Cebu’s First Michelin-rated Restaurant Opens on March 25

CEBU, Philippines - Hong Kong’s famous Michelin-starred dim sum restaurant is opening in Cebu at the Upper Ground Floor, Mountain Wing of SM Seaside City on Saturday, March 25. Tim Ho Wan is going to be the only Michelin-rated restaurant in Cebu, its 7th branch in the country and first outside Metro Manila.

The restaurant started in 2009 when Chef Mak Kwai Pui and Chef Leung Fai Keun opened a modest 20-seater hole-in-the-wall eatery in Mongkok, Hong Kong. A year after, it earned the coveted star in the 2010 HK and Macau Michelin guide, the international benchmark of good food and highest form of recognition in the culinary world.

Tim Ho Wan has since branched out around Hong Kong and brought its delicious and affordable dim sum overseas, with its first international location in Singapore in 2013. It then expanded to the Philippines in 2014, and then in Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand, Macau, and most recently New York.

Its inclusion in the Michelin guide was unprecedented at a time when only fine dining and expensive restaurants dominated the list.  Known as the “most affordable Michelin-starred restaurant in the world,” the accolade refers to the affordable luxury that Tim Ho Wan offers in terms of taste, quality, and value. Tim Ho Wan, in Cantonese, translates to “additional good luck”; its brand philosophy is anchored on dim sum perfection from dish placement, service delivery, to specific sizing of every morsel right down to the folds of the snowy skins for dumplings. The dim sum is handmade-to-order, not pre-steamed and reheated, to retain its fresh flavor and texture.

The stars in Tim Ho Wan's menu are the Four Heavenly Kings, consisting of Baked Bun with BBQ Pork, Steamed Egg Cake, Beancurd skin with Pork & Shrimp, and Pan-fried Carrot Cake. Diners queue up hours for it. With no dish priced over P200 and exquisite flavors that make the experience well worth the wait, Tim Ho Wan continues to earn the acclaim of food critics and epicureans everywhere it locates.

To celebrate its arrival in Cebu, Tim Ho Wan Cebu is giving one complimentary order of Baked Bun with BBQ Pork to each of the first 100 transactions with a minimum purchase of P500, from March 25 to March 31, 2017.

Starting March 25, Tim Ho Wan Cebu is open daily 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Seating for dine-in is on a first-come, first-served basis. The latest updates are at www.facebook.com/timhowanph and @timhowanph on Instagram.