Top 10 foodie spots revealed – and the winner is surprising

Hong Kong foodies – be prepared to be outraged. A study has just been released to hungry gastronomes everywhere, rating the top 100 food cities worldwide based on cuisine diversity, expert opinion, quality, affordability and even how vegetarian-friendly they are.

“This study is the ultimate foodie bucket list,” says Manuel Queiroz, CEO of Caterwings, the online catering marketplace that conducted this extensive research.

Based on the company’s research and the subsequent analysis, Tokyo is up at #2, Singapore is a respectable #5, but Hong Kong didn’t even make it into the top 10 – it’s way down the list at #29.

Caterwings, a relatively new start-up founded in 2015, is an online platform and marketplace

that connects customers and caterers. For this study, the company analysed international restaurant rankings as well as thousands of cities based on the number of restaurants per capita to determine the final top 100 list.

Having determined the factors they wanted to focus on, they then awarded each city a score from 1 to 10 (10 being the best) based on data ranging from the percentage of restaurants with vegetarian options to the ratings from 20,000 food journalists and critics.

Hong Kong’s overall score is 6.88, compared with Singapore’s 7.58, Bangkok’s 7.10 and Taipei’s 6.76. San Sebastian, at the top of the chart, has an overall score of 8.09.

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