Gaggan in Bangkok is the winner of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2017 sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, for an extraordinary third year in a row.
An emotional chef Gaggan Anand received the award at a packed W Hotel in Bangkok, telling assembled peers and food lovers: "I am humbled. I wish I could break [the award] into 50 pieces and share with all the chefs here. This is for not for me, this is for Asia."
In second place and taking the title of Best Restaurant in Singapore was Restaurant Andre, while Hong Kong's Amber took third.
A number of awards were already known with chef Umberto Bombana from the acclaimed 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana restaurant in Hong Kong receiving the 2017 Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants The Diners Club® Lifetime Achievement Award. May Chow has been named as 2017 Asia’s Best Female Chef, while TocToc restaurant in Seoul has been picked as Asia's One to Watch ahead of the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants ceremony, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna.
Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2017 - The Full List
1. GAGGAN - Bangkok, Thailand | Best Restaurant in Thailand by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna and Best Restaurant in Asia (read the FDL exclusive interview to Gaggan Anand)
2. RESTAURANT ANDRÉ - Singapore | Best Restaurant in Singapore by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna
3. AMBER - Hong Kong, China | Best Restaurant in China by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna
4. 8 1/2 OTTO E MEZZO BOMBANA - Hong Kong, China
5. NAHM - Bangkok, Thailand
6. NARISAWA - Tokyo, Japan | Best Restaurant in Japan sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna
7. NIHONRYORI RYUGIN - Tokyo, Japan
8. ULTRAVIOLET BY PAUL PAIRET - Shanghai, China
9. ODETTE - Singapore
10. BURNT ENDS - Singapore
11. DEN - Tokyo, Japan | The Art of Hospitality Award
12. L'EFFERVESCENCE - Tokyo, Japan
13. SUHRING – Bangkok, Thailand
14. FLORILEGE - Tokyo, Japan
15. MINGLES - Seoul, Korea | Best Restaurants in Korea
16. LES AMIS - Singapore
17. LUNG KING HEEN - Hong Kong, China
18. QUINTESSENCE - Tokyo, Japan
19. BO.LAN - Bangkok, Thailand
20. WAKU GHIN - Singapore
21. ISSAYA SIAMESE CLUB - Bangkok, Thailand
22. LOCAVORE - Bali, Indonesia | Highest Climber Award and Best Restaurant in Indonesia
23. CORNER HOUSE - Singapore
24. RAW - Taipei, Taiwan | Best Restaurant in Taiwan
25. JUNGSIK - Seoul, Korea
26. SUSHI SAITO - Tokyo, Japan
27. TIPPLING CLUB - Singapore
28. LE MOÛT - Taichung, Taiwan
29. MINISTRY OF CRAB - Colombo, Sri Lanka | Best Restaurant in Sri Lanka
30. INDIAN ACCENT - New Delhi, India | Best Restaurant in India
31. EAT ME - Bangkok, Thailand
32. JADE DRAGON – Macau, China
33. TA VIE - Hong Kong, China
34. HAJIME - Osaka, Japan
35. GALLERY VASK - Manila, Philippines | Best Restaurant in the Philippines
36. THE DINING ROOM AT THE HOUSE OF SATHORN – Bangkok, Thailand
37. LE DU – Bangkok, Thailand
38. LA YEON - Seoul, South Korea
39. THE TASTING ROOM BY – Macau, China
40. L'ATELIER DE JOËL ROBUCHON - Bangkok, Thailand
41. L'ATELIER DE JOËL ROBUCHON - Hong Kong, China
42. JAAN - Singapore
43. MUME – Taipei, Taiwan
44. SHINJI BY KANESAKA - Singapore
45. RONIN - Hong Kong, China
46. WASABI BY MORIMOTO - Mumbai, India
47. THE CHAIRMAN - Hong Kong, China
48. FU HE HUI - Shanghai, China
49. NIHONBASHI - Colombo, Sri Lanka
50. TAKAZAWA - Tokyo, Japan
Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2017, Here is the Full List
