Foreign chefs the new stars in Hong Kong
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FOREIGN chefs have given Hong Kong more starred restaurants, according to Michelin’s 2015 guide to the southern Chinese city released yesterday.
It awards new stars to a host of chefs from abroad, with judges saying the city’s 7 million residents are becoming more adventurous when it comes to food.
Frenchman Olivier Elzer’s “Seasons” was handed one star just a few months after opening while “Nur,” “Upper Modern Bistro” and “Akrame” were other newly-anointed restaurants where foreign chefs ply their trade.
“The selection in the 2015 guide ... shows to what extent Hong Kong is increasingly attractive to young foreign chefs, more and more of whom are moving to the city or opening their own restaurants after training in other Hong Kong restaurants,” said Michael Ellis, international director of the Michelin guides.
Ellis said foreign chefs were attracted to Hong Kong because there is a culture of eating out and locals liked to try different cuisines.
French chef Akrame Benallal said he opened his eponymous restaurant in Hong Kong because it was a route into the Chinese market.
Seven establishments retained their three stars, including French chef Joel Robuchon’s “L’Atelier” and “8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo,” where diners can feast on delights created by Italian Umberto Bombana.
The guide features 14 two-star restaurants in Hong Kong and a further two in nearby Macau.
There were three new two-star restaurants — Spanish chef Jonay Armas’ “The Principal” and local Cantonese offerings “Yan Toh Heen” and “Duddell’s.”
The Michelin Guide Hong Kong & Macau 2015 features more than 50 types of cuisine, including 21 different styles of Chinese cooking.
Judges noted Hong Kong “is still the only city where one can have lunch or dinner in a starred restaurant for less than 10 euros (US$12.5).”
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