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Associated Press
07-06-2025
- Associated Press
The 2025 MICHELIN Guide Hanoi Da Nang Celebrates Vietnam's Culinary Ascent With 9 One Star, 2 Green Star, and 63 Bib Gourmand
HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - Media OutReach Newswire - 6 June 2025 - Michelin officially unveiled the 2025 restaurant selection of the MICHELIN Guide Hanoi | Ho Chi Minh City | Da Nang at the InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort. The 2025 edition underscores Vietnam's growing stature as a global gastronomic destination. The 2025 MICHELIN Guide Hanoi | Ho Chi Minh City | Da Nang One MICHELIN Star and MICHELIN Guide Special Awards The newly released restaurant selection showcases 181 establishments – featuring 9 One MICHELIN Star restaurants (of which, 1 new and 1 promoted), 63 Bib Gourmand (of which, 9 new entries), as well as 109 establishments selected for their quality cuisine (of which, 14 newcomers). New additions include 10 from Hanoi (5 Bib Gourmand and 5 MICHELIN Selected), 7 from Ho Chi Minh City (1 One MICHELIN Star and 6 MICHELIN Selected) and 7 from Da Nang (4 Bib Gourmand and 3 MICHELIN Selected). One Hanoi restaurant is newly awarded a MICHELIN Green Star for its commitment towards an eco-friendlier sustainable practice. 'This year, we are proud to witness a rise in the number of Starred restaurants, driven by a new generation of talented chefs. Many are returning to their roots, using modern techniques to tell stories of their hometowns and to revive childhood flavors. At the same time, street food stalls, family-run eateries, and long-standing local shops continue to preserve culinary traditions with authenticity and passion.' said Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of the MICHELIN Guides. 'For our inspectors, the journey of discovering new restaurants in Vietnam remains as exciting as ever. They have been inspired by the dedication, creativity, and pursuit of excellence shown by culinary professionals across the country — and they are eager to uncover even more gems in the years to come.' One MICHELIN Star: A Milestone Year This year's selection features 9 restaurants awarded One MICHELIN Star – of which, one directly joins the selection with a Star and one is promoted from last year: Lamai Garden: Hanoi's First Restaurant to Earn the MICHELIN Green Star The MICHELIN Green Star rewards the initiatives of groundbreaking restaurants committed to rethinking their impact and encouraging a strong gastronomic transition. Lamai Garden is newly awarded the MICHELIN Green Star for their remarkable philosophy and commitment towards a more eco-friendly approach to gastronomy. Reimagined by chef-owner Hieu Trung Tran in 2022, features a seasonal tasting menu and vegetarian menu in line with a contemporary Vietnamese farm-to-table concept. They use ingredients from their Phú Thọ farm – garden herbs, ducks, and black pigs. Bib Gourmand: 63 Restaurants Delivering Quality at An Incredible Value The 2025 Bib Gourmand list grows to 63 establishments, including 9 new entries, celebrated for offering exceptional food at moderate prices. The New Bib Gourmand entries include: In Hanoi Hà Thành Mansion – housed in a century-old villa, Hà Thành Mansion spans three uniquely designed floors, each radiating artistic charm. Mậu Dịch Số 37 – with a rustic, vintage ambience, and signature dishes include Hanoi spring rolls, fried hemibagrus fish, and scorched rice with beef stew. Miến Lươn Chân Cầm (Hoan Kiem) – At nearly 40 years old, this gem in Hanoi's Old Quarter is popular for its array of eel dishes. Phở Bò Lâm – Fresh ingredients shine in the signature beef heel muscle, which boasts tender meat and gelatinous tendon with a pleasant chew. Ưu Đàm – features a vegetarian menu that is anchored in tradition but is also mindful of nutritional balance. In Da Nang Bánh Xèo 76 (Da Nang) – has a charcoal grill at the entrance for grilling pork. The menu includes classic Vietnamese dishes such as pancakes, corn rolls and noodles with grilled pork. Bún Bò Huế Bà Thương (Da Nang) – has been delighting locals for over 50 years with their Bún Bò Huế, a spicy soup from Huế famed for its rich lemongrass broth. Quê Xưa – a testament to its authentic Vietnamese fare. The menu focuses on two dishes: Mỳ Quảng and Bánh Thịt Heo. Shamballa – offers a serene vegetarian escape. Enter through an aged wooden door to discover Tibetan artefacts and a menu rooted in Vietnamese flavors. MICHELIN Selected: