Michelin Taiwan 2026: The Bib Gourmand List Is Out — 146 Restaurants, 13 New

Michelin released its 2026 Bib Gourmand selection for Taiwan on July 14 — the "very good food at moderate prices" tier that, for most people eating in Taiwan, matters more than the stars. This year's list recognizes 146 restaurants nationwide, with 13 new entries. The full star list follows on July 21 at a ceremony at the Grand Hi-Lai in Taipei; we'll cover that separately.

The city breakdown: Taipei 37, Tainan 30, Taichung 23, Kaohsiung 21, New Taipei 18, Hsinchu County 10, Hsinchu City 7.

Michelin says over 80% of the newcomers are dedicated to local Taiwanese small eats, home-style cooking, and Hakka fare — the list keeps drifting toward the food Taiwan actually eats, which makes it increasingly useful as a travel document.

The 13 new Bib Gourmands

Taipei (4)

- 青嬌Qīng jiāo (Ching Jiao) — Jiangzhe-style cooking built around chicken soup

- 開囍Kāi xǐ (Open Smile) — braised pork, 滷肉 (lǔròu) done as the main event

- 武田咖哩Wǔ tián gā lí (Toriaezu Curry) — Japanese-style curry

- 有有Yǒu yǒu1969 (Yu Yu 1969) — classic Taiwanese

New Taipei (3)

- 阿爸的客家菜Ā bà de kè jiā cài (Abba Hakka) — Hakka cooking built on fermented-jar heritage

- 北鴨鴨肉羹Běi yā yā ròu gēng (Bei Ya Duck Thick Soup) — duck soup and duck rice

- 碧潭橋頭鵝肉Bì tán qiáo tóu é ròu (Bitan Chiao Tou Goose) — smoked goose by Bitan bridge in Xindian, a 30-plus-year local fixture

Tainan (3)

- 咩灣裡羊肉店Miē wān lǐ yáng ròu diàn (BAA Wanli Goat) — a mutton shop with over sixty years behind it

- 詹記Zhān jì (Chan Chi) — rice-table culture with seasonal fish

- 竹記冬菜鴨Zhú jì dōng cài yā (Zhu-Ji Dong Tsai Ya) — a duck house dating to 1942

Taichung (1)

- 東沐Dōng mù (Dong Moo) — home-style duck rice and noodles, as well as a concentrated duck soup

Hsinchu County (2)

- 季風Jì fēng (Monsoon) — relocated from Taipei, now serving Hakka vegetarian set menus

- 一哥炊粉Yī gē chuī fěn (Yi Ge Rice Vermicelli) — a rice-vermicelli institution of forty-plus years

Reading the list

A few things stand out. New Taipei's three additions are all old-school — smoked goose, duck soup, Hakka jars — and 碧潭橋頭鵝肉Bì tán qiáo tóu é ròu puts a Bib Gourmand within a riverside walk of Xindian MRT, easy day-trip territory from Taipei. Tainan's picks lean hard into heritage, with two duck-and-mutton institutions that have been around for decades. And Hsinchu, the perpetually underrated food county, added two more reasons to get off the high-speed rail.

We've eaten at a few Bib Gourmand spots and written them up — Wang's Broth in Wanhua, Moon Moon Food in Beitou, and Tamsui's Dark Palace, all selections still included in the 2026 guide. Expect the new entries to get very busy, very fast. That's the reliable Bib Gourmand effect — so if one is near your itinerary, go on a weekday, go early. I'm sure we will visit some of these spots to review, we just may wait a few weeks for some of the initial hype to die down a bit.

Full list on the MICHELIN Guide site; additional coverage at Focus Taiwan.

Sources: MICHELIN Guide site, Focus Taiwan, Taipei Times. Reported from published sources.

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