Asian Michelin notes
Song at the Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou at Hangzhou Centre retained its Michelin star for a second consecutive year, with the guide emphasizing the restaurant’s focus on Ningbo cuisine (thetraveler.org). Separately, Madrid’s TonTon in Chamberí is highlighted as a compelling modern dining room newly featured in Michelin Guide roundups (we-heart.com).
Michelin’s latest restaurant notes point in two directions at once: deeper regional Chinese cooking in Hangzhou and a new contemporary address in Madrid. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) In Hangzhou, Song on the eighth floor of the Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou at Hangzhou Centre holds one star in the 2026 Michelin Guide, after first winning the distinction in 2025. Michelin lists the restaurant under Ningbo cuisine, with dishes including marinated raw crab and stuffed pigeon leg. (guide.michelin.com) (fourseasons.com) The hotel says executive Chinese chef Neal Zeng led Song to a Michelin star within its first year, and Michelin’s inspectors say the kitchen adds “novel twists” to Ningbo classics. Four Seasons says Zeng’s signatures include Ningbo marinated crab and crispy pigeon leg with Dahongpao pepper. (fourseasons.com) (guide.michelin.com) Ningbo cuisine is a regional style from Zhejiang province known for seafood, rice wine, and salty-umami flavors, and Michelin’s write-up places that identity at the center of Song’s case. The restaurant’s listed address is 493 Zhongshan North Road in Gongshu district, Hangzhou, inside the Four Seasons complex. (guide.michelin.com) (webwire.com) In Madrid, TonTon appears in the 2026 Michelin Guide as a recommended restaurant rather than a starred one, with inspectors describing a “playful space” in Chamberí and a menu built around local, seasonal produce. Michelin lists TonTon at Jordán 7 and classifies it as contemporary cuisine. (guide.michelin.com) A separate April 13 profile said TonTon opened in 2023 in a former carpentry workshop and is now led in the kitchen by Nico García Mingo, whose previous stops include Meroma in Mexico City and Carousel in London. The same report said Bosco Suarez de Puga oversees the project and Hryhorii Soroka runs the drinks program. (we-heart.com) Michelin’s own note on TonTon says the restaurant has embraced a “controlled evolution” under García Mingo and is keeping its focus on produce with a contemporary twist. The guide also highlights the room’s industrial look, with exposed brick and large wooden beams in the Chamberí dining room. (guide.michelin.com) Taken together, the two entries show Michelin rewarding different kinds of momentum in 2026: Song for sustaining a star through a tightly defined regional identity, and TonTon for earning guide attention as a newer Madrid dining room still building its profile. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2)
