Mint names Asia’s hottest Michelin spots
- Mint published a reported guide on April 25 naming Michelin-starred standouts across Asia, spotlighting Sühring and Potong in Bangkok, Narisawa in Tokyo, Wing in Hong Kong, Onjium in Seoul, and Labyrinth in Singapore. - The sharpest marker is Bangkok’s rise: Michelin’s 2025 Thailand guide gave Sorn the country’s first three stars and listed seven two-star restaurants, including Sühring, Gaa, Baan Tepa and Côte. - The roundup lands as Michelin’s footprint in Asia keeps expanding, with Tokyo’s 2025 guide listing 170 starred restaurants and Singapore’s 2025 selection covering 288 total addresses. (guide.michelin.com)
Mint’s latest food feature maps where Michelin energy in Asia is clustering now: Bangkok, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore and Osaka. (livemint.com) The April 25 piece by Teja Lele says the common thread is not theatrical plating but chefs reworking local memory, fermentation and regional produce into tightly edited tasting menus. (livemint.com) In Bangkok, Mint points to Sühring, run by twins Mathias and Thomas Sühring, and to Potong, chef Pichaya Soontornyanakij’s restaurant in Yaowarat. Michelin’s 2025 Thailand guide lists Sühring with two stars and Potong with one. (livemint.com) (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) That city has gained weight in Michelin’s hierarchy. Michelin’s Thailand 2025 edition gave Sorn the country’s first three stars and counted seven two-star restaurants and 28 one-star restaurants nationwide. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) Tokyo remains the scale play. Michelin says the 2025 Tokyo guide recommends 507 restaurants, including 170 starred establishments, and Mint singles out Narisawa for chef Yoshihiro Narisawa’s Satoyama-driven menu built around seasonality and fermentation. (guide.michelin.com) (livemint.com) (guide.michelin.com) Hong Kong appears in the Mint list through Wing, where chef Vicky Cheng works from Chinese culinary traditions. Michelin’s Hong Kong guide lists Wing in its 2025 selection. (livemint.com) (guide.michelin.com) In Seoul, Mint highlights Onjium, and Michelin describes it as a restaurant guided by court-cuisine specialist Cho Eun-hee and Park Sung-bae that reinterprets Korean flavors through research and modern technique. Michelin lists Onjium with one star in the 2025 South Korea guide. (livemint.com) (guide.michelin.com) Singapore’s inclusion reflects a market where Michelin range runs from hotel fine dining to hawker food. Michelin’s 2025 Singapore selection covers 288 addresses, while restaurants such as Labyrinth and Burnt Ends remain among the city’s better-known starred names. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) (guide.michelin.com 3) Osaka rounds out the picture with restaurants such as Hajime and Fujiya 1935, both listed by Michelin in the 2025 Japan guide, showing that the article’s map stretches beyond capital cities and into long-established culinary strongholds. (guide.michelin.com) (guide.michelin.com) The centenary year of the Michelin Guide gives the Mint piece its timing, but the article’s real point is geographic. Asia’s Michelin story is no longer one city or one cuisine; it is a network of restaurants using local technique as the main event. (livemint.com)
