MICHELIN : THE MICHELIN GUIDE HONG KONG MACAU 2012 TRULY REFLECTS THE RISE IN QUALITY OF THE RESTAURANTS IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT

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PRESS RELEASE

Boulogne, France - December 1st, 2011

The MICHELIN guide Hong Kong Macau 2012 truly reflects the rise in quality of the restaurants in a highly competitive environment

Michelin today launches the fourth edition of the bilingual MICHELIN guide Hong Kong Macau. Not only does it reflect the sustained improvement in the quality of restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau, it also highlights the increasing richness and diversity of the delicacies to be found in each city.

The latest Hong Kong Macau guide includes 281 establishments in Hong Kong (237 restaurants and 44 hotels) and 51 establishments in Macau (35 restaurants and 16 hotels). It includes 59 new restaurants (57 in Hong Kong and 2 in Macau) and 10 new hotels (7 in Hong Kong and 3 in Macau).

In Hong Kong and Macau there are now 5 three-star restaurants (4 in Hong Kong and 1 in Macau), 13 with two-star (10 in Hong Kong and 3 in Macau) and 51 one star establishments (48 in Hong Kong and 3 in Macau).

The MICHELIN inspectors have been continuously exploring the local dining scenes in Hong Kong and Macau to find a wide variety of establishments for our readers. Not only have they found many new stars but they have also discovered a wide variety of restaurants offering many different styles of cooking. We have expanded our coverage to take in new locations such as Kennedy Town and Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island and have also included two additional cuisines - Singaporean and Xinjiang - which further showcase the diversity of excellent food in Hong Kong and Macau.

The MICHELIN guide Hong Kong Macau 2012 is the perfect guide to finding the best restaurants offering excellent value for money. A total of 59 simple shop (2) restaurants (52 in Hong Kong and 7 in Macau) are included (c.f. 55 restaurants in 2011). These basic, local food stalls make up around 20% of the guide and include noodle shops, noodles and congee eateries, and Vietnamese food stalls. Some of them have even been awarded stars, making them the most affordable starred restaurants in the world.

The guide also features 64 Bib Gourmand (=) restaurants (59 in Hong Kong and 5 in Macau), chosen by the inspectors for their good value. 19 Bib Gourmand restaurants are new to the guide, indicating that there are still a lot of affordable restaurants with top-quality cuisine. These restaurants are particularly popular with our readers in these challenging economic times so the list of Bib Gourmands for gourmets looking for great food at an affordable price - a full three-course meal (excluding drinks) costing HKD/ MOP 300 or less - is a very valuable part of our guide.

Michelin stars are awarded purely for what is on the plate. To ensure consistency, our inspectors, who undertake all restaurant reviews anonymously, adhere to the standard five criteria for awarding stars in all areas and countries: product quality, preparation and flavours, the cuisine's personality, value for money, and consistency over time and across

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the entire menu. In this year's guide, more than 70% of the restaurants selected offer Chinese cuisine, including Shanghainese, Pekingese, Sichuan, Hakkanese, Hang Zhou, Cantonese, and Chiu Chow. A restaurant that receives one or more stars is not only one of the best in its country, but also one of the best in the world.

One star (m) means a very good restaurant in its category. Two stars (n) mean excellent cooking, worth a detour.

Three stars (o) mean exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey.

Locals and travellers seeking an enjoyable experience have counted on the MICHELIN guide for its trusted recommendations for over a century. While the MICHELIN guide is known around the world for its famous stars, they actually account for only 10% of the selection in the guide. With more than one million copies sold every year around the world, the MICHELIN guide has always built its success on the diversity and range of its selection and is, in itself, synonymous with quality, since only the best establishments in each comfort and price category are selected.

The MICHELIN guide Hong Kong Macau 2012 will be available on 2nd December in Hong Kong (HK$ 188); on the 5th in Macau and on the 12th in Southeast Asia.

For more than a century, MICHELIN guides have helped travellers enjoy better mobility by offering qualified restaurant and hotel recommendations throughout Europe. Now covering

23 countries across three continents, the collection of 27 MICHELIN guides includes more than 45,000 addresses. In Asia, the company has just published the 2012 MICHELIN guide for Tokyo Yokohama and Shonan, Hong Kong and Macau, as well as Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe

and Nara. The first guide to Hokkaido will be launched in April 2012.

About Michelin

Since the late 1800s, Michelin has been dedicated to sustainably improving the mobility of goods and people by manufacturing and marketing tyres for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles/motorcycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, trucks and the US space shuttle. It also offers electronic mobility support services, on ViaMichelin.com, and publishes travel guides, hotel and restaurant guides, maps and road atlases. With its headquarters in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Michelin is present in 170 countries, employs more than 111,000 people and operates 70 production facilities in 19 different countries. (www.michelin.com).

