However, Australia itself has a very authoritative restaurant rating standard, which is the chef's hat rating in the Gourmet Guide. It should be noted that there are two famous food evaluation agencies in Australia, one is the Good Food Guide and the other is the AGFG (Australia Good Food &: Travel Guide), both of which are rated as chef's hats. This is embarrassing. Who is imitating who? In fact, the origin of the two is 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. And AGFG imitates galt &; Millau), judging the final total score of the restaurant from six aspects, ranging from 12 to 19, and then giving 1 to 4 chef hats according to different scores.
Good food guides are more credible in Australia. I read the list of award-winning restaurants of the two, and they are basically the same. For example, six restaurants won three hats in the Gourmet Guide this year:
dock
Squid ink
button-down
Attica
slope
South Island
In AGFG's score, the following seven companies scored 19 and 18 respectively, that is, four hats:
Attica
Squid ink
slope
Bridge room
Taofu jingwumen
the sound of world
dock
These restaurants are naturally the top restaurants in Australia. The legendary chef, extremely delicious, of course, the price is not so cute, and must be booked several months in advance. I am curious. If Michelin comes to Australia, will Samsung also give these restaurants? Because in fact, both food guides and AGFG especially despise Michelin scores, which are too standard and modular. These two organizations are boasters. They encourage chefs to innovate and are willing to give high marks to innovative dishes, instead of expecting chefs to produce only according to the model. Therefore, there will be many fusion restaurants in their recommendations (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 attaches great importance to the uniformity and consistency of food quality, so it can be a bit boring sometimes. I really don't know how popular it will be when I get to Australia.
Of course, now you can still choose restaurants through food guides and AFGF. A new book, 20 18, has just been published, which can be bought in official website. Actually, 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 really forced me to buy books, which was too bad. But if you don't want to buy it, just look at the list of restaurants here.
On the contrary, AFGF is more digital, and official website has ratings and reviews of all restaurants. You can check it here.
I have a look at the restaurants I have eaten and need to put them on the agenda quickly! After that, I will share with you the food reviews and strategies of specific restaurants. I hope you will like them.