These are the 50 best restaurants in Asia

(Bloomberg) – After being the best restaurant in Asia for four consecutive years, the Bangkok Gaggan was finally dethroned.

In Singapore, Odette won the title of the iconic Indian-Fusion restaurant, famous for its menu filled with emoji. . Chef Julien Royer, who gave his name to his maternal grandmother, gave Odette first place from the ninth in 2017 with French multi-course cuisine including "pan-fried foie gras, miso caramel, quinoa with lemon and Japanese strawberries.

Gaggan takes second place, while retaining the title of Thailand's best – a bitter-sweet race for a restaurant that is scheduled to close by 2020, while chief-owner Gaggan Anand is planning new ventures in Japan.

The kaiseki restaurant of Tokyo; The German Sühring restaurant, run by twin brothers in Bangkok; and Florilège in Tokyo, French-inspired, complete the top 5 of the 50 best restaurants in Asia. Chef Den, Zaiyu Hasegawa, who also won the Chef's Choice Award, explained that he had introduced Japanese truffles into his dishes last year, accompanied by soup and fish.

The first Malaysian winner, Dewakan Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, was also surprised. and Toyo Eatery in Manila, led by Chef Jordy Navarra. "In the past year, we have simply changed menu," said Navarra. "One of the fun things we played with was creating our own banana ketchup – it's a great Filipino. I think it's a part of who we are. The last time a Filipino restaurant was added to the list was in 2017.

Amber French haute cuisine restaurant at Landmark Mandarin Oriental – Hong Kong's best restaurant for five years Amber, at Landmark Mandarin Oriental, is closed to renovations since December 2018 and will reopen this spring with a revamped menu.

Chef and Culinary Director Richard Ekkebus spent the time lost. travel the world with your team, find new ingredients and learn new cooking techniques. "We are always testing new ingredients and dishes, so the details of the new menu will be revealed sooner. What customers can expect is the same purity of flavor and the same clbadic techniques, "he said.

For the few restaurants that consistently rank in the top 50, their chefs see innovation as the key.

Tetsuya Wakuda, head of Waku Ghin Restaurant at Singapore's Marina Bay Sands, which now ranks 40, said she had experienced last year a new ingredient, the muscle of a fresh pearl oyster. "It is fleshy, has sweet and delicious flavors and has a unique texture, unlike abalone or scallop," he said. It is the star of the dish "poached pearl meat with chicken confit and mushrooms" which took place on the menu alongside house signatures as "marinated shrimp marinated with sea urchin and caviar".

In Hong Kong, the chief Hideaki Sato of Ta Vie, who entered at number 50, said that he liked to change the flavor of his dishes at the last minute to suit what customers drink. He explored ingredients such as Chinese yellow wine, roselle (a species of hibiscus), dried persimmon and lotus. In New Delhi, chef Manish Mehrotra said he had experimented with the use of sorrel leaves, amaranth seeds and fresh mangos at Indian Accent, India's best restaurant at issue 17.

Since he took over the Thai gourmet restaurant Nahm (No. 22) in Bangkok. Last year, chef Pim Techamuanvivit, one of the few women chefs featured on this year's list, announced that she had developed an entirely innovative menu titled "Refocusing on Ingredients amazing products in Thailand ', such as fish sauce variants.

Chan Executive Chef Chan Yan Tak of Hong Kong's Lung King Heen Group, ranked No. 38, found the inspiration unlikely for any of his latest creations: airplane food. On a flight to Singapore, he removed the aluminum foil blanket from his meal and discovered "long, rather mellow grains." He then said: "I learned later that it was an Italian paste called puntalette. I have therefore tried to cook it in Chinese. Lung King Heen has become very popular.

The list of the 50 best restaurants in Asia is selected and voted by a panel of 318 writers, critics, chefs, restaurateurs and gourmet gastronomes from all over Asia. The awards are held and published annually by William Reed Business Media, a UK-based media company.

Here is the complete list for 2019:

2 Gaggan – Bangkok, Thailand

3 Den – Tokyo, Japan

4 Sühring – Bangkok, Thailand

5 Florilège – Tokyo, Japan

6 Ultraviolet – Shanghai, China

8 Narisawa – Tokyo, Japan

9 Nihonryori Ryugin – Tokyo, Japan

10 Burnt Ends – Singapore

11 The Speaker – Hong Kong

12 Otto and Mezzo – Hong Kong

13 Mingles – Seoul, South Korea

14 The Peak – Osaka, Japan

16 Gaa – Bangkok, Thailand

17 17 From Indian Accent – N New Delhi, India

18 Il Ristorante- Luca Fantin – Tokyo, Japan

19 Bo.Lan – Bangkok, Thailand

20 The Du – Bangkok, Thailand

22 Nahm – Bangkok, Thailand

24 The House of Naure Goh – Fukuoka, Japan

25 ] Sushi Saito – Tokyo, Japan

26 Effervescence – Tokyo, Japan

27 Jade Dragon – Macao, China

28 Paste – Bangkok, Thailand

29 Fu He Hui – Shanghai, China

30 Raw – Taipei, Taiwan

31 Shun RyuGin – Taipei, Taiwan

33 ] Friends – Singapore

35 Ministry of Crab – Sri Lanka

36 Palace of the Lei Wing – Macau [1965900)] 37 [1945] 9006] District – Hong Kong

. ] 48 Sorn – Bangkok, Thailand

49 Corner House – Singapore