Taking second place is Florilège, also in Tokyo, joining Bangkok restaurant Gaggan Anand in the top three.
In the special award category, Hong Kong chef Danny Yip of The Chair (top 5) received the icon award, while Thai Pichaya “Pam” Soontornyanakij received the award for best female chef. Her restaurant Potong climbed from 35th to 17th place.
Appearing at position 48 is the only Michelin-starred restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City - Anan Saigon, located on Ton That Dam Street, District 1, in the Old Market area right in the city center, run by a chef of Vietnamese origin. Peter Cuong Franklin.
“Chef Peter Cuong Franklin, a pioneer of modern Vietnamese cuisine and one of the most famous faces in the country's burgeoning culinary scene, launched Anan Saigon to showcase local dishes. local, especially focusing on street food. Chef Cuong was inspired by his mother, who used to own a small noodle shop in Da Lat. The restaurant was honored as the best restaurant in Vietnam for the second year in a row," commented the award's information page.
This is the 12th year that the 50 Best Restaurants in Asia award has taken place, judged and awarded by a Hong Kong culinary organization. The 50 best award-winning restaurants come from 19 different cities in Asia, the most are Singapore and Bangkok with 8 restaurants each, Hong Kong has 5...
The top 10 include: Odette, Singapore (best restaurant in Singapore); La Cime, Osaka; Den, Tokyo; Suhring and Nusara are both in Bangkok; Wing and The Chairman together in Hong Kong; Gaggan Anand, Bangkok; Florilège and Sézanne are both in Tokyo.