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Michelin Guide Vancouver 2023: 1 new star awarded brings city’s total to 9, while Chinese-Canadian bags Young Chef Award

  • Japanese omakase restaurant Okeya Kyujiro was awarded a Michelin star in the newly unveiled Michelin Guide Vancouver 2023
  • Chinese-Canadian chef Warren Chow of Wildlight Kitchen + Bar won the Young Chef Award, and the Bib Gourmand and Recommended Restaurants lists got new additions

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Okeya Kyujiro’s executive chef Yuki Anai (centre) accepts the restaurant’s Michelin star award with other members of the team at the ceremony to announce the Michelin Guide Vancouver 2023. Photo: Bernice Chan
Bernice Chanin Vancouver

A Japanese omakase restaurant in Vancouver became the latest venue in the city to be awarded a Michelin star following the release of the second edition of the Michelin Guide in Vancouver.

The award brings the total for the city in Canada’s British Columbia province to nine stars.

Yuki Anai, executive chef at Okeya Kyujiro, was thrilled to receive the star. “We are so excited. We can’t believe it,” he said while clutching the award.

The restaurant’s founding chef, Takuya Matsuda, launched his first branch in Canada in Montreal three years ago. The Vancouver location opened in September 2022.

According to the restaurant’s website, it not only sources seafood from Japan, but from around the world, and focuses on seasonality.

A selection of dishes from Okeya Kyujiro. Photo: Kasumi Kanaya
A selection of dishes from Okeya Kyujiro. Photo: Kasumi Kanaya

Okeya Kyujiro also aims to help diners experience Japanese hospitality and culture, which is probably why the restaurant was also recognised with the Michelin Outstanding Service Award.

Bernice Chan is a former SCMP Culture writer who is now based in Vancouver, Canada, where she writes compelling stories about food and drink, lifestyle, wellness and the Asian diaspora. She previously co-hosted the award-winning Eat Drink Asia podcast and received a SOPA honourable mention for a video story about a Jamaican-American looking for her Chinese grandfather.
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