news: ASIA'S 50 BEST 2023

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants for 2023

Wow! Congratulations to all the restaurants on the list and to chef Tonn who has not only the number 1 restaurant with Le Du, but 2 in the top 5 with Nusara as number 4. Sezanne made an incredible climb to number 2, with chef Daniel Calvert at the Four Seasons Tokyo. A lot of movement on the list this year with everyone being able to travel again last year. 

This year, Mume is the sole rep for Taiwan at number 45 on the list. 

1. Le Du (Bangkok)

2. Sezanne (Tokyo) 

3. Nusara (Bangkok)

4. Den (Tokyo)

5. Gaggan Anand (Bangkok)

6. Odette (Singapore) 

7. Florilege (Tokyo)

8. La Cime (Osaka)

9. Sorn (Bangkok)

10. Narisawa (Tokyo)

11. Labyrinth (Singapore) 

12. Sazenka (Tokyo) 

13. The Chairman (Hong Kong)

14. Villa Aida (Wakayama, Japan)

15. Mosu (Seoul) 

16. Masque (Mumbai) 

17. Meta (Singapore) 

18. Fu He Hui (Shanghai) 

19. Indian Accent (New Delhi) 

20. Ode (Tokyo) 

21. Zen (Singapore) 

22. Suhring (Bangkok) 

23. Onjium (Seoul) 

24. Burnt Ends (Singapore) 

25. Euphoria (Singapore) 

26. Cloudstreet (Singapore) 

27. Les Amis (Singapore)

28. Mingles (Seoul) 

29. Neighborhood (Hong Kong) 

30. Avartana (Chennai, India) 

31. Ensue (Shenzhen, China)

32. Cenci (Kyoto, Japan) 

33. Ms. Maria & Mr. Singh (Bangkok) 

34. Da Vittorio (Shanghai) 

35. Potong (Bangkok) 

36. Born (Singapore) 

37. Wing (Hong Kong) 

38. Raan Jay Fai (Bangkok) 

39. Wing Lei Palace (Macao)

40. Anan Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)

41. Mono (Hong Kong) 

42. Toyo Eatery (Manila) 

43. Sichuan Moon (Macao) 

44.L’Effervescence (Tokyo)

45. Mume  (Taipei) 

46. Baan Tepa (Bangkok)

47. Born & Bred (Seoul) 

48. Metiz (Manila) 

49. Caprice (Hong Kong)

50. Refer (Beijing)

news: 2022 ASIA’s 50 BEST

Team Taiwan 🇹🇼 chefs celebrated the 2022 #Asias50Best yesterday in Taipei in an unofficial gathering, along with chefs in Tokyo, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Macau. Two restaurants - Logy and JL Studio made it to the Asia’s 50 Best list- and an additional five restaurants in the top 100, with Mume and Ryugin, and new entries Adachi, Liberte and Le Côté. Mume also was honored with the 2022 Sustainable restaurant award.

 It’s been a continued unpredictable few years for restaurants, but great to see chefs coming out to support each other. Congrats to all of chefs in Asia’s 50 Best and their teams- hope to be able to (re)visit again someday soon. 

🇹🇼 2022 Asia’s 50 Best 

#38 LOGY @logy.tw @ryogotahara_logy 

#45 JL STUDIO @jlstudio_tw @jimmy_jlstudio 

#52 ADACHI (new entry)

#54 MUME @mume_taiwan @richie_lin (also 2022 Sustainable Restaurant award)

#57 SHOUN RYUGIN @shounryugintaiwan @ryohei_hieda 

#72 LIBERTE @liberte_taiwan @kenji.liberte 

#99 LE COTE @lecotelm @lanshuchen (new entry) 

1 Den Tokyo 

2 Sorn Bangkok 

3 Florilege Tokyo 

4 Le Du Bangkok 

5 Chairman Hong Kong 

6 La Cime Osaka

7 Suhring Bangkok 

8 Odette Singapore 

9 Neighborhood HK 

10 Nusara Bangkok 

11 Sazenka Tokyo 

12 Fu He Hui Shanghai 

13 Ode Tokyo (highest climber) 

14 Villa Aida (highest new entry) Wakayama

15 Narisawa Tokyo 

16 Mingles Seoul 

17 Sezanne Tokyo (new) 

18 Joo Ok Seoul (new)

19 Ensue Shenzhen (new)

20 Meta Singapore (new)

21 Masque Mumbai 

22 Indian Accent New Delhi 

23 Les Amis Singapore 

24 Caprice Hong Kong 

25 Blue by Alain Ducasse (new)

26 7th door Seoul 

27 Mosu Seoul (new) 

28 Da Vittorio Shanghai (new)

29 Sushi Masato Bangkok (new)

30 Onjium Seoul (new)

31 Samrub Samrub Thai Bangkok (new)

32 Mono Hong Kong 

33 Gaa Bangkok

34 Wing Hong Kong (new) 

35 Ministry of Crab Sri Lanka

36 La Maison de La nature Goh Fukuoka 

37 Zen Singapore 

38 Logy Taipei 

39 Ultraviolet Shanghai 

40 Labyrinth Singapore

41 Burnt Ends Singapore 

42 Ete Japan (new) 

43 Cenci Kyoto (new) 

44 Cloudstreet Singapore 

45 JL Studio Taichung 

46 Raan Jay Fai Bangkok (new) 

47 Wynn Lei Palace Macau 

48 Otto E Mezzo Shanghai 

49 Megu New Delhi (new) 

50 Dewakan Kuala Lumpur 

modern/japanese: i recommend LOGY spring 2021

LOGY
No. 6, Lane 109, Anhe Road, Sec. 1 

MRT: Xinyi/Anhe

website: logy.tw/reservation.html

hours: lunch: Thursday - Sunday 12:00 - 15:00 (Last order 12:30)
            Dinner: Wednesday - Sunday 17:30 - 19:30 (Last order 17:30)
                                                             19:30 - 22:30 (Last order 19:30)

$$$ (NT$3750 + 10% per tasting menu) 

Kid friendliness: logy's website says they only allow children 12 and above

Visit reviewed: April 2021

news: 5 TAIWAN RESTAURANTS NAMED 2021 ASIA's 50 BEST

Five Restaurants in Taiwan named to Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list

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Chefs across Asia celebrated together, but separately as the 2021 Asia's 50 Best Restaurants was announced in a virtual ceremony rather in an onsite awards celebration for the second year in a row. 

A record number of 5 restaurants repping Taiwan were named to Asia’s 50 Best, making us proud- Mume (15), RAW (21), new entry Logy (24), JL Studio in Taichung (26) and Shoun Ryugin (45). Team