Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau 2019 elevates Caprice, Jade Dragon; three new restaurants earn two stars

Coveted third Michelin star awarded to Caprice at the Four Seasons Hong Kong and Jade Dragon at City of Dreams Macau

Alain Ducasse at Morpheus, opened in June, gets two stars, as do newcomers Sushi Saito and Ecriture. Six restaurants earn their first star

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Caprice restaurant the Four Seasons Hong Kong earns its third Michelin star in the 2019 edition of the Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau.

Published: 5:30pm, 11 Dec 2018Updated: 11:57pm, 9 Jan 2019

French fine-dining restaurant Caprice in the Four Seasons Hong Kong hotel and Jade Dragon, a Chinese restaurant in Macau’s City of Dreams, have won a coveted third Michelin star in the 2019 Michelin Guide to Hong Kong and Macau.

Alain Ducasse at Morpheus, in City of Dreams, which serves contemporary French haute cuisine and only opened in June, was awarded two Michelin stars. Two other newcomers earned two Michelin stars: Japanese-influenced French restaurant Ecriture at H Queen’s in Central, Hong Kong, and Sushi Saito at the Four Seasons Hong Kong. Ying Jee Club, a Cantonese stir-fry restaurant in Central, earned its second star.

Six restaurants earned their first Michelin star: Arbor and Belon in Central, Hong Kong, which serve French haute cuisine; Guo Fu Lou, a dim sum restaurant at The Murray hotel in Central; New Punjab Club in Wyndham Street, Central; Octavium, opened by Umberto Bombana in Des Voeux Road; and Xin Rong Ji, a Shanghainese restaurant in Wan Chai.

Guillaume Galliot, chef de cuisine at Caprice, was thrilled to earn a third star, and said he was “shaking” as he received hugs from fellow chefs at the Grand Hyatt in Macau where the guide was launched on Tuesday.

Eric Räty of Arbor said winning his first star was amazing. He’s already thinking about how to earn a second.

For young chef Eric Räty of Arbor, earning his first star was “amazing”, he said. “I’m excited to go back into the kitchen and start thinking about how to do the next dish, how to get the second star.”

Belon, like New Punjab Club part of the Black Sheep Group, has been open for three years, and has finally received its first star. “I’m happy for the team. It’s a good list, a diverse list,” said Daniel Calvert, the talent behind the restaurant.