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A street-food shop on Hak Po Street, Mong Kok, Hong Kong, specialising in Shaanxi liangpi (cold skin noodles), awarded a Bib Gourmand in the MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau 2024. The noodles are dressed in a secret chilli vinegar blend, with adjustable spiciness.
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1929 by Guillaume Galliot is a contemporary French restaurant in the Cathay Building at 59 South Maoming Road, Huangpu, Shanghai, holding one diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A Zhejiang cuisine restaurant in a Republican-era villa on Longjing Road, West Lake, Hangzhou, blending Cantonese techniques into Jiangsu-Zhejiang cuisine; listed in the 2025 MICHELIN Guide, one diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A modern Sichuan restaurant on Jiaozi Avenue in Wuhou District, Chengdu, cooking traditional Sichuan flavors with globally sourced ingredients; One Diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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Cantonese restaurant tucked inside a public housing estate in East Kowloon, Hong Kong, serving classic Cantonese dishes made with fresh ingredients; newly awarded a Bib Gourmand in 2024.
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A Huaiyang restaurant inside Qinglong Mountain Villa in Jiangning District, Nanjing, holding one diamond in the 2025 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide and two diamonds in 2026.
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Fully plant-based restaurant on Gongti North Road, Chaoyang, Beijing; two MICHELIN stars, and two Diamonds in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A Fujian-cuisine restaurant on the 6th floor of the KAIPUU Bell Tower hotel inside the Bell Tower department store on Dongjie, Licheng District, Quanzhou, famed for its Buddha Jumps Over the Wall; One Diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A Macau-style hotpot restaurant in China World Mall, Beijing, with 270-degree CBD views; a perennial Black Pearl listee and One Diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A Taizhou-cuisine restaurant on Xinyuan South Road in Chaoyang, Beijing — the flagship of the Xin Rong Ji chain, a three-star restaurant in the MICHELIN Guide Beijing 2025, rated two diamonds in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A French restaurant on the 3rd floor of Morpheus at City of Dreams, Macau, holding two MICHELIN stars and one Black Pearl Diamond in 2025 and 2026.
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Cantonese restaurant at 3F, The Wharney Hotel, 57-73 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong; Two Diamonds in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Qingxi Zhuangyuan (Xingsha branch) is a Hunan garden restaurant at 20 Xingsha Avenue, Xingsha Economic Zone, Changsha, opened in 2017 and known for its signature Zu'an tofu; one diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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Restaurante Litoral (Taipa) is a Portuguese and Macanese restaurant in Taipa, Macau, awarded a Bib Gourmand in the MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau 2024, known for shareable Portuguese and Macanese classics.
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A Cantonese restaurant inside Beijing Taifu Hotel, holding One Diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A refined, innovative Cantonese restaurant on the 23rd and 25th floors of Grand Hyatt Guangzhou with panoramic views of Huacheng Square; one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A Cantonese restaurant on the 102nd floor of The Ritz-Carlton, International Commerce Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, with sweeping harbour views; a two-MICHELIN-star restaurant rated one diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides. Signatures include chicken soup with fish maw double-boiled in coconut and honey-glazed char siu.
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Zi Wei Hall is located inside the West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, serving Jiangzhe flavours and Hangzhou cuisine amid traditional Chinese decor and Jiangnan garden scenery; two Black Pearl Diamonds in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A small sake-pairing restaurant tucked down a narrow dark alley in Hong Kong, newly awarded one MICHELIN Star in the MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau 2023 and usually booked out months ahead.
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Cantonese restaurant on 3/F of the JW Marriott Hotel at Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong, designed with Chinese-garden inspiration; Black Pearl One Diamond 2026.
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A Beijing-cuisine restaurant on Dongsanhuan Middle Road in Beijing with an industrial-style space; one star in the MICHELIN Guide Beijing 2022, at sensible prices.
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A Buddha Jumps Over the Wall restaurant on the 3rd floor of Sandi Xintiandi mall, Taijiang District, Fuzhou, a cultural experience space carrying a century of heritage; One Diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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CHIU by Howard is the Chao-Shan (Teochew) restaurant of Howard's Gourmet in Tianmuli, Hangzhou, led by chef Cai Hao with a whisky wall; one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A Huaiyang restaurant on level 2 of the Jinling Hotel in Nanjing, holding one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Fu Lu FULL HOUSE is a Huaiyang restaurant with Sichuan influences at 688 Nanjing West Road, Jingan, Shanghai, under the Shi Lu brand, newly awarded one diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Contemporary French restaurant on Jiangtai West Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, with a sleek and romantic ambiance; one Diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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Sang Kee Foods (Western District) earned a Bib Gourmand for its famous Chiuchow-style marinated goose made with grain-fed goose from Chiuchow, served nose-to-tail with blood curd, web, wing, liver, intestine and gizzard.
