After four years of watching Bangkok’s Gaggan refuse to budge from its number one spot on the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list, Odette in Singapore finally gave it the shove and took over as the top eatery in the region.
And while Hong Kong may not have clinched the top spot, it still made an admirable showing in this year’s rankings, with nine restaurants in the SAR getting nods from judges.
High-end Cantonese restaurant The Chairman was the highest-ranked Hong Kong spot at #11, with three-Michelin-starred 8 1⁄2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana hot on its heels at #12. (Otto e Mezzo was also given this year’s Art of Hospitality Award by the 50 Best folks.)
Making the list for the first time this year were the Chinese-French fusion spot Vea at #34, and the “ingredient-focused” southern Chinese-style restaurant Seventh Son at #44.
The other Hong Kong honorees included Belon (#15), Amber (#21), Neighborhood (#37), Lung King Heen (#38), and Ta Vie, squeaking in at #50.
Meanwhile, our little sister-SAR to the west, Macau, landed two entries: the Cantonese fine dining outposts Jade Dragon (#27) and Wing Lei Palace (#36), the latter a first-time honoree.
Overall, Japan garnered the most representations on the list, with a total of 12 names, including Den in third place. As for former champ Gaggan, it dropped one rank to second place, but kept its title of the best restaurant in Thailand.
As always, the rankings are compiled by surveying more than 300 restaurant insiders across Asia, including food writers and critics, chefs, restaurateurs, and “gastronomes.”
If you’re the type to revere such lists, you can check out this year’s in its entirety below:
- Odette: Singapore
- Gaggan: Bangkok, Thailand
- Den: Tokyo, Japan
- Sühring: Bangkok, Thailand
- Florilege: Tokyo, Japan
- Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet: Shanghai, China
- Mume: Taipei, Taiwan
- Narisawa: Tokyo, Japan
- Nihonryori Ryugin: Tokyo, Japan
- Burnt Ends: Singapore
- The Chairman: Hong Kong, China
- 8 1⁄2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana: Hong Kong, China
- Mingles: Seoul, South Korea
- La Cime: Osaka, Japan
- Belon: Hong Kong, China
- Gaa: Bangkok, Thailand
- Indian Accent: New Delhi, India
- Il Ristorante Luca Fantin: Tokyo, Japan
- Bo.Lan: Bangkok, Thailand
- Le Du: Bangkok, Thailand
- Amber: Hong Kong, China
- Nahm: Bangkok, Thailand
- Sazenka: Tokyo, Japan
- La Maison de la Nature Goh: Fukuoka, Japan
- Sushi Saito: Tokyo, Japan
- L’Effervescence: Tokyo, Japan
- Jade Dragon: Macau, China
- Paste: Bangkok, Thailand
- Fu He Hui: Shanghai, China
- Raw: Taipei, Taiwan
- Shoun Ryugin: Taipei, Taiwan
- Jaan: Singapore
- Les Amis: Singapore
- Vea: Hong Kong, China
- Ministry of Crab: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Wing Lei Palace: Macau, China
- Neighborhood: Hong Kong, China
- Lung King Heen: Hong Kong, China
- Nouri: Singapore
- Waku Ghin: Singapore
- Toctoc: Seoul, South Korea
- Locavore: Bali, Indonesia
- Toyo Eatery: Manila, Philippines
- Seventh Son: Hong Kong, China
- Quintessence: Tokyo, Japan
- Dewakan: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Sugalabo: Tokyo, Japan
- Sorn: Bangkok, Thailand
- Corner House: Singapore
- Ta Vie: Hong Kong, China
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