The votes have been counted and the brand new list is ready to be unveiled, so save the date: Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2017, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, will be announced at an awards ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday 21st February 2017.
Here are a few of our highlights from 2016:
1. The House on Sathorn
Beautiful colonial House on Sathorn will be home to the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants reception and party for a second year, with the adjoining W Bangkok hosting the awards ceremony.
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2. #50BestTalks
Speakers at last year's #50BestTalks: the art of storytelling event included Asia's Best Female Chef Margarita Forés and Ultraviolet chef-owner Paul Pairet (both left). Guests in attendance included 50 Best Tastemaker Cheryl Tiu (second from right) and Academy Chair Evelyn Chen (right).
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3. The Art of Storytelling
Chef Paul Pairet gave a spellbinding talk on how he uses sound and images to accompany the dishes at his Shanghai restaurant, Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet.
Watch the video: #50BestTalks: the art of storytelling
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4. The Chefs' Feast
Our annual banquet exclusively for the chefs and restaurateurs of Asia's 50 Best was held last year at The Never Ending Summer, a perfect location within the riverside Jam Factory complex.
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5. Thai spices
Sharing platters at the Chefs' Feast included this vegetarian winged bean salad, as well as turmeric curry with chicken and fried salted threadfin and stir-fried local abalone with finger roots. All dishes were suitably spicy.
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6. Team Japan
Japanese chefs posed with our Academy Chair Takanori Nakamura (left) at the Chefs' Feast, the night before finding out their positions on the list.
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7. Thai bream
The chefs at the Feast enjoyed a main course of Thai bream in broth, followed by deep-fried chocolate dessert.
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8. Awards ceremony
After a warm reception at The House on Sathorn, the chefs headed inside the W Bangkok to find out their place on the list at the annual Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony.
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9. Thai chefs
Thailand's top restaurateurs welcomed their fellow chefs from all across Asia. (From left to right, Gaggan Anand, Gaggan; Ian Kittichai, Issaya Siamese Club; David Thompson, Nahm; Tim Butler, Eat Me; Prin Polsuk, Nahm)
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10. Thai cocktail
Guests were greeted with a host of Thai snacks and drinks, including cha nom yean, a delicious combo of milk, Thai tea and black grass jelly.
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11. Red carpet chefs on the list
Clockwise from left: Eelke Plasmeijer and Ray Adriansyah from Locavore in Bali; Maxime Gilbert and Richard Ekkebus from Amber in Hong Kong with Dave Pynt of Burnt Ends in Singapore; Zaiyu Hasegawa and the team from Den in Tokyo.
Who will be on the 2017 list?
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12. #Winning
André Chiang strikes a pose during the awards ceremony – his Restaurant André was voted No.3 in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants as well as The Best Restaurant in Singapore, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna.
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13. Team Gaggan
Gaggan Anand and his dream team held the top spot for a second year, this time taking the prize in their home country.
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14. And the No.1 is...
Chef Gaggan walked away with not one but two trophies – for The Best Restaurant in Asia, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, and The Best Restaurant in Thailand.
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15. After the after party
Chefs partied under the stars at The House on Sathorn then went on to a star-studded after party chez Gaggan, where the No.1 chef himself cooked a traditional Indian curry, with No.2 chef Yoshihiro Narisawa serving up the naan breads. It doesn't get much more exclusive than that.
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