Which was the only Hong Kong restaurant to make The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 list?
- Only seven restaurants from Asia were recognised, with Gaggan in Bangkok rated fourth best and Tokyo’s Den ranked 11th best at last week’s award ceremony in Singapore
As yet another awards ceremony for the culinary elite passes – The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019, which took place in Singapore last week – we are always interested to see how restaurants in Asia fare.
The Chairman, in Central, ranked 41st, was Hong Kong’s only restaurant to make the top 50, ahead of Lung King Heen, at the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, in Central, which was placed 88th in the rankings.
Interestingly, Michelin gives Lung King Heen three stars, but only a recommendation to The Chairman.
The lesser-known Opinionated About Dining, a New York-based listing that is based on the votes of about 6,000 dining enthusiasts worldwide, also ranked The Chairman above Lung King Heen (fifth and ninth respectively) in its Asia’s best listing this year.
There are seven restaurants in Asia listed in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019.
Gaggan
The two Michelin-starred restaurant of Gaggan, in Bangkok, Thailand – tops the rankings among Asian restaurants, in fourth place.
What can you expect: serving progressive Indian cuisine, the restaurant was opened in 2010 by Indian chef Gaggan Anand, previously with elBulli in Spain.