Chinese restaurants dominate Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list

China has cleaned up at the inaugural S. Pellegrino Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants awards.

Sixteen Chinese restaurants are ranked in the top 50, including Amber (named Best Restaurant in China), Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Paul Pairet’s Mr & Mrs Bund (no. 7), and Hong Kong’s 8 ½ Otto E Mezzo Bombana (no. 6).

Japan’s Narisawa restaurant has secured the top spot, winning the double header of Best Restaurant in Asia and Best Restaurant in Japan for chef Yoshihiro Narisawa’s “wild imagination and sense of drama”. Singapore also scored well with 10 restaurants in the list, followed by seven from India.