Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 awards found their owners in Bangkok yesterday. Six restaurants from Tokyo and nine from Bangkok were named the “best” at the award ceremony sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna. DEN restaurant was selected as the best restaurant in both Japan and Asia on the list. Thus, a Japanese restaurant is at the top of the list for the second time after ten years. DEN’s Chef Zaiyu Hasegawa and his team have given a new meaning to the traditional Japanese dish, kaiseki. A true pioneer of contemporary cuisine, DEN offers Playful and innovative dishes.
Some special awards were also meted out, with South Korean monk Jeong Kwan taking the Icon Award, and Eat and Cook in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, named One to Watch, while Natsuko Shoji from Été in Tokyo won Asia’s Best Female Chef. David Lai from Neighborhood, Hong Kong, picked up the Inedit Damm Chefs’ Choice Award. The Flor de Caña Sustainable Restaurant Award went to Mume, Taipei. The Gin Mare Art of Hospitality Award went to Odette, Singapore. And Maira Yeo was named Asia’s Best Pastry Chef.
See the full list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 below.
Den, Tokyo, Japan
Sorn, Bangkok, Thailand
Florilège, Tokyo, Japan
Le Du, Bangkok, Thailand
The Chairman, Hong Kong, China
La Cime, Osaka, Japan
Sühring, Bangkok, Thailand
Odette, Singapore
Neighborhood, Hong Kong, China
Nusara, Bangkok, Thailand
Sazenka, Tokyo, Japan
Fu He Hui, Shanghai, China
Ode, Tokyo, Japan
Villa Aida, Wakayama, Japan
Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan
Mingles, Seoul, South Korea
Sézanne, Tokyo Japan
Joo Ok, Seoul, South Korea
Ensue, Shenzhen, China
Meta, Singapore
Masque, Mumbai, India
Indian Accent, New Delhi, India
Les Amis, Singapore
Caprice, Hong Kong, China
Blue by Alain Ducasse, Bangkok, Thailand
7th Door, Seoul, South Korea
Mosu, Seoul, South Korea
Da Vittorio, Shanghai, China
Sushi Masato, Bangkok, Thailand
Onjium, Seoul, Shouth Korea
Samrub Samrub Thai, Bangkok, Thailand
Mono, Hong Kong, China
Gaa, Bangkok, Thailand
Wing, Hong Kong
Ministry of Crab, Colombo, Sri Lanka
La Maison de la Nature Goh, Kukuoka, Japan
Zén, Singapore
Logy, Taipei, Taiwan
Ultraviolet, Shanghai, China
Labyrinth, Singapore
Burnt Ends, Singapore
Été, Tokyo, Japan
Cenci, Kyoto, Japan
Cloudstreet, Singapore
JL Studio, Taiching, Taiwan
Raan Jay Fai, Bangkok, Thailand
Wing Lai Palace, Macau, China
8 ½ Otto e Mezza Bombana, Hong Kong, China
Megu, New Delhi, India
Dewakan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
: 50best • DEN • Tokyo