It means a high-quality Chinese restaurant jointly rated by gourmets in the catering industry. Dianping’s Black Pearl Restaurant is the benchmark for Michelin restaurants.

The difference between Michelin and Black Pearl:

1: Different selection dimensions: Michelin restaurant evaluation dimensions include the ingredients on the plate, food-making skills and taste fusion, innovation level, and quality. Value for money and whether the cooking level is consistent. Black Pearl Restaurant has three judging dimensions: cooking level, experience, and inheritance and innovation.

2: Different restaurant stars: Michelin restaurants have three stars, two stars, and one star. The Black Pearl restaurant has three diamonds, two diamonds, and one diamond.

Michelin restaurants are restaurants included in the "Michelin Red Book".

In 1900, the founder of Michelin Tire published the Michelin Guide, a guide for travelers to choose restaurants during their travels. The content includes travel itinerary planning, scenic spot recommendations, road guidance, etc. The "Michelin Red Book" (also known as the "Michelin Red Guide") rates restaurants every year.

On November 16, 2020, the "Michelin Guide 2021 Beijing" was officially released. Among them, there are 2 Michelin three-star restaurants, 2 Michelin two-star restaurants, and 26 one-Michelin-star restaurants. Also announced were 51 "Michelin Plate" restaurants and 17 Bib Gourmand restaurants.

The Michelin restaurant rating system*** has three levels:

1 star: a good restaurant worth stopping to try (this description is of course because Michelin makes tires).

2 stars: First-class cooking, excellent food and wine pairing, worth a detour, but not cheap.

3 stars: Perfect and superb cooking skills, it is worth a special trip. You can enjoy superb food, a selection of fine table wines, flawless service and an extremely elegant dining environment, but you need to Spend a fortune.