Index Ranking  )，Japan is the only Asian country ranking top 10, Red China is a rising star.

"Fine dining" category:

2007-2008

 Italia, Singapore, Japan, US, UK, UAE, Malaysia, Spain, Argentina .( underscore for Eastern nations) 
"Food" category:

2011-2012

 1 Italy, 2France, 3 Japan, 4Spain, 5 Singapore, 6 Thailand, 7 India, 8 Brasil, 9 Malaysia, 10 Swiss, 11 Germany, 12 Vietnam, 13 Greece, 14 Australia, 15 USA (underscore for Asian nations)

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★  The World's 50 Best Restaurants 1-50, 2013 sponsored by S. Pellegrino & Acqua Panna,   April 29, 2013  http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/1-50-winners/
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World's_50_Best_Restaurants  (by Wikipedia)

In this list, top 10 are in Western world (Spain, Denmark, Italia, USA, UK, Austria, Germany), Hong Kong's 龍景軒 is the highest ranking (No.75) Chinese restaurant, no any Taiwanese restaurant included.  Taiwanese chef Jiang (江振誠)'s "Restaurant Andre" located in Singapore ranks No.38.

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★  The Best Restaurants 2013, Taiwan /  High End restaurants list , published by Apple Daily's Next Magazine, Taiwan.  (「美食大賞2013」高價餐廳， <壹周刊>出版)。

   (1) ●Taipei City & New Taipei City/ 
          3 star high end restaurants:明福Taiwanese cuisine 。 
          2 star high end restaurants:
                ● Chinese Dishes(中菜): Bamboo Village Cantonese cuisine(竹家莊粵菜香港料理)、 真的好Cantonese seafood cuisine、Le Meridien艾美酒店寒舍食譜Cantonese cuisine、Palais de Chine 君品酒店頤宮Si-Chuan&Cantonese cuisine、 軒維小館Ze-Jian & Jian-Su cuisine、 客家小館Hakka & Ze-Jian cuisine、 新東南Taiwanese cuisine 。
                ● Western & other cuisine (西菜與其他):  n/a.
    (2) ●West (Tao-Yuan City, Tai-Chung, Tai-Nan, Kaohsiung, Jia-E City, etc)/
           3 star high end restaurants: Thomas Chien French cuisine,  
           2 star high end restaurants: 
               ● Chinese Dishes(中菜):  Tai-Nan City台南阿美飯店Taiwanese cuisine, Tai-Nan City阿霞飯店Taiwanese cuisine, Kaohsiung City高雄海天下Taiwanese seafood cuisine。
            ●  Western & other cuisine (西菜與其他):    n/a。
           1 star high end restaurants:  n/a.

    (3) ●East (Kee-lung, New Taipei coast, Yi-Lan, Hua-Nien, Tai-Dong, remote tiny islands Ludao, Sanasay, Jitanasey)/ 
            3 star high end restaurants: none was selected, 
            2 star high end restaurants :阿國Taiwanese seafood、陶甕百合春天Taiwanese aborigines cuisine,  
            1 star high end restaurants: n/a.

          (n/a restaurant-names, Pls. contact Next Magazine <壹周刊>。)

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 4. Eating in Taiwan - 5 star buffet

        Although world media always introduced Taiwan's "small eat", Taiwanese also love "big eat" ――  There's a widely-known slang in here:  Taiwan has 3 "worth-the-value" stuffs:  health insurance, labor insurance, and all you can eat buffet.(台灣有三"寶"，健保、勞保、吃到飽)   Apple Daily (10-31-2015): Euro. style all you can eat buffet turned into "Cash Cow".   The United Daily (1-10-2016): Taiwanese best-love restaurant is all you can eat buffet...  We still must under no circumstances take food safety issue lightly.

       This site's article,  Taiwan's 5 star hotels - all you can eat buffet , has been ranking world top on the net for years, pls. click for full text.  

