Highly regarded as the first Michelin-starred ramen in Tokyo, Master Chef Onishi Yuki's ramen house made its way to the Philippines last 2017. The quaint establishment sits 40, with its most in-demand seats being the bar seats as it allows guests to watch the chefs as they prepare the ramen. If you're wondering what sets Tsuta's ramen apart from others, its the clear broth that it's served with. Three separate soup stocks are prepared just for one bowl: chicken stock, asari (clam) with kelp (seaweed), and fish stock - making for a flavorful experience every spoonful.

As a Chinese dim sum chain popular in Hong Kong, Tim Ho Wan’s long queue is definitely justified. Good news for us Filipinos though as this Hong Kong Michelin-star restaurant currently has six branches (and counting!) in Manila.You don’t need to break the bank just to dine here, too! Dubbed the world’s cheapest Michelin-star restaurant, you can stuff yourself with their baked pork buns and still have enough money left for dessert. Trust us when we tell you three pieces of the pork buns be eaten by one person - its light and fluffy skin and saucy char siew pork is truly addicting.

Din Tai Fung’s greatest pride is their steamed pork dumplings which traditionally contain minced pork wrapped in a delicate dough skin, pleated, twisted at the top and steamed. This Michelin-star restaurant boasts of their dumplings’ skin with a minimum of 18 folds, done exquisitely. Named as one of the top ten restaurants in the world by The New York Times in 1993, Din Tai Fung was originally a shop selling cooking oil in Taiwan. Since then, its become number one on The Daily Meal’s “101 Best Restaurants in Asia” list in 2013 and has enjoyed nothing but good reviews since then.

Hawker Chan’s queue starts well before its opening until its closing time for their soya sauce chicken rice and roast pork. What started as a stall in Chinatown Food Centre in 2009, surprised the culinary world when it received a Michelin star in 2016. Nowadays, the Philippines branch follows suit after its expansion in Thailand and in Indonesia. Chef Chan shares that one of his reasons for opening up shop here is simply because “Filipinos love chicken”.

The food gods have blessed us with Kam’s Roast in Manila - a restaurant so good, it received its Michelin star within four months of opening! Proud of having the best pork dishes in the region, don’t miss out on their roast meals, which are all perfectly paired with rice. Be sure to order their Roast Duck with meat so tender and skin so succulent that'll be no surprise if you get addicted, wanting to order it day after day after day.

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