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Hong Kong Macau MICHELIN guide 2012

Summary

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	Total	Hong Kong	Macau
Selected establishments	332	281	51
Hotels Particularly pleasant establishments l to h	60 25	44 15	16 10
Restaurants Bib Gourmand = (complete menu at HK$300 maximum) Particularly pleasant establishments ò 2 to ö o (Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey) Of which ® or ¿ (promoted) n (Excellent cooking, worth a detour) Of which ® or ¿ (promoted) m (Very good cooking in its category) Of which ® or ¿ (promoted)	272 64 53 5 2 13 6 51 12	237 59 40 4 2 10 5 48 11	35 5 13 1 0 3 1 3 1

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Starred establishments

® : new entry in the guide

&¿ : restaurant promoted from m to n stars or n to o stars

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Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey

Establishment in Hong Kong	Comfort	Chef	Type of cuisine
Caprice L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon ¿ Lung King Heen 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo - Bombana ¿	ö ó õ ô	sáåÅÉåí=qÜáÉêêó Joël Robuchon= `Ü~å=v~å=q~â Umberto Bombana	French French contemporary Cantonese Italian
Establishment in Macau	Comfort	Chef	Type of cuisine
Robuchon a Galera	õ	Joël Robuchon	French contemporary

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Excellent cooking, worth a detour

Establishment in Hong Kong	Comfort	Type of cuisine
Amber Bo Innovation ¿ Celebrity Cuisine Lei Garden (Mog Kok) ¿ Ming Court Pierre Shang Palace ¿ Spoon by Alain Ducasse ¿ Sun Tung Lok Yè Shanghai (Kowloon) ¿	õ ô ó ó õ õ ô õ ô ô	French contemporary Fusion Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese French contemporary Cantonese French Chinese Shanghainese
Establishment in Macau	Comfort	Type of cuisine
The Eight Wing Lei ¿ Zi Yat Heen	õ õ ô	Chinese Cantonese Cantonese

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Very good cooking in its category

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Establishment in Hong Kong	Comfort	Type of cuisine
Ah Yat Harbour View ® Cépage Chilli Fagara Cuisine Cuisine at The Mira Cuisine Cuisine (IFC) ® Din Tai Fung (Tsim Sha Tsui) Dynasty (Wan Chai) Fook Lam Moon (Kowloon) Fook Lam Moon (Wan Chai) Forum Fu Ho (Tsim Sha Tsui) Golden Valley Hin Ho Curry (Shau Kei Wan) Ho Hung Kee Hoi King Heen Hong Zhou Hung's Delicacies Island Tang Lei Garden (Causeway Bay) ® Lei Garden (Elements) ¿ Lei Garden (IFC) Lei Garden (Kowloon Bay) Lei Garden (North Point) Lei Garden (Sha Tin) Lei Garden (Tsim Sha Tsui) Lei Garden (Wan Chai) Loaf On Mandarin Grill + Bar Man Wah ¿ Mirror ® Mist Nanhai No.1 One Dim Sum Petrus St. George ¿ Summer Palace	ô ô ò ô ô ò ô ô ô ó ô ô 2 2 ô ó 2 ô ó ó ó ó ó ó ó ô 2 õ ô ô ò ó 2 ö ô ô	Cantonese French contemporary Sichuan Cantonese Cantonese Shanghainese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese and Sichuan Indian Noodles and Congee Cantonese Hang Zhou Chiu Chow Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese European contemporary Cantonese French contemporary Japanese Chinese contemporary Dim Sum French French contemporary Cantonese

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T'ang Court The Chairman ¿ The Square Tim Ho Wan (Mong Kok) Tim Ho Wan (Sham Shui Po) Tim's Kitchen Tin Lung Heen ® Wagyu Kaiseki Den Xin Dau Ji (Jordan) ¿ Yan Toh Heen Yat Tung Heen (Wan Chai) Yuè ®	õ ó ô 2 2 ô ô ô ò ô ó ó	Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Dim Sum Dim Sum Cantonese Cantonese Japanese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese
Establishment in Macau	Comfort	Type of cuisine
Golden Flower ¿ Lei Garden Tim's Kitchen	ô ó ô	Chinese Cantonese Cantonese

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New Stars

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Establishment in Hong Kong	Comfort	Type of cuisine
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo - Bombana	ó ô	French contemporary Italian