In addition to Starred and Bib Gourmand restaurants, the MICHELIN Guide inspectors also recommend eateries whose high-quality cuisine simply seduced them. 109 establishments are featured in the MICHELIN Selected category with 14 new additions across all cities. New entries to the MICHELIN Selected category reflect both rising talent and consistent culinary craftsmanship across Vietnam's three major cities: - Hanoi – Hiệu Lực Canh Cá Rô Hưng Yên (Hai Ba Trung), Lamai Garden, Phở Cuốn Chinh Thắng, Phở Tiến, Vien Dining - Ho Chi Minh City – Bà Cô Lốc Cốc, Hoi An Sense, Nephele, Okra FoodBar, ST25 by KOTO, The Albion by Kirk Westaway - Da Nang – Bếp Cuốn, Bún Riêu Cua 39, Moc MICHELIN Guide Special Awards With its special awards, the MICHELIN Guide goes beyond the search for the best food quality. It aims to highlight talented individuals who contribute to enhancing the gastronomic dining experience. This year, the Young Chef Award is given to Chef Viet Hong Le from newly Starred restaurant CieL. Born in 1992, Chef Viet Hong Le is a distinguished young chef with 14 years of culinary experience. In 2019, he co-founded The Monkey Gallery and pursued formal culinary education at Ferrandi during the pandemic, which ultimately led to the creation of CieL. This year's Sommelier Award is presented to Paul Vo from newly selected restaurant Nephele. Paul Vo is the restaurant's General Manager and sommelier, hailing from Vietnam and bringing extensive wine knowledge to the table. With his expertise and charm, Paul Vo transforms every wine selection into an enjoyable journey for his guests. This year's Service Award is given to Nha Huynh from Bib Gourmand restaurant Mặn Mòi (Thu Duc City). Nha Huynh is sunny and enthusiastic, always greeting customers with the brightest smile. Warm, friendly, and reliable, he consistently exemplifies the spirit of exceptional service. The MICHELIN Guide Hanoi | Ho Chi Minh City | Da Nang 2025 at a glance: Hashtag: #MICHELINStar25 #MICHELINGuideVN The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Travel + Leisure
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Travel + Leisure
This Central Vietnam Resort Has the Region's First Michelin-starred Restaurant—and It Just Opened an Ambitious New Eatery
Vietnam's coastal city of Da Nang is known for buzzy street-food vendors, rich coffee culture, and the country's freshest seafood. Now that the Michelin Guide has come to town, there are more reasons to visit this culinary capital. Since the guide first debuted in Vietnam in 2023, Michelin has awarded stars to seven restaurants throughout the country. So far, just one can be found in Da Nang at the InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort's French fine-dining restaurant, La Maison 1888. The chef's table at Michelin star restaurant, La Maison 1888. Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort Set in a colonial Indochine mansion, the restaurant marries haute cuisine from chef Christian Le Squer, who is also behind three Michelin-starred restaurant Le Cinq in Paris, with local ingredients and an exceptional wine cellar containing more than 450 premium bottles focused on French wine regions. 'It was truly an honor and an emotional milestone—not just for La Maison 1888 and InterContinental Danang, but for the entire region,' says the resort's general manager, Seif Hamdy. With its reputation as a culinary destination solidified, the InterContinental Danang just opened another ambitious fine-dining restaurant, Tingara. The modern Japanese restaurant is helmed by executive chef Junichi Yoshida, who brings his own Michelin pedigree to the InterContinental Danang from his experience at the first teppanyaki restaurant to ever receive a Michelin star. From Left: Grilled Kyori Beef tableside; Tingara's dining room. Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort Tingara skillfully showcases the breadth of Japanese cooking styles with two distinct omakase experiences that highlight sushi and teppanyaki. Throughout dinner service, the open kitchen at the center of the restaurant becomes a stage with skilled chefs carefully preparing sushi and using fiery teppanyaki tables to craft dishes like grilled ise ebi lobster and the restaurant's signature crispy wagyu beef, which is slow-cooked at a low temperature and finished over high heat using binchotan charcoal on a robata grill. 'We want to make a real mark on Da Nang's culinary landscape,' says Hamdy. 