Weeks before the full Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list is unveiled, organizers gave us a taster of those who almost made the top 50.
This year’s 51-100 list welcomes 17 new entries spanning 17 cities. Singapore has collected six restaurants under the list.
Its three new entries are newly opened and Michelin-starred modern Korean restaurant Nae:um (No. 83), Claudine (No. 85) which is owned by Julien Royer who is also the co-owner of Odette, and Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant Summer Pavilion (No. 86).
The other three restaurants familiar to the list are Thevar (No. 56) and Lolla (No. 63), who climbed up from rank 92 and 75 respectively last year and Jaan by Kirk Westaway (No. 84) who dropped from 55th in last year’s list.
Hong Kong has the most restaurants with eight including three new entries: Yong Fu (No. 54), Ando (No. 61) and Estro (No. 62).
Japan welcomes newbies Esquisse (No. 67), The Pizza Bar on 38th (No. 80) and Hommage (No. 91) from Tokyo, and L’évo (No. 60) from Toyama.
August solely represents Jakarta at No. 95.
Bangkok sees six establishments with new entries Côte by Mauro Colagreco (No. 71) and Wana Yook (No. 72).
Kuala Lumpur has Nadodi (No. 94), Eat and Cook (No. 79) and Dewakan (No. 74).
The list is ranked by votes from the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy which is made up of over 300 food writers, critics, chefs, restaurateurs and regional culinary experts.
The main Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list will be revealed on March 28 at Resorts World Sentosa and will be livestreamed online.
The 51-100 List
51 Joo Ok, Seoul
52 Bukhara, New Delhi
53 Ta Vie, Hong Kong
54 Yong Fu, Hong Kong
55 7th Door, Seoul
56 Thevar, Singapore
57 Logy, Taipei
58 Jade Dragon, Macau
59 Jin Sha, Hangzhou
60 L’évo, Toyama
61 Ando, Hong Kong
62 Estro, Hong Kong
63 Lolla, Singapore
64 Sugita, Tokyo
65 Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet, Shanghai
66 Americano, Mumbai
67 Esquisse, Tokyo
68 Eatanic Garden at Josun Palace, Seoul
69 Ministry of Crab, Colombo
70 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana, Hong Kong
71 Côte by Mauro Colagreco, Bangkok
72 Wana Yook, Bangkok
73 Lerdtip Wanghin, Bangkok
74 Dewakan, Kuala Lumpur
75 Nihonryori RyuGin, Tokyo
76 Fu1015, Shanghai
77 Ling Long, Beijing
78 The Table, Mumbai
79 Eat and Cook, Kuala Lumpur
80 The Pizza Bar on 38th, Tokyo
81 Gaa, Bangkok
82 Samrub Samrub Thai, Bangkok
83 Nae:Um, Singapore
84 Jaan by Kirk Westaway, Singapore
85 Claudine, Singapore
86 Summer Pavilion, Singapore
87 Adachi, Sushi Taipei
88 Obscura, Shanghai
89 Meet the Bund, Shanghai
90 Été, Tokyo
91 Hommage, Tokyo
92 Golden Flower, Macau
93 Ekaa, Mumbai
94 Nadodi, Kuala Lumpur
95 August, Jakarta
96 Liberte, Kaohsiung
97 Sushi Hare, Hong Kong
98 Nahm, Bangkok
99 Xin Rong Ji, Hong Kong
100 Vea, Hong Kong
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