The recently published Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list.
Asia's 50 Best Restaurants was launched in 2013 and takes in six voting regions: India & Subcontinent; South-East Asia South; South-East Asia North; Hong Kong, Taiwan & Macau; mainland China & Korea; Japan. The list is created by the Asias 50 Best Restaurants Academy, an influential group of over 300 leaders in the restaurant industry across Asia, each selected for their expert opinion of Asias restaurant scene.
But the chefs featured in this years roundup presented a lack of diversity, recognizing just four Asians in the top 10 restaurants, which you can check out below:
- Gaggan; Bangkok, Thailand; Gaggan Anand
- Restaurant André; Singapore; chef-owner André Chiang
- Amber; Hong Kong, China; culinary director Richard Ekkebus
- 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana; Hong Kong, China; Umberto Bombana
- Nahm; Bangkok, Thailand; David Thompson
- Narisawa; Tokyo, Japan; Yoshihiro Narisawa
- Nihonryori RyuGin; Tokyo, Japan; chef-owner Seiji Yamamoto
- Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet; Shanghai, China; chef-patron Paul Pairet
- Odette; Singapore; Julien Royer
- Burnt Ends; Singapore; Dave Pynt
To add fuel to the fire, Asias 50 Best only includes two women: Le Moût Taichungs Lanshu Chen, in Taiwan, and Bo.Lans Duangporn Bo Songvisava (who doesnt even get her own photo) in Bangkok, Thailand.