Hong Kong has four of the world's 100 best restaurants, says an international panel of judges, building on the city's reputation as a foodie paradise.
Michelin-starred favourites Amber, Bo Innovation, Caprice and Lung King Heen made the cut in the San Pellegrino World's Best Restaurants List, announced on Monday.
Just one mainland restaurant - Shanghai's Mr and Mrs Bund - is represented, ranking 95th. Asia as a whole has just 11 representatives, with Macau's Robuchon a Galera ranked at No 82.
Alvin Leung, the mastermind behind Wan Chai molecular gastronomy restaurant Bo Innovation, said the 800 food critics, chefs, restaurateurs and gastronomes who judged the list were encouraging restaurants to develop.
'The list has motivated a lot of chefs to be innovative and creative,' said Leung, whose restaurant is 52nd on the latest list. It first joined the list at No97 in 2009. Amber the Asian-French contemporary restaurant at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental, was the only local restaurant to make the top 50, ranking 44th.
The Four Seasons Hotel's French restaurant Caprice came in 54th, and its Cantonese restaurant Lung King Heen was at No93.