● 5 star hotel scandals - ◆ A book (Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taiwan Veterans General Hospital's physician Jiang So-San M.D. 江守山 "食在安心" (10-2014)) said many 5 star hotel restaurants don't wash vegetables ...  some 5 star hotels made sashimi raw fish slices by using fresh-water fishes, this may increase the probability to get cancer  (for details 台灣餐廳  or  台灣美食Taiwan Night Markets ) ; ◆ Epoch Times (大紀元, 3-14-2017):Okura Prestige Tpe (大倉久和, a 5 star hotel) sold expired frozen shrimps, molded taro (vegetable 芋) etc;  ◆ SETN news ( 三立新聞 5-16-2016): Some 5 star hotels in northern Taiwan sold black-hearted expired seafoods ; ◆ LTN (5-17-2016): 5 star hotels Ambassador and Howard (國賓、福華) clarified this news; ◆  Apple Daily (蘋果日報 6-7-2016): Sheraton (喜來登) 's white shrimps contained bleaching agent (漂白劑)，4 times higher than the legal standard，Ranina (Spanner crabs 旭蟹) contained heavy metal Cadmium poisoning (重金屬镉) 14% higher than the standard...; ◆ Apple Daily (蘋果日報 7-2-'13): Taiwan's tourist hotels' food ingredients expired 2 years,  only 3 out of 21 hotels passed the security check and sanitary examination etc conducting by Taiwan Administration, e.g., Shangri-La's (tnn) did not separate their cutting tools for cooked foods and raw foods;  ◆  FTV news, 5-18-2017: 13 ingredients / materials expired in a 5 star hotel in Taiwan; ◆ CTI TV news (5-17-2017, 19:33): What can we eat in Taiwan? people are uneasy for food here...  ◆ United Daily, 11-26-2017: Only 2 pieces of Japanese sashimi (raw fish) slice ( e.g., Tuna, Swordfish) exceeds safety standard, because those kind of large-size deep sea fishes in Taiwan contain "甲基汞" (CH3Hg, heavy-metal material, methyl mercury intoxication).  

● Cheaper/economic-price buffet restaurants are everywhere too, but "Eastern Broadcasting Co., Ltd.，EBC (東森) TV" evening news (11-30-2015, 8:42pm): having those fake / restructured / glued meat (beef, pork, mutton, seafood: abalone, calamari, etc) is easy to get food poisoning.

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   Taiwan / 5 star buffet        brief of The Liberty Times (自由時報), 7-15-2016, 7-16-2016, 7-17-2016
oven roast pib-rib tender, various countries flavors for more choices,  but, pork chops in Chinese medicine soup(藥燉排骨) tasted not tender & juicy;
part of seafood open for freely taking ; cakes limited		 Emperor crab、mussels(貽貝)、stone-crabs(石蟳)high class and fresh, lots of Sashimi raw fish slices served , various and fresh seafood in mini-bar refrigerator, but  3-Spot-swimming-Crab (三點蟹) not fresh;
various-items and fine quality desserts 		roast duck、oil-chicken(油雞)、roast beef steak and roast mutton are high quality ;
Sashimi raw fish slices、white shrimps(白蝦)、whelk meat  (香螺) are fresh ; crabs not too fresh  ; desserts are 5 star ranking		  special made roast Ribeye Steak(乾式熟成肋眼牛排)smells great;
frozen Boston lobster tasted bit too soft after being defrosted, more than 50 hot dishes tasted great, lots of  drinking options		 India curry flavor is great, various meats , HaiNan chicken  tender, India spicy meat overdone, fresh appetizer ,  high class vegetables shrimp, scallop(扇貝) fresh, advice starting from seafood;
Grilled pork ribs(炭烤豬肋排)、ham(火腿) tender;
traditional style desserts		 meat is not upto 5 star ranking, roast duck not tender;
Haagen-Dazs ice cream without clear marks ;
white shrimps, (旭蟹)Spanner Crabs are fresh, 3 Spot swimming Crab (三點蟹) not fresh，large shrimps, middle-sized Inshore squids(中捲) good flavor(海味足)，fish soup taste good		 flagship food is various seafood:
4 kinds of fresh crabs,
Assorted Sashimi(綜合生魚片)、smoked shark(鯊魚煙)、meat roll with green onion (三星蔥肉捲)、roast pork rib with plum sauce(蘇梅醬燒豬肋排) are good		 angle red shrimps、epicure beef steak, Grilled pork ribs(炭烤豬肋排)、freshly-made Frei(現烤布蕾)、brown-sugar bee-nested cake(黑糖蜂巢蛋糕) good;
Sashimi fresh, 3 kinds of crabs 		flagship food is seafood:
Spanner Crab、Mangrove crab(旭蟹), Mud crab　 (紅蟳)，lots ice at the bottom to keep them fresh;
Hong Kong style pot boilcookcrab with XO sauce(港式XO蟹煲)、grilled Ayu(烤香魚)taste good; grilled beef suppose US Prime ramk, various desserts for selection		 8~10 different kinds of Sashimi raw fish slices，seafood are various kinds and fresh，cold dishes and hot dishes both are excellent;
30+ different kinds of desserts		 beef ribs(牛小排) great，，bratwurst sausage(德式香腸)smells good ;