'Tingara brings refined omakase dining to Da Nang, offering an intimate, chef-led experience not otherwise found in the city.' Tingara, the latest addition to the property's slate of six restaurants and bars, is nestled 100 meters above sea level in the jungle of the Son Tra Nature Reserve. Between courses, diners can take in sweeping views from the bird's nest-inspired dining room designed by famed American designer Bill Bensley. Spread out across nearly 100 acres, the hotel's lush gardens mimic the maximalist sensibilities of the interior design also dreamt up by Bensley. It takes a team of more than 100 gardeners and landscapers to maintain the teeming greenery that stretches from the resort's fourth level all the way down to the waterfront. Inside the 172 rooms and suites, plus 17 private villas and residences, bold patterns in citrus-like colors contrast the white-and-black color scheme. Each room is infused with playful details like lantern-shaped door frames and unexpected monkey statues hidden throughout the property. Look out for the real monkeys on site as well. Macaques and endangered red-shanked douc monkeys are native to the only remaining coastal rain forest in Vietnam—they love to play in the tropical almond trees, helping bring this whimsical playground for beachfront vacations and culinary explorations to life. Nightly rates start at $550 with daily breakfast for two. Learn more and book your stay at
South China Morning Post
26-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Why the best Wagyu beef is from Okinawa, according to this Japanese teppanyaki chef
The best Wagyu beef, known for its marbling of fat, is said to come from Miyazaki and Kobe in Japan. There is also Australian Wagyu. Some Wagyu cattle breeds are held in higher prestige than others and have a corresponding price point – but is there really a difference in taste? It is Japan's first branded Wagyu beef produced solely by calf breeders, a break with tradition; usually breeders sell their calves to cattle-fattening farms who raise them for slaughter. The lobby of the InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, nestled in jungle with wide sea views. Photo: InterContinental Danang Yaeyama Kyori Beef's female calves, born from Tajima bloodlines, one of three Japanese black cattle bloodlines, are raised on pastures fed by mineral-rich waters that are lush year round and fattened to produce meat with exceptional marbling and flavour.
Forbes
30-04-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Art And Design Take Center Stage At These Vietnam Hotels
Lasvit's hand-blown Charming Deeps installation anchors Regent Phu Quoc's design approach as a crystalline meditation on Vietnam's marine ecology. Beyond the cuisine, coffee, and coastline, Vietnam's design-forward hotels have also become one of the country's most compelling draws. A product of its two-decade economic ascent, the hospitality sector has evolved into fertile ground for some of Asia's most ambitious architectural and aesthetic experimentation. Increasingly, international designers are working in close collaboration with Vietnamese artists, artisans, and craftspeople to translate the country's layered identity into spaces that reflect both local nuance and global sophistication. The result is a distinct design language—rooted in cultural diversity and shaped by an ongoing dialogue between heritage and modernity. This evolution reflects a broader shift in global luxury travel, where substance now matters more than spectacle. Today's discerning travelers prioritize cultural depth, architectural storytelling, and a sense of place over superficial opulence. In 2024, Vietnam welcomed 17.5 million international visitors—a nearly 40 percent increase—driven in part by rising demand for destinations that combine refined hospitality with meaningful local connection. In response, many of the best luxury hotels in Vietnam are embracing regional architecture, traditional craft, and narrative design as core elements of their guest experience. As travelers venture beyond the cultural anchors of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City—into Vietnam's interior provinces, coastlines, and highland regions—they're met with a new wave of design experimentation. In the cities, French colonial relics are being reinterpreted and revamped through a distinctly Vietnamese lens. Along the coast, luxury resorts in Da Nang, Phu Quoc, and Hoi An fuse indigenous materials with ecological awareness to create truly resonant environments that translate a cultural