You have probably heard that there are no Michelin restaurants in Australia, not because the restaurants here are not qualified, but because Australia has not been included in the Michelin guide for the time being. In fact, Michelin is very regional, initially influential in Europe, and only in recent years has it begun to explore the Asian and North American markets. When Australia will expand is unknown.
However, Australia has its own authoritative restaurant rating standard, which is the chef's hat rating of Good Food Guide. It should be noted that there are two famous food evaluation organizations in Australia, one is Good Food Guide and the other is AGFG (Australia Good Food &: Travel Guide), the scoring standard of both is called chef hat. This is very embarrassing. Who is imitating who? In fact, the origins of the two are completely different: Good Food Guide is a local organization in Australia, which has created its own "hat" scoring system, and the three "HATs" are the highest. While AGFG imitates gault &; Millau), judging the last total score of the restaurant from six aspects, between 12 and 19, and then giving 1 to 4 chef hats according to different scores.
the local Good Food Guide in Australia is more credible. I read the list of award-winning restaurants of the two, but they are basically the same. For example, there are six restaurants that won three hats in the Good Food Guide this year:
Quay
Sepia
Urbane
Attica
Brae
Minamishima
and in AGFG's score, The following seven restaurants won 19 and 18 points, that is, four hats:
Attica
Sepia
Brae
The Bridge Room
Momofuku Seiobo
Vue de Monde
Quay
These restaurants are naturally the top restaurants in Australia. Legendary chef, extremely delicious, of course, the price is not so cute and must be booked several months in advance. I'm curious. If Michelin comes to Australia, will Samsung also give it to these restaurants? Because in fact, both Good Food Guide and AGFG especially despise Michelin scores, which are too standard and too modular. These two organizations are people who boast of encouraging chefs to innovate and are willing to give high marks for innovative dishes, rather than expecting chefs to just follow the model. Therefore, there will be many fusion restaurants in their recommendation (Australia itself is one of the best places in the world to do fusion, which is not unrelated to the integration of many cultures and the emphasis on innovation). Michelin, on the other hand, attaches great importance to the uniformity and consistency of the quality of dishes, so sometimes it will be a bit boring. I don't know how popular it will be if it really comes to Australia.
of course, now you can still choose restaurants by Good Food Guide and AFGF. Good Food Guide has just published a new book, the latest guide in 2118, which can be bought on official website. In fact, I think this organization is too traditional. The important contents are all in the book. You can only view the list of all award-winning restaurants on the website without any comments. It's really forcing me to buy books, which is too bad. But if you don't want to buy it, just look at the restaurant list here.
On the contrary, AFGF is more digital, and there are ratings and reviews of all restaurants in official website. You can check it here.
I looked at the few restaurants I have eaten, so I need to put them on the agenda soon! After that, I will share with you the food reviews and guides of specific restaurants. I hope you will like them.