various cooking styles of seafood cuisine (料理手法多元), particularly Pan-fried Sea Bass fillet(鐵板煎鱸魚排);
many items and high quality desserts		  a lot fresh and  different items of cold plate seafood Emperor crabs fresh ，short-necked clam(熱炒海瓜子)no good;
pan fried chicken、oven roast beef(爐烤牛肉)、india flavor curry clay oven rolls(印度咖哩燒餅)、 Vietnamese noodle soup usually served with beef (pho bo) or chicken (pho ga 越南河粉) Good;
most of cold-plate meats are  Semifinished products;
desserts less items and bit too sweet		 Sashimi raw fish slices fresh ; not enough meats on the bar, but the balance of rare and well done  is controlled in right place ;

desserts are not open for freely taking (須服務人員協取)
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  Must eat in Taiwan's 5 star buffet restaurants            ref. to The China Times, 12-6-2014 (中國時報)

(寒舍艾美酒店, France)
 Le Meridien

Hyatt
(君悅)

(西華)Sherwood

Shangri La's Far Eastern
(遠東)

(福華)
Howard

 大倉久和

(晶華)
Regent

(老爺)
hotel royal taipei 

(凱撒)
 caesar
Emperor crab, steak must eat, don't forget 現烤芙蕾! long tern reputation, all cuisins above average level Shabu-shabu, one wok for one person, in winter seasm oil and Chinese medicine added various exotic cuisines, recommand roast beef imported from USA (肋眼牛排) mutton chop angle red shrimps with raw fish rank, only French-Japan mixed buffet in Taipei various seafood,(麻油安康魚), salad steak,  Hawaii cake(夏威夷州果仁蛋糕) imported roast equipment cost NT3 million, don't miss its pizza
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◆ New buffet
Mandarin Oriental serves new buffet (NT1880 + 10%) since Oct. 2, 2017, low-temperature US prime roast beef is different from other 5 star buffets / China Times, 10-1-2017

◆How to eat & worth-the-value?

1.Focus on seafood and roast beef/steak 
2. Pay attention to:  where those food came from, materials ranking, current season fresh food?  how's the sauce, staff taking care the buffet bar often? room-lighting, desserts kept in ice/cool box? too much addictives or original flavor? etc.

◆Health info.  see full text
1. FTV (民視) - July 5, 2012 : British latest studies found eating 60% full in each meal can last your life for 20 years more.
2. TTV news 2-27-2015: Buffet triple your stomach in size - A study found 65% buffet restaurant customers' gastric capacity increased from about 800 c.c. up to 2000~3200 c.c., which can be main reason to be a fatty.

　

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 5.   Critiques on Taiwanese restaurants
　

◆  Chang Gung Mem. Hospital professor Yin M.D. (殷宗海, Doctor, Univ. of London ): Minimize the times of dining out to protect your health ! ( ref. to book <食品不安全的年代如何自保>("how to survive in this bad food-security time", April 2016))   FTV news, 5-18-2017: 13 ingredients / materials expired in a 5 star hotel in Taiwan;  CTI TV news (5-17-2017, 19:33): What can we eat in Taiwan? people are uneasy for food here...   

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◆ Apple Daily, 11-20-2017 : Almost all world countries are more and more strict with food safety, only Taiwan is more and more relaxed in legislating for food safety.   In this way, how can Taiwan have a reputation on "fine food kingdom" ?  (breif)  /  by 邱致穎, chair, and teacher of food science, TungHai University.  ● UDN ( medical edition, 3-31-2018) : "food safety problems happened again and again, I prefer to eat at home" (食安連環爆 我在家吃便當)

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◆ TTV (台視 2-11-2017  12:24pm) news reports: People dining out should be careful  not to eat food containing Borax, Sodium borate(硼砂),  fluorescent brightener(螢光增白劑), plasticisers (朔化劑), Rongalite (Sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate dihydrate 吊白塊  )...    deep-fried foods, plastic container, and pesticide residue may cause cancer.    natural food is better.

