Review: Stop calling Tim Ho Wan a Michelin-starred restaurant

Critic Brad A. Johnson says Irvine’s Tim Ho Wan is indeed a one-star restaurant, just not the Michelin variety
Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • July 25, 2019
Tim Ho Wan opened not long ago at Irvine’s Diamond Jamboree, and people keep calling this Hong Kong-based chain a Michelin-starred restaurant.  The Irvine branch of Tim Ho Wan does not have a Michelin star. And if the Michelin inspectors in...
The full article can be read on the Orange County Register website.

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