anthology, rendered in timber, lacquer, and stone. Dramatic seaside corridor in InterContinental Danang's Rock Villa reveals stunning ocean views through wood-framed doorways Bill Bensley's breakthrough work at InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort was the project that catapulted him to international stardom. It all unfolds across four levels carved into the jungle: Heaven, Sky, Earth, and Sea. Throughout the property's public pavilions and room categories, you'll find a stark black and white palette jolted with citrus bursts; meanwhile, ancient Vietnamese temple motifs clash deliberately with California oddities like cast iron ostriches and surfboard tables. The monkey obsession borders on fetishistic—from urinating primate fountains to papier-mâché busts—as well as Instagram bait like inverted (and seemingly suspended) non-la hat dining platforms and Long Bar's namesake 164-foot counter flanked by fisherman basket chairs. Indigenous craftsmanship appears where you least expect it, with mother-of-pearl inlays and Bat Trang ceramics turning even bathrooms into performance spaces. Crowning it all like a bird's nest is Tingara, a 'bird's nest' restaurant where Michelin-starred chef Junichi Yoshida serves omakase against panoramic seascapes. Contemporary Vietnamese artworks transform The Gallery at Regent Phu Quoc into a vibrant cultural bridge between tradition and modernity. BLINK Design Group founder Clint Nagata envisioned Regent Phu Quoc as a study in spatial restraint—a sanctuary where subtraction reveals substance. Rooted in the rhythms of fishing villages and tidal flow, the design privileges quiet material statements, such as laterite stone quarried from the Vietnamese highlands, handwoven rattan by village artisans using fading techniques, and bronze accents that shift with the coastal light. Art is not an afterthought but an axis. Charming Deeps, a suspended glass sculpture by Czech studio Lasvit, its hand-blown forms parlaying the fragility of Phu Quoc's coral ecosystem into a striking visual anchor. The newly launched Gallery, conceived in collaboration with Hanoi's CUC Gallery, expands the hotel's design dialogue into contemporary Vietnamese art. Its debut show, Dynamics of Identities, featured sculptural work by Hanoi's Dinh Cong Dat and Thai Nhat Minh alongside painter Nguyen Ngoc Vu ('Rabbit Boy'), whose canvases merge classical Vietnamese forms with pop sensibilities. Elsewhere, Singapore-based Artling curates site-specific installations—monumental lacquer panels and abstract sculptures—infusing the resort with a distinct cultural tempo that's both local and forward-facing. At the concierge desk at Park Hyatt Saigon, traditional Vietnamese folk art panels punctuates the French-colonial inspired interiors with color. Behind its stately white French colonial façade, Park Hyatt Saigon conceals a quietly radical fusion of East–West aesthetics. The District 1 grand dame's architecture by Chan Soo Khian of SCDA Architects exudes measured elegance, while interiors by Diana Simpson ground the experience in tactile luxury: custom silk, marble, and Hanoia lacquerware crafted by Vietnam's most skilled ateliers. But its defining feature is the art. Curated by Ben Thanh Art Gallery from 2003–2005, the hotel's collection is anchored by rare lacquer paintings from Do Xuan Doan (1937–2015), a scion of the medium whose silver-gold compositions evoke dynastic grandeur with modern restraint. Alongside them are works by Bui Huu Hung, including Summer Landscape, Royal Lady, and Couple Crane in Golden Land—pieces that elevate the hotel's public spaces into a de facto museum of Vietnamese fine art. Following a 2015 renovation, management made the deliberate choice to preserve this trove intact—a move that now reads as visionary, as the value and cultural relevance of these works have only compounded with time. Floor-to-ceiling glass doors frame the Four Seasons Nam Hai's elegant villa living space, where minimalist Asian design elements perfectly complement the pristine beachfront view of palm trees and turquoise waters. French architect Reda Amalou, along with the late great Indonesian designer Jaya Ibrahim created this five-star property as a meditation on Vietnamese spatial philosophy. Inspired by the traditional garden houses of Hue, the villas are temples of pared-back luxury: timber-framed structures with soaring pitched roofs, elevated sleeping platforms veiled in gauzy nets, and decorative panels that refract light like silk