The China Times (5-19-2016): Taiwanese love foods, government estimates the revenue of Taiwan's catering industry will up to NT430,000,000,000. (each person aged 1 ~ 100 spends NT19,000 per year, in average)

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◆  Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taiwan Veterans General Hospital, etc.  Jiang So-San M.D. book "食在安心" : Most 5 star hotel restaurants in Taiwan don't wash the vegetables ...  see picture & text below.    Another book "Fruits , Vegetables" (Chinese namely, "遠離毒蔬果") written by IMEI (義美) group's leader Luis Ko (高志明), page 162 quoted Dr. Gaston J.C. Wu (professor & dean, Taiwan Normal University) that Taiwan's vegetables and fruits should be flush thoroughly with plenty of flowing water before cooking or/and eating.  No just soaking vegetables and fruits in water in a large basin ...

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◆  National Taiwan Normal University - graduate school of Chemistry, dean Dr. Gaston J. C. Wu (化學所長吳家誠教授)'s book <Those black-heart products toxin-experts never buy (毒物專家絕不買的黑心商品)> (Nov. 2013): Most of the time I eat at home, and has never dined out in street-side shops / small-eat markets (路邊攤), because those small-eat shops usually/always do not meet the minimum standards of cleanliness.  In case I can't reject some dinner party or must dine out,  I select only some restaurants I fully trust.  Besides, I've never touched processed food or cured products, and any drinks commercially available(市售飲料) in Taiwan, particularly, pearl milk tea which already is a world known Taiwanese food.  PS: The China Times (8-15-2015): Taiwanese favorite drinks contain high Kcal/g heat, you will gain 5.1kg if having pearl milk tea one regular cup (not less-sugar option) per day for 2 months.   Green Tea with Yakult(多多)'s Heat 341 Kcal/g, which is 3.2 times the upper limit of free sugar(游離糖) advised by WHO., Yakult drink, Orange juice, milk tea are high-heat too.
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 ◎ Pic. above: 90% of what we eat and use contain poison or toxin - The secret that Taiwanese business won't tell you, the cover-page of book  <Those black-heart products poison-experts never buy (毒物專家絕不買的黑心商品)>, written by professor Wu (吳家誠), consultant of Taiwanese government and dean of National Taiwan Normal University.

 

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pic. left: Most 5 star hotel restaurants in Taiwan don't wash the vegetables, they just soak in water and cut them for cooking ... It's 5 star restaurants' "S.O.P.", not to mention average Taiwanese restaurants... , besides, the food-safety specialty of restaurants deserves my concerns.  A 5-star hotel restaurant made Japanese sashimi by fresh-water fishes, this may causes serious infection and even cancer, according to Japanese studies in 2013...hence, people should minimize the number of times for dining out in Taiwan to assure safety ... / Jiang M.D.'s book "食在安心"(by 江守山, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taiwan Veterans General Hospital, etc.), printed in Oct, 2014. 
Another book "Fruits , Vegetables" (Chinese namely, "遠離毒蔬果") written by IMEI (義美) group's leader Luis Ko (高志明), page 162 quoted Dr. Gaston J.C. Wu (professor & dean, Taiwan Normal University) that Taiwan's vegetables and fruits should be flush thoroughly with plenty of flowing water, those tiny gaps and hollows also need to be brushed before cooking or/and eating.  No just soaking vegetables and fruits in water in a large basin ...

　

　

　

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 ◆  United Daily  (5-18-2016, 5-19-2016, head page ):  expired seafood (expired 5~11 years) were in 5 star hotels,  e.g., Westin(六福皇宮),  Howard(福華)、Palais de Chine(君品)、Ambassador(國賓)、Royal(老爺)、TienLai(天籟)、Fleur de Chine(雲品)...

　

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 pic.: Formosa TV , 2-19-2018: Many hotel buffets had bad records of using bad food materials or ingredients before,  even now, some kind of official certified marks may not be a food-safety assurance in the near future.


◆  Apple Daily (10-29-2015): Black-heart firm sold ARBELLA Italia noodle with disgusted worms to 268 restaurants including 5 star hotels French Le Meridien and Hotel Royal Taipei, etc. 

