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Indian Accent, Masque Make It To Asia's 50 Best Restaurants

Find out which restaurants in Asia made the cut

Tanvi Jain

Pulling the hospitality industry out of the gloomy pandemic-induced slump, the eighth edition of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants saw two big winners from Mumbai and Delhi clinching the deal for India as a serious culinary hot spot. A definite pat on the back that brings back signs of optimism and revival to the resilient restaurant industry in Asia.

Indian Accent from Delhi stood at the 18th position this year, while Masque, Mumbai led by chef Prateek Sadhu grabbed a spot at the 32nd position. Creating cuisine-agnostic fare in their tasting menus, Masque is Sadhu’s vision of a culinary theatre, which fuses science and creativity, in a space dedicated to bold kitchen experiments called the Masque Lab, along with sustainable sourcing and cooking practices. 

Photo: Indian Accent, Delhi

Keeping up with its previous records, this is the seventh consecutive time that celebrity chef Manish Mehrotra’s inventive Indian cuisine restaurant Indian Accent has made it to the list. In fact, in 2019, Indian Accent was also featured in World's 50 Best Restaurants list. Announced in a virtual awards ceremony, The Chairman in Hong Kong was named the No 1 restaurant in the region, while Singapore’s Odette, which occupied the first spot for two consecutive years, now stands at #2. Other Indian chef-led restaurants who made it to the crème de la crème list were—Kolkata-born chef Gaggan Anand’s latest restaurant Le Du in Bangkok debuted on the list at No.5, earning the Highest New Entry Award 2021—and Mumbai-born chef Garima Arora’s Bangkok restaurant Gaa ranked at 46.

 

Here is the full list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021:

  1. The Chairman – Hong Kong
  2. Odette - Singapore
  3. Den - Tokyo
  4. Le Du - Bangkok
  5. Gaggan Anand - Bangkok
  6. Suhring - Bangkok
  7. Florilege - Tokyo
  8. La Cime - Osaka
  9. Narisawa - Tokyo
  10. Mingles - Seoul
  11. Sorn - Bangkok
  12. Sazenka - Tokyo
  13. Les Amis - Singapore
  14. Burnt Ends - Singapore
  15. Mume - Taipei
  16. Vea – Hong Kong
  17. Neighborhood – Hong Kong
  18. Indian Accent – New Delhi
  19. L’Effervescence - Tokyo
  20. Nusara - Bangkok
  21. Raw - Taipei
  22. Fu He Hui - Shanghai
  23. Zen - Singapore
  24. Logy - Taipei
  25. Belon – Hong Kong
  26. JL Studio - Taichung
  27. Ode - Tokyo
  28. Caprice – Hong Kong
  29. Ministry of Crab - Colombo
  30. La Maison de La Nature Goh - Fukuoka
  31. Cloudstreet - Singapore
  32. Masque - Mumbai
  33. 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombano – Hong Kong
  34. 7th Door - Seoul
  35. Nihonryori RyuGin - Tokyo
  36. Born & Bred - Seoul
  37. Amber – Hong Kong
  38. Ta Vie – Hong Kong
  39. Anan Saigon - Vietnam
  40. Labyrinth - Singapore
  41. Euphoria - Singapore
  42. Jaan by Kirk Westaway - Singapore
  43. Hansikgonggan - Seoul
  44. Mono – Hong Kong
  45. Shoun RyuGin - Taipei
  46. Gaa - Bangkok
  47. Lung King Heen – Hong Kong
  48. Seventh Son – Hong Kong
  49. Toyo Eatery - Manila
  50. Wing Lei Palace - Macau
Photo: Masque, Mumbai