Are you looking for the 50 best restaurants in Asia? 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.
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