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food		 ◆   <Business Today>, Taiwan     ◎ Pic. above: The secret that restaurant bosses don't dare to speak out !
Fatal & Horrible cooking materials/ingredients !
A top chef : "These cuisine are made for customers, you guys (assistants in kitchen) don't eat them ! "

 

 ◆ The New York Times, The Economist (11.29.2014) comment and analyzed that a series of food safety scandals is one of few main factors causing the KMT, Taiwan's ruling party, has suffered one of its worst electoral defeats since Chiang Kai-shek and his forces fled to the island at the end of Chinese civil war in 1949.

 

　

　

◆ Taiwanese government never does some soul searching and corrects the wrong, according to Business Weekly (No. 1436, June 2015), "It's weirdo !!, Taiwanese government's food-safety check only focuses on 3 dried products - dried daylily, dried radish, and preserved fruits (snacks)", National Taiwan University professor Wu K.Y. comments it as "Completely evading the crucial point", "those 3 items are very low risky products", and "Taiwan's food safety is nothing but a slogan (台灣食安只有口號-apple daily 3-28-2015  http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20150328/582381/)".

　

　

　
　 ◎ Pic. right:  Taiwan's government is unable to do administration on food industry, all Taiwanese people are in deep risk !
Black hearted soy sauce harms the whole Taiwan! it appears almost all night markets, snack shops, restaurants ... <Business Today> no. 856

　

　
　
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◆  TVBS  2-10-2018 9:30pm (健康2.0):   Taiwanese business usually take lousy means for better profits ―  renamed Basa as 鯰魚(catfish), or faked (pretended it as) 魴魚(chinese bream,  Zeidae) or 多利魚(St. Pierre, John Dory Fish, pangasius hypophthalmus) to sell.

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◆  Apple Daily News (蘋果日報) 8-28-2015,  A2 Prime News Edition

          The incidence rate of Taiwanese people suffering colon/rectal cancer was ranked world No.1 (2nd is Korea, 3rd Slovakia) , Taipei Medical University Hospital's director of surgeons expressed Taiwan's food scandals constantly happened in recent years, many black-heart tainted foods containing Carcinogen (cancer producer) is a factor causing high incidence rate.

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◆  The Liberty Times - Weekender  9.18.2015   Industrial bleaching agent, plumping agent with Aluminum, Industrial adhesives Maleic Acid,  Sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate dihydrate (CH3NaO3S) , Gypsum of pharmaceutic ,   corn starch, phosphatic, formaldehyde (HCHO), etc were used as foods addictives by some businesses for better selling.  (for full details pls. ref. to Liberty Times)

        Business Today.no.856, 2013 : not only banned colouring agent, copper chlorophyllin cooking oil, toxic ('poisonous') starch, dangerous levels of industrial plasticisers, poor-quality rice, deceptive advertising bakery ... were exposed in Taiwan media, but also dangerous materials/ingredients like hydrogen peroxide, Rongalite (Sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate dihydrate 吊白塊  ) , Formaldehyde Solution(福馬林),  borax(硼砂) ,  salicylic acid (水楊酸), NaNO2   nitrite (亞硝酸鹽),  fluorescent whitening/bleaching agent (螢光增白劑), copper salts (铜鹽), Sudan (蘇丹红), Butter Yellow(奶油黃),  Rhodamine B (鹽基桃紅精), Auramine (黃色色素鹽基性芥黃), H202 (過氧化氫), 4-ethoxyphenylurea(乙氧基苯脲), Lead oxide (氧化铅), potassium bromate；bromic acid potassium salt (溴酸钾) etc food additives were found in Taiwan's black-heart food & cuisine industries.

　

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◆ Apple Daily 11-20-2015: Taiwan food scandals is still flourishing and still in the ascendant, even the law was amended to increase punishment, major events include poisonous (Methyl yellow, chemical 二甲基黃 illegally added) dried bean curd, chemical-soak kelp, sea tangle, pepper powders with industrial-used Magnesium carbonate (工業級碳酸鎂), and Unagi Kabayaki eels with Malachite green, tea drink with DDT  residue,  food scraps and kitchen waste entered food market  supply chain, besides, food imported from Japan high-radiation area were hidden or covered  / NTU professor 林鈺雄.   Furthermore, The Liberty Times (9-4-2016): black-heart sauce entered night market, and street-front shops ― small-eat shops, breakfast shops ... in Northern Taiwan for 1 year already.  

