Culinary excellence takes center stage in HCMC as Vietcetera presents “Chef Takeover: Anan x Labyrinth” on August 16 and 17, 2023.

Earning an accolade as prestigious as a Michelin Star is a lifelong aspiration for culinary professionals. The journey of a Michelin Star chef is without shortcuts, but passion and determination will carry you through towards success. 

In the quiet heart of Thảo Điền, a two-story villa has become one of Vietnam’s most talked-about dining rooms. Tiny in space but vast in spirit, CieL Dining just earned its first MICHELIN Star — stirring both applause and debate. Beyond the accolades, it’s a tale of grit, grace, and a bold new voice in Vietnamese fine dining.

In 2026, the most memorable journeys are shaped as much by the table as by the destination itself. Across mountains, coastlines, palaces and historic cities, a new generation of restaurants invites travellers to encounter culture through flavour, turning dining into an intimate passage into landscape, memory, craftsmanship and identity.

A decade after redefining farm-driven fine dining in California, SingleThread steps onto the global stage with its first international outpost, SoNoMa by SingleThread, unveiled within the serene new enclave of Capella Kyoto. Intimate, precise, and deeply personal, the opening signals not expansion for its own sake, but a continuation of a philosophy shaped by land, season, and story.