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Establishment in Hong Kong	Comfort
Bo Innovation Lei Garden (Mog Kok) Shang Palace Spoon by Alain Ducasse Yè Shanghai (Kowloon)	ô ó ô õ ô	Fusion Cantonese Cantonese French Shanghainese
Establishment in Macau	Comfort	Type of cuisine
Wing Lei	õ	Cantonese

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Establishment in Hong Kong	Comfort	Type of cuisine
Ah Yat Harbour View Cuisine Cuisine (IFC) Lei Garden (Causeway Bay) Lei Garden (Elements) Man Wah Mirror St. George The Chairman Tin Lung Heen Xin Dau Ji (Jordan) Yuè	ô ô ó ó ô ô ô ó ô ò ó	Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese French contemporary French contemporary Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese
Establishment in Macau	Comfort	Type of cuisine
Golden Flower	ô	Chinese

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Promotion of Stars

From to n to o ¿

Establishment in Hong Kong	Comfort	Type of cuisine
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo - Bombana	ó ô	French contemporary Italian

From to m to n ¿

Establishment in Hong Kong	Comfort	Type of cuisine
Bo Innovation Lei Garden (Mog Kok) Shang Palace Spoon by Alain Ducasse Yè Shanghai (Kowloon)	ô ó ô õ ô	Fusion Cantonese Cantonese French Shanghainese
Establishment in Macau	Comfort	Type of cuisine
Wing Lei	õ	Cantonese

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Establishment in Hong Kong	Comfort	Type of cuisine
Bombay Dreams Chan Kan Kee Ciu Chow ® Chuen Cheung Kui (Causeway Bay) Chuen Cheung Kui (Mong Kok) Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao (Kowloon Bay) Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao (TST) Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao (Wan Chai) Da Ping Huo Dong Lai Shun Dragon Inn ¿ Fofo by el Willy Fung Lum Fu Sing (Causeway Bay) Fu Sing (Wan Chai) Golden Bauhinia ¿ Good Hope Noodles ¿ Hide-Chan ® Hin Ho Curry (Sai Wan Ho) Ippudo ® Jade Garden (Lockhart Road) Kin's Kitchen Kwan Kee Bamboo Noodle ® La Marmite ® Lan Yuen Chee Koon ® Lau Sum Kee (Fuk Wing Street) ¿ Lin Heung Kui Mask of Sichuen & Beijing ® May's Sawaddee Thailand ® Megan's Kitchen ® Mesa 15 ® Nha Trang (Central) ¿ Nha Trang (Tsim Sha Tsui) ®	ó ò ò ò 2 ò ò ò ó ó ò ó ó ó ô 2 2 2 ò ò ó 2 ò 2 2 2 ò 2 ó ò ò ò	Indian Chiu Chow Hakkanese Hakkanese Chinese Chinese Chinese Sichuan Chinese Seafood Spanish Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Cantonese Noodles and Congee Japanese Ramen Indian Japanese Ramen Cantonese Cantonese Noodles French Cantonese Noodles and Congee Cantonese Sichuan Thai Cantonese Spanish Vietnamese Vietnamese

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Noodle Shop ® Olala (St. Francis Street) Red Seasons (Lam Tei) Ser Wong Fun Shanghai Xiao Nan Guo (Kowloon Bay) Shek Kee Kitchen ® She Wong Yee Sun Kau Kee Noodle Shop Sun Sin ® Sun Yuen Hing Kee Superior Rice Roll Pro Shop ® Tai Wing Wah Takeya ® Tak Lung Tam's Yunnan Noodles (Sham Shui Po) Tasty (Happy Valley) Tasty (Hung Hom) Tasty (IFC) Tasty (Kowloon Bay) Thai Chiu Tsim Chai Kee (Wellington Street) ¿ Tulsi ® Wang Fu Wing Hap Lung Xin Dau Ji (Sha Tin) ® Xi Yan Sweets ¿ Yue Kee ¿	2 ò ò 2 ó 2 2 2 2 2 2 ò 2 2 2 ò 2 2 2 2 2 ò 2 2 ò ò ò	Noodles Noodles Cantonese Cantonese Shaghainese Cantonese Cantonese Noodles and Congee Noodles Cantonese Roast Meats Dim Sum Cantonese Japanese Cantonese Noodles Noodles and Congee Noodles and Congee Noodles and Congee Noodles and Congee Thai Noodles and Congee Indian Dumplings Cantonese Roast Meats Cantonese Chinese Cantonese
Establishment in Macau	Comfort	Type of cuisine
Lou Kei (Fai Chi Kei) ® Luk Kei Noodle Noodle & Congee Corner Oja Sopa De Fita Cheong Kei Square Eight	2 2 2 2 ò	Cantonese Noodles and Congee Noodles and Congee Noodles and Congee Chinese

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