THE HOUSE OF SEKHON - YOUR PARTNER IN CAPITAL ASSETS CREATION. USING FREE MARKETS TO CREATE A RICHER, FREER, HAPPIER WORLD !!!!!

Celebrity Life

How Tan Ken Loon of Magic Square and Naked Finn is paying it forward

Tan Ken Loon

Tan wants to develop local cuisine through providing opportunities for young chefs at Magic Square.

For more stories like this, visit www.thepeakmagazine.com.sg.

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019: Singapore’s Odette Takes the Top Spot

For the seventh edition of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants, the prestigious awards, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, returned to Macau for a second year, bringing together the region’s leading chefs, restauranteurs and culinary elite at Wynn Palace once more. 

[gallery ids="135739,135769,135774,135767,135747,135740,135763"]

Finally knocking chef Gaggan Anand off the top of the list is Singapore's Odette, with Chef Julien Royer at the helm claiming the titles for The Best Restaurant in Asia and The Best Restaurant in Singapore with his Asian-inspired, contemporary French cuisine. Located within the National Gallery of Singapore, Odette is recognised for its artisanal approach -- a reflection of the art housed within the iconic location -- and their impeccably executed cuisine.

Gaggan won Asia's Best Restaurant for four consecutive years from 2015 to 2018 for his eponymous Indian restaurant in Bangkok, and told Prestige how he was “ready to lose” last year. The chef claims second place for the restaurant but is now preparing to close it in 2020. He will be opening a new restaurant called GohGan, a collaboration with chef Takeshi “Goh” Fukuyama, in Fukuoka in 2021.

[inline_related_article article_id="78398"]

Third place was taken by Den in Tokyo with the ever-charismatic chef Zaiyu Hasegawa earning the title of The Best Restaurant in Japan for a second year. Hasegawa was also rewarded for his innovative style and approach, and named the 2019 recipient of the Chefs’ Choice Award.

Hong Kong claimed nine spots on the list; The Chairman climbed up from No. 22 to No. 11, whilst first-time entrants VEA, helmed by chef Vicky Cheng, and Seventh Son took home No. 34 and No. 44, respectively. Most impressive, however, with this year's Highest Climber award, is popular modern French bistro Belon, jumping an incredible 25 places to No. 15. Meanwhile in Macau, Jade Dragon rose eight places to No. 27, and Wing Lei Palace made its debut at No. 36.

Other movements in Hong Kong to note: 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana rose one spot to No. 12, Richard Ekkebus’ Amber (which is currently closed for renovation) slipped from No. 7 to No. 21, Ta Vie from No. 16 to No. 50, fine-dining Cantonese restaurant Lung King Heen from No. 24 to No. 38, and David Lai's Neighborhood fell slightly from No.32 to No.37. Ronin and Caprice, unfortunately, dropped off the list altogether.

Ahead of the ceremony, three awards outside of the ‘50 Best’ list were announced including Miele One to Watch, which was presented to Singaporean chef Jimmy Lim of JL Studio in Taiwan. Only two years after opening, Lim has become one of Asia’s rising stars and continues to wow diners with his mod-Sin (or modern Singaporean) fare. Garima Arora of Gaa in Bangkok, one of Gaggan’s pupils, took the Highest New Entry at No.16 and won the elit™ Vodka Asia’s Best Female Chef award. Japanese chef Seiji Yamamoto of Nihonryori RyuGin in Tokyo was awarded the American Express Icon Award for his vision in progressive Japanese kaiseki cuisine.

Other winners included the Valrhona award for Asia's Best Pastry Chef, which went to Fabrizio Fiorani from Il Ristorante Luca Fantin in Tokyo. The Most Sustainable Restaurant Award in Asia was presented to Locavore in Bali, Indonesia, and the Art of Hospitality Award crowned Hong Kong's 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana the leader in the industry.

To create the list, a poll is collected from a group of 318 experts (made up of highly regarded food writers, critics, chefs and restaurateurs) across Asia who cast ten votes, in order of preference, for the restaurants they have had their best dining experience at in the last 18 months. At least four of those votes must be for restaurants outside of their home country.

 

Here's the full list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2019:

  1. Odette - Singapore (The Best Restaurant in Singapore and Asia)
  2. Gaggan - Bangkok, Thailand (The Best Restaurant in Thailand)
  3. Den - Tokyo, Japan (The Best Restaurant in Japan)
  4. SĂźhring - Bangkok, Thailand
  5. Florilège - Tokyo, Japan
  6. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet - Shanghai, China (The Best Restaurant in China)
  7. Mume - Taipei, Taiwan (The Best Restaurant in Taiwan)
  8. Narisawa - Tokyo, Japan
  9. Nihonryori RyuGin - Tokyo, Japan
  10. Burnt Ends - Singapore
  11. The Chairman - Hong Kong
  12. 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana - Hong Kong
  13. Mingles - Seoul, Korea (The Best Restaurant in Korea)
  14. La Cime - Osaka, Japan
  15. Belon - Hong Kong (Highest Climber)
  16. Gaa - Bangkok, Thailand (Highest New Entry)
  17. Indian Accent - New Delhi, India (The Best Restaurant in India)
  18. Il Ristorante Luca Fantin - Tokyo, Japan
  19. Bo.Lan - Bangkok, Thailand
  20. Le Du - Bangkok, Thailand
  21. Amber - Hong Kong
  22. Nahm - Bangkok, Thailand
  23. Sazenka - Tokyo, Japan (New Entry)
  24. La Maison de la Nature Goh - Fukuoka, Japan
  25. Sushi Saito - Tokyo, Japan
  26. L'Effervescence - Tokyo, Japan
  27. Jade Dragon - Macau
  28. Paste - Bangkok, Thailand
  29. Fu He Hui - Shanghai, China
  30. Raw - Taipei, Taiwan
  31. Shoun RyuGin - Taipei, Taiwan
  32. Jaan - Singapore
  33. Les Amis - Singapore
  34. VEA - Hong Kong (New Entry)
  35. Ministry of Crab - Colombo, Sri Lanka (The Best Restaurant in Sri Lanka)
  36. Wing Lei Palace - Macau, China (New Entry)
  37. Neighborhood - Hong Kong
  38. Lung King Heen - Hong Kong
  39. Nouri - Singapore (New Entry)
  40. Waku Gin - Singapore
  41. TocToc - Seoul, Korea
  42. Locavore - Bali, Indonesia (The Best Restaurant in Indonesia)
  43. Toyo Eatery - Manila, Philippines (The Best Restaurant in Philippines/New Entry)
  44. Seventh Son - Hong Kong
  45. Quintessence - Tokyo, Japan
  46. Dewakan - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (The Best Restaurant in Malaysia/New Entry)
  47. Sugalabo - Tokyo, Japan (New Entry)
  48. Sorn - Bangkok, Thailand (New Entry)
  49. Corner House - Singapore
  50. Ta Vie - Hong Kong

For more information, visit Asia's 50 Best Restaurants.

The post Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019: Singapore’s Odette Takes the Top Spot appeared first on Prestige Online - Hong Kong.

Bacchanalia’s Four Hands dinner series to feature Ta Vie’s Hideaki Sato in March

The Michelin-star chef will cook in Singapore for the first time.

For more stories like this, visit www.thepeakmagazine.com.sg.

Liquid error (layout/theme line 205): Could not find asset snippets/jsonld-for-seo.liquid
Subscribe