lanterns. Each structure follows the logic of phong thủy, aligning elements in harmony with earth and sea. Locally made ceramics from Bat Trang and hand-forged brass from the surrounding region add tactile punches throughout. But it's Karl Princic's deft landscaping that delivers the signature coup: a trio of infinity pools, terraced to mirror the beach's horizon line as it seamlessly dissolves into the East Sea. Zannier Bai San Ho's paddy field villa entrance frames a perfect sightline through traditional thatch roofing and bamboo shutters, honoring Vietnam's vernacular architecture with contemporary restraint. Vietnam's untrammeled Phu Yen coastline hosts this architectural standout where heritage and habitat coexist without compromise. Across nearly 250 acres, 73 villas speak a trio of distinct dialects: stilted paddy field dwellings that echo fishermen's homes, Cham-inspired Beach Pool Villas, and Ede longhouse interpretations with assertive rooflines that punctuate the hillsides. The interiors avoid the usual ethnic-luxe clichés, instead deploying Vietnamese artifacts and textiles that suggest decades of careful collection rather than decorator's orders. Most developers would have bulldozed this landscape into submission. Instead, Zannier preserved existing vegetation and engineered against erosion—environmental consciousness that makes neighboring resorts look positively obtuse by comparison. Bill Bensley's theatrical vision comes alive in Capella Hanoi's opera-themed suite, where vintage performance hall artwork and pagoda-inspired lighting create an immersive 1920s fantasy. Bensley's 47-suite Hanoi hideaway isn't necessarily subtle, but it is sure is smart. The opera house conceit could have slipped into costume-party territory, but instead delivers surprising depth. Each named suite houses actual theatrical artifacts: makeup-stained costumes, performance ephemera, oddities sourced from Hanoi's dealers who typically reserve such treasures for serious collectors. The hand-painted murals created by Bensley's studio artists avoid superfluous decoration, instead crafting surrealistic narratives where Vietnamese and Western operatic traditions collapse in dreamlike sequences that reward closer inspection. Working with French architect Luc Lejeune, the design team managed the difficult trick of period authenticity without sacrificing comfort. Worth noting is the experiential Capella Curates program, which offers guests backstage opera access that typical cultural tourism can't touch. Six Senses Con Dao's oceanfront villa seamlessly blends sustainable teakwood architecture with breathtaking sea views, where billowing white canopies and minimalist design honor Vietnam's fishing village heritage. In the remote Con Dao archipelago, conservation is an operating principle. AW² Architecture Workshop's design at Six Senses Con Dao enshrines this philosophy in its bones, leveraging salvaged teakwood and prefabricated timber frames to minimize environmental impact (a construction method far more complex than conventional building but invisible to the casual observer). Inspired by the look of a traditional fishing village, the property's 50 villas sit lightly on the land, either elevated on stilts or nestled into protective dunes that maintain the island's natural defenses. There's the marine conservation program, too, which represents real science, not symbolic gestures, as it actively restores beaches for endangered green turtle nesting in partnership with local authorities. Franco Albini's 1940 re-engineered Veliero "sailing ship" bookcase anchors The Reverie Saigon's penthouse living room, complemented by Poltrona Frau leather furniture. Audacious, perhaps borderline scandalous—this skyscraper-crowning fantasia seduces with unapologetic maximalism from architect Kent Lui. First-time visitors invariably gasp encountering pieces like Colombostile's headline-making purple ostrich leather sofa, or Baldi's malachite and bronze masterpiece timepiece. Then there's the furniture by Giorgetti, Poltrona Frau, and Visona—all of which tempt with sculptural provocation. Looking upward reveals Murano chandeliers floating like suspended galaxies above rare Carrara marble, while Sicis artisans have transformed entire spa walls into shimmering aquatic dreamscapes that seem to undulate in the light. The penthouse Saigon Suite by Giorgetti is the most gallery-worthy of the hotel's offerings for its fusion of Saigon's ambitious energy and Milan's longstanding design horsepower.
