On the afternoon of March 24, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2020 wrapped up announcing the continent’s top restaurants in a ceremony live-streamed on their multiple online platforms. Since 2013, the annual awards have taken place as buzzy ceremonies held across Asia, from Singapore to Macao. This year the event was originally planned to go ahead in Japan’s Saga Prefecture, but due to concerns surrounding the spread of the COVID-19, the event was changed to be streamed online, in an unprecedented and responsible move by the organisers.
As they say in show business, the show must go on, and it certainly did, as a successful year for Hong Kong's foodie scene. Eight Hong Kong restaurants made the list this year, including Danny Yip's heavily decorated Cantonese eatery The Chairman, which came in at number two up from 11 where it placed last year. Other restaurants to climb the list were the Soho Neo-Parisian bistro Belon – which went up to number four, French institution Vea – which jumped 22 spots to secure 12th place, and Neighborhood – which flew from 37th to 19th spot. Seventh Son, and Lung King Heen also saw their rankings improve.
Other restaurants to make the cut were Richard Ekkebus' Amber and 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana, although both of these stalwarts of our city's food and drink scene went down in the rankings 10 and 20 places respectively. Overall, Hong Kong was among the top-performing cities at this year's awards, which can give us food lovers something to be very proud of!
Here's a look at Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2020:
50 Nouri - Singapore
49 Inua - Tokyo
48 L’Effervescence - Tokyo
47 80/20 - Bangkok
46 Sushi Saito - Tokyo
45 Bukhara - New Delhi
44 Toyo Eatery - Manila
43 Shoun Ryugin - Taipei
42 Corner House- Singapore
41 Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet - Shanghai
40 La maison de la Nature Goh - Fukuoka
39 Bo.Lan - Bangkok
38 Paste - Bangkok
37 Locavore - Bali
36 Raw - Taipei
35 Ode - Tokyo
34 Hansikgonggan - Seoul
33 Lung King Heen - Hong Kong
32 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana - Hong Kong
31 Amber - Hong Kong
30 Ministry of Crab - Colombo
29 Sazenka - Tokyo
28 Zen - Singapore
27 Toctoc - Seoul
26 JL Studio - Taichung
25 Seventh Son – Hong Kong
24 Nihonryori Ryugin - Tokyo
23 Sichuan Moon - Macao
22 Wing Lei Palace - Macao
21 Jaan by Kirk Westaway - Singapore
20 Fu He Hui - Shanghai
19 Neighborhood - Hong Kong
18 Mume - Taipei
17 Il Ristorante Luca Fantin - Tokyo
16 Sorn - Bangkok
15 Gaa - Bangkok
14 Mingles - Seoul
13 Indian Accent - New Delhi
12 Vea - Hong Kong
11 Les Amis - Singapore
10 La Cime - Osaka
9 Narisawa - Tokyo
8 Le Du - Bangkok
7 Florilege - Tokyo
6 Suhring - Bangkok
5 Burnt Ends - Singapore
4 Belon - Hong Kong
3 Den - Tokyo
2 The Chairman - Hong Kong
1 Odette - Singapore