　

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◆ <CTV> (中視 "新聞一點通"),  9.25.2013 13:35pm

 Even you cook by yourself, still have chance to eat some black-heart ingredients/materials... ("台灣小吃 幾乎淪陷" 就算你三餐自己烹調 也不見得避開所有黑心食材)

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◆  <BBC>,  6-6-2013  "台湾来鸿：危机四伏的饮食"High-risk industrial starch foods like oden (黑轮, fish cake), Taiwanese meatball, black tapioca pearl (粉圆) are popular Taiwanese small eats in night markets, Most of toxic/poisonous soy sauce were sold and delivered to night markets, including best-known Shih Lin night markets... Taiwan is the only country eating cured products made by animal-feed, G.M.(genetic modified) soya beans.  (主妇联盟说台湾是世界上唯一直接食用饲料级基改黄豆加工 的豆制品国家。)

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6. Fast foods/burgers in Taiwan

    
      NAT GEO (4-16-2016) reminded customers that burger's stuffed meat may not be good because it mixed with unknown part of beef, chemical materials, and probably some germs ... ('不得而知的部位、香草、黏合劑與化學成份，或許還有絞前肉表面的病菌' brief translation)

      ◆ US Wendy's already pull back from Taiwan market, McDonald's already withdrew (Taiwanese business took over around 2017),  a Burger King near "US Embassy" ( American Institute in Taiwan ) was closed in 2015, You still can have some other choices - Western business, e.g., KFC, Pizza Hut, 7-Eleven, StarBucks, Subway, etc, and Japanese MOS Hamburger (摩斯), Family Mart, etc。
             A Big Mac takes 3+ days or 51 days to digest ? click for Controversy of McDonald's in Asia .

       ◆   supermarkets or hypermarkets, such as  RT-Mart,  Costco,  Carrefour, etc, sell fast-food as well.
   

    ◆  As for Taiwanese-Brand hamburgers, pls. ref. to the Liberty Times - Weekend Life(9-12-2015) :"You must have a bite - A List of Super Evil Delicious Hamburgers (超邪惡美味漢堡 - 必咬名店大公開)"。

                  ● Must-eat in Northern Taiwan: 
                        ● Burger Ray (Cardiac Heart-disease burger ) phone: 8771-5811; 
                              ● Burger Fix 27516628 , Ambassador Hotel (國賓大飯店) 1Bite2Go restaurant;  
                              ● Burger&Co 27840182;  
                              ● Cali burger (Mexico flavor) ZhongXiao E. Rd., Sec. 4, Ln.205, Alley 7, No.1;
                              ● Bravo Burger 8771-9787;  
                        ● Palais de Chine Hotel (君品酒店)  Le Bar 2181-9999 (Alaska Crab Beef burger NT680),
                  ● Must-eat in Central Taiwan: ●傻子漢堡 04-2375-9113;  ●牛逼洋行 04-2372-1755; ●For Farm Burger 04-2234-3535
                  ● Must-eat in Southern Taiwan:  ●A J Burger 06-2095171; ●布雷克漢堡 07-5224205;  ●豐盛廚房 07-5509893
                   for reference

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◎   ◆  Taiwan's tasteful breakfast for gourmets / Apple Daily, 3-12-2016

　

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Taiwan's best breakfast for gourmets

"comment Taiwan foods" ranks No.1 on US Google, 1-26-2018

　
　 　 　

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PS1:

Taiwan president Tsai's favorite food (蔡英文美食地圖)

Taipei street-front shops / address Taiwanese cuisines
　 華山6165小吃殿/北平東路二八號 Japanese style olen/Kantoni & "prince noodle& half-done-egg bun 甜不辣&王子麵&半熟蛋包
正宗台南意面/鎮江街七-1號 Tainan style spaghetti noodle意麵
歐華酒店/林森北 euro. steak 地中海牛排
老爺酒店 deep fried shrimp 炸明蝦
逸香園/忠孝東一152 Hakka ethnic group quick-fry客家小炒
美濃屋拉麵/長安東一段22-18 Ramen (Japanese noodle)喜多方拉麵, 煎餃
田園台菜/東豐2 fried eel 炒鱔
三峽山泉/民生街149 Douhua (dessert made from the softest, silkiest tofu )水豆花
金合和/新莊路269 salty pancake/pies 鹹光餅
板橋第一家/南雅夜市後段 pig-blood pie 豬血糕
鶯歌勇伯/中正一路157 Taiwanese "trash" noodle垃圾麵
三峽池家/大同105 Ba wan (Giant meat dumplings) 肉圓
油庫口/文化路一188巷44 Oa misua / oyster vermicelli 蚵仔麵線
阿典/三重雙園58 Ba wan (Giant meat dumplings) 肉圓
無名/蘆洲信義146 Taiwanese Checkr Dry Noodle  切仔面
The China Times, 5-29-2016

