Indian eatery tops Asia restaurant list
INDIAN cuisine restaurant Gaggan in Bangkok has again topped the list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants for a fourth consecutive year.
The winners were recently announced at a ceremony at Wynn Palace in Macau.
The eatery, operated by chef Gaggan Anand, eclipsed stiff competition from Tokyo’s Den and Florilege, which took second and third spots respectively, Xinhua news agency reported.
Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list was voted by a 300-member committee, which included food writers, chefs and restaurateurs.
Members based their decisions on their dining experiences of the past 18 months.
A restaurant from the Macau special administrative region, Jade Dragon, was also included this year.
Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, director of the Macau special administrative region government tourism office, said at the ceremony that Macau was committed to promoting creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable development.
Fernandes said it was also seeking innovation, cross-field collaborations while treasuring traditions and training the next generations of culinary talent.
Macau had one restaurant, Robuchon au Dome, in the list in the first four years. Last year, two local restaurants, Jade Dragon and The Tasting Room, were ranked on the regional list.
Launched in 2013, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list was the regional version of the famous list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants since 2002. – IANS