(Montreal) The Michelin guide, an international gastronomic benchmark, published its very first Canadian edition on Tuesday in which it highlights 74 restaurants in the country’s largest city, Toronto.
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The inspectors thus awarded one star to 13 restaurants for “quality cuisine, which is worth stopping there” and two stars to only one lucky winner for “excellent cuisine which is worth the detour”, writes the guide.
“Toronto shows that it deserves to be the very first selection of the Michelin guide in the Far North”, declared in a press release Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin guides, referring in particular to the “diversity of the selection” which reflects ” the cosmopolitan soul” of the Queen City.
Since May, inspectors have scoured the city’s culinary establishments anonymously, judging restaurants according to a methodology the organization keeps secret.
Among the thirteen winners, we find a diversity of cuisines ranging from contemporary gastronomy to Italian, recognizing in particular Japanese cuisine, which received the most stars, including the only two stars.
The Michelin guide has also recognized the quality of the gastronomy of 17 other restaurants offered at a reasonable price.
Three other special prizes for the quality of service, sommelier and cocktails were also awarded.
“Toronto was already a multicultural place where people meet to appreciate architecture, arts and nature, it is now becoming a world-class destination for foodies as well,” concluded the director of the Michelin guides.