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Taoyuan桃園 street-front shops / address Taiwanese cuisines
楊記/中壢新生路109號 Flat rice noodles美濃粄條
大江屋/龍潭大北坑街1998巷65號 stuffy local Crucian carp 闷土鯽魚、spicy& wine pork knuckle五香醉豬腳
HsinChu新竹 城隍廟柳家/中山75 ground pork & mushroom with rice肉燥飯
清香/關西 中豐一段422號 Fried flat rice noodles炒粄條
MiaoLi苗栗 楊文忠/寶樹路10 yolk noodle蛋黃麵、 wonton餛飩
TaiChung台中 阿嬤/后里民生149-3 pig-blood soup豬血湯
阿二現炒/南屯 黎明路二79 tilapia fish吳郭魚
Frajo法爵/南屯公益路二1 state banquet combo meal國宴套餐
ZhangHua彰化 阿璋/長安144 Ba wan (Giant meat dumplings)肉圓
阿添/民族455 clam noodle蛤仔麵
YuanLin雲林 西螺福記/建興277 smoked goose noodle煙燻鵝麵
阿貴/虎尾林森路一311 small steam bun小籠包
JiaEe嘉義 林聰明/中正路361 fish head en casserole沙鍋魚頭
The China Times, 5-30-2016

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 Tainan 台南 street-front shops / address Taiwanese cuisines
灣裡火城麵/南區灣裡404號 soup noodle火城羹麵
無米樂米食館/後壁墨林里292號 fa cakes 發粿
連得堂/北區崇安54 pancake煎餅
 Kaohsiung 高雄 阿香廚房/美濃中山二635號 choppork山茶排骨
華仔店/三民同盟二路 61號 hot pot筒骨鍋
高雄婆婆冰/七賢三路135 shaved ice with mango and milk/cream芒果牛奶冰
魚壽司/前金成功一路358 egg fried bamboo shoots 蛋炒綠竹筍
吳媽媽饺子/左營翠峰8 boiled dumpling 水餃
 TaiDong 台東 楊記家傳/大同149-1 fried sweet potato balls 地瓜酥
陳記麻糬/博愛186 swordfish mochi/Rice cake旗魚麻糬
海草健康輕食/中山205 chicken soup steamed dumpling 海草雞汁湯包
金花軒卑南包仔/卑南更生北182 pork bun with bamboo shoots筍丁肉包
津芳/正氣358 salty ice candy鹹冰棒
寶桑/正氣192 sweet (rice) dumplings 湯圓
 PinDong 屏東 東港/勝利196-2 boiled dumpling水餃
大埔/柳州19 rice cake; rice pudding米糕
張記/潮州育英35-1 Taiwanese meatball/ba wan 肉圓
旭功/枋山光復70 Sweet and sour pork ribs糖醋排骨
The China Times, 6-5-2016

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PS2:  Legislators tips   street foods, make u full   /   The China Times 中國時報,  2-20-2018

　

legislators

city

favorite cuisines

蔡適應 基隆Keeling city 孝三路 - 簡家蚵仔煎(雙醬), 基隆傳統燒賣
蔡易餘 嘉義JiaEe 景山國小旁古早味肉嗲(NT25)豆菜麵(NT20)
張麗善 雲林Yuan-Lin 虎尾 近福安宮 河堤大腸包小腸
王惠美 鹿港Lu-Gun 樂群路阿桑麵線糊 (NT30)
　

　

　

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Pic. left: Ranking No.1 on google by English keyword "comment Taiwan restaurants" , 2-1-2018, 1-10-2017, 6-5-2016, Oct. 6, 2015, Sept. 2, 2015.
Pic. right: Ranking No.1 on Yahoo by keyword "comment Taiwan foods" or "comment Taiwan delicacies", 2-20-2018, 1-10-2017, Sept. 2, 2015.

　

　


　
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