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The Michelin Guide
Taiwan ventured outside of Taipei for the first time in 2020 and explored Taichung. Four restaurants earned Michelin stars – JL Studio, Fleur de Sel, Forchetta, and Oretachi No Nikuya – and the choices revealed the stark differences between the Taipei and Taichung culinary scenes.
By Sunny Wu,
CommonWealth Magazine
Founded in 2004 and now one of Taiwan’s best established Western restaurants, French restaurant Fleur de Sel was one of the first restaurants in Taichung to earn a coveted Michelin star.
Its owner and head chef Justine Li, known as “Central Taiwan’s godmother of Western food,” pioneered the use of seasonal local ingredients in her French cuisine long before it was fashionable to inject Taiwanese ingredients into fine dining.