The Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018 awards ceremony was held on 27th Mar in Macau. Top honour went to Gaggan – consecutive wins for 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018!!!
Here’s the Top 20 list with links to posts for those that I had visited before, the ranking for 2017 and changes in ranking:
1. Gaggan – Bangkok, Thailand (visited in Oct 15, my post) [#1, ↔] *Revisiting in Apr 18!!!
2. Den – Tokyo, Japan (visited in Feb 17, my post) [#11, up 9]
3. Florilege – Tokyo, Japan [#14, up 11]
4. Sühring – Bangkok, Thailand [#13, up 9] *Visiting in Apr 18
5. Odette – Singapore (visited in Jul 16 Takazawa x Odette collab, my post) *first tried Chef Julien’s cooking when he was in JAAN (visited in Mar 13, my post) [#9, up 4]
6. Narisawa – Tokyo, Japan (visited in Feb 13, my post) [#6, ↔]
7. Amber – Hongkong, China (visited in May 11, my post) [#3, down 4]
8. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet – Shanghai, China [#8, ↔]
9. Nihonryori Ryugin – Tokyo, Japan [#7, down 2]
10. Nahm – Bangkok, Thailand (visited in Jul 13, my post) [#5, down 5]
11. Mingles – Seoul, Korea (tried in Aug 17, my post when Chef was in Singapore) [#15, ↔]
12. Burnt Ends – Singapore (visited in Apr 14, my post) [#10, down 2]
13. 8 1/2 Otto E Mezzo Bombana – Hongkong, China [#4, down 9]
14. LeDu – Bangkok, Thailand [#37, up 23]
15. RAW – Taipei, Taiwan [#24, up 9]
16. Ta Vie – Hong Kong, China [#33, up 17]
17. La Cime – Osaka, Japan [Highest new entry]
18. Mume – Taipei, Taiwan [#43, up 25 – Highest climber]
19. Indian Accent – New Delhi, India [#30, up 11]
2o. L’Effervescence – Tokyo, Japan (visited in Feb 17, my post) [#16, up 4]
Other restaurants in this year’s top 50 that I had visited before includes:
23. Waku Ghin – Singapore (visited in Sep 14, my post) [#20, down 3]
29. Les Amis – Singapore (visited in Sep 12, my post) [#16, down 13]
31. Paste – Bangkok, Thailand (visited in May 16, my post) [new entry] *Revisiting in Apr 18
33. Eat Me – Bangkok, Thailand (visited in Jul 13, my post) [#31, down 2]
34. Hajime – Osaka, Japan (visited in Apr 17, my post) [#34, ↔]
36. Corner House – Singapore (visited in Mar 16, my post) [#23, down 13]
37. Bo Lan – Bangkok, Thailand (visited in Jul 13, my post before they relocated to current premise) [#19, down 18]
38. Quintessence – Tokyo, Japan (visited in Feb 13, my post) [#18, down 20]
39. Issaya Siamese Club – Bangkok, Thailand (visited in Oct 15, my post) [#21, down 18].
The restaurants that I visited before but dropped out of the 2018 list:
Tippling Club – Singapore (visited in Oct 14, my post)
Shinji by Kanesaka – Singapore (visited in Sep 13, my post)
Takazawa – Tokyo, Japan (strictly speaking not counted as I dined in Singapore when Chef Takazawa visited for collab with Odette)
Other related posts:
- Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, 2017
- Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, 2016
- Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, 2015
- Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, 2014
- Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, 2013
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