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This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on April 5, 2018.
The chef who built a menu out of emojis has done it again. Bangkok’s Gaggan restaurant has just topped the list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants for a fourth consecutive year.
The Indian eatery, renowned for its 25-course tasting menu illustrated only with emoji symbols, eclipsed stiff competition from Tokyo, with Den and Florilege taking second and third spots respectively.
The winners were announced at a ceremony at Wynn Palace in Macau. The list is chosen by a panel of more than 300 food writers, critics, chefs and restaurateurs spanning six geographical regions.
This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on April 5, 2018.
The chef who built a menu out of emojis has done it again. Bangkok’s Gaggan restaurant has just topped the list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants for a fourth consecutive year.
The Indian eatery, renowned for its 25-course tasting menu illustrated only with emoji symbols, eclipsed stiff competition from Tokyo, with Den and Florilege taking second and third spots respectively.
The winners were announced at a ceremony at Wynn Palace in Macau. The list is chosen by a panel of more than 300 food writers, critics, chefs and restaurateurs spanning six geographical regions.
Each expert picks 10 restaurants and lists them in order of preference. They were required to dine at every restaurant on their list within the previous 18 months.
Rounding out the top five are modern German spot Suhring in Bangkok and French restaurant Odette in Singapore.
In total, Tokyo has four restaurants in the top 10, doubling its 2017 tally, with Narisawa coming in at No 6 and Nihonryori RyuGin at No 9. Bangkok has a respectable showing with Suhring (in fourth place) and Nahm (in 10th) joining Gaggan.
Things aren’t so rosy for Hong Kong, with Amber slipping from third to seventh, and 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana dropping from fourth to languish outside the top 10 at No 13.
Odette is Singapore’s highest-ranked establishment, up four places on last year. Restaurant Andre, bagging the No 2 spot last year, is notably absent after chef-owner Andre Chiang closed the doors in February this year.
After his win last year, Gaggan Anand shocked the foodie world by announcing he would shut down his award-winning restaurant in 2020. He told Bloomberg that he plans to move to Japan and open several new restaurants, drawing on Buddhist principles.
“We have really worked hard, hard to be a stronger team,” he said on March 27 before learning he had won. “So whatever the result is today (March 27), we party hard and continue to make our guests lick the plates.”
Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants is published by William Reed Business Media. The World’s 50 Best will be revealed at a ceremony in Bilbao, Spain, in June. — Bloomberg
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