SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Michelin Guide on Thursday announced the 2021 Michelin Guide for Seoul, awarding stars to 32 restaurants here that offer extraordinary cuisine. This year’s awards, livestreamed in light of the pandemic, featured a total of 178 Seoul restaurants, the same as last year. Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy looms following a recent report by the South Korean media that there were ‘financial exchanges’ surrounding the designation of restaurants to be listed in the Michelin Guide Seoul 2020. Michelin strongly denied the accusations, saying that “it’s a scheme committed by those who have nothing to do with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Michelin Guide on Thursday announced its highly regarded star selections for a total of 31 restaurants in Seoul with unique cuisine and quality, including two eateries that grabbed three stars for the fourth consecutive year. The awards were announced at the ceremony of the 2020 Michelin Guide for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — True to form the latest Michelin Guide Seoul recommends the best places to eat in South Korea’s capital city with posh five-star hotel restaurants to small noodle places being lauded for their culinary excellence and service. Its third edition, which once again demonstrated its love for local cuisine, the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Michelin Guide on Thursday announced its selection of 26 restaurants in Seoul with unique cuisine and quality, including two new two-star eateries. Two restaurants — fine dining Korean restaurant Gaon and La Yeon, a traditional Korean cuisine restaurant at Hotel Shilla — maintained three-star ratings for a third [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Michelin Guide on Wednesday announced its highly regarded star selections for 24 restaurants with unique cuisine and quality service in Seoul, including six new places. In the second edition for Seoul, two Korean restaurants — Ga On and La Yeon, which received the highest ranking from France’s famed [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Singapore Airlines said Monday that it is partnering with Yim Jung-sik, a two-star Michelin chef, to introduce Korean food (hansik) on Singapore-Incheon flights starting in March. Economy class travelers will have bibimbap added to their meal choices, while business class passengers will be served grilled tuna bibimbap or Korean-style [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Michelin Guide on Monday announced its highly regarded star selections for 24 restaurants in Seoul, giving the much-coveted three stars to two Korean restaurants with unique cuisine and quality service. In the first Michelin Red Guide for Seoul, Gaon, a fine Korean restaurant operated by ceramic maker Kwangjuyo, and [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Michelin Guide, an international benchmark of good food, said Thursday it will publish a guide of restaurants and hotels in Seoul later this year to introduce the dynamic Korean culinary scene and talented chefs. The guidebook for Seoul 2017 will be Michelin’s 27th edition globally and the fourth in [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The government’s food policy will shift more toward consumer oriented. As part of a plan revealed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs in a national policy coordination meeting presided over by the Prime Minister on March 27, a rating scheme similar to the Michelin Guide [...]