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A Hunanese restaurant at The Westin on Beijing's Financial Street, part of the Xin Rong Ji Group; one MICHELIN star and One Diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A Taizhou-cuisine restaurant in the International Finance Centre on Jinrong Street, Beijing — the Taizhou brand's first Beijing branch — and a one-star restaurant in the MICHELIN Guide Beijing 2022.
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Nanjing Restaurant (Guitang River branch) is a quality new-Hunan restaurant on the 3rd floor of Shuangta International Plaza on Guitanghe Road, Yuhua District, Changsha; the brand dates to 1993, and it holds one diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A French restaurant inside an art museum on Capital Airport Road in Shunyi, Beijing, holding One Diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Wan Chai landmark Sang Kee, established in 1976, regained its Bib Gourmand after relocation; the brighter, more spacious new shop keeps signature dishes like salt-baked chicken, pork liver and wolfberry leaf soup, and baked fish intestine with egg.
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An upmarket Cantonese restaurant in Sino Plaza, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, famed for its signature Ah Yat braised abalone; listed as a three-star restaurant in both the 2025 and 2026 MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau.
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A premium beef hotpot restaurant under the Jiumaojiu Group on the ground floor of Grandview Palazzo in Guangzhou, averaging around 460 yuan per person; one diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A contemporary Asian restaurant at MGM COTAI in Macau, holding one MICHELIN star for two consecutive years and one Black Pearl Diamond in 2026.
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A seafood restaurant on Huaifu Road in Fengze District, Quanzhou, where guests select live seafood from tanks at the entrance; awarded one MICHELIN star in 2026 and One Diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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Cantonese restaurant on 4/F of the Four Seasons Hotel at 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong, with panoramic harbour views and two MICHELIN stars; Black Pearl Two Diamonds in 2025 and 2026.
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A Fuzhou-cuisine restaurant inside a two-story villa in the Overseas Chinese New Village, Gulou District, Fuzhou, cooking with Wuyi tea; One Diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A Huaiyang restaurant on level 1 of Shangri-La Nanjing, holding two diamonds in the 2025 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide and one diamond in 2026.
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A French restaurant at Parkview Center in Beijing's Sanlitun area and the city's first imported-oyster specialty restaurant, rated one diamond in the 2025 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Palace Garden is a Cantonese restaurant on Level 3 of Grand Lisboa Palace Resort Macau, awarded one star on its debut in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong Macau and One Diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A Cantonese restaurant inside Beijing SKP, holding One Diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A Fujian (Min) cuisine restaurant in Hangzhou GT Land Plaza, with interiors themed on Fujian's regional culture and views over the Qiantang River; one Black Pearl Diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Zijin Mansion is a Cantonese restaurant on the 3rd floor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Jinyu Hutong in Dongcheng, Beijing, helmed by a Hakkanese chef; a one-star restaurant in the MICHELIN Guide Beijing 2022.
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A Cantonese-Yunnan restaurant housed in a standalone French-style villa inside Park 1903 in Xishan District, Kunming, founded in 2020; one Black Pearl Diamond in 2025 and 2026.
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A Taizhou-cuisine restaurant in Yintai Centre on Jianguomenwai Street, Beijing, with seafood flown in from Taizhou daily; a one-star restaurant in the MICHELIN Guide Beijing 2022.
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Fu He Hui (Yuyuan Road) is a vegetarian restaurant at 1037 Yuyuan Road, Changning, Shanghai, part of the Fu Group, holding two diamonds in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Vegetarian restaurant in a historic courtyard house beside Yonghe Temple, Beijing; a three-star restaurant in the MICHELIN Guide Beijing 2022, serving lacto-ovo vegetarian menus of over ten courses.
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A Zhejiang cuisine restaurant inside Amanfayun in Hangzhou, with a rustic farmhouse ambience; one Michelin star (2025), one diamond in the 2025 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide and one diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A Qingdao-cuisine restaurant on the 2nd floor of the Holiday Inn Qingdao City Centre on Xuzhou Road, Shinan District, Qingdao. Founded in 1993, the brand specializes in an evolved "New Qingdao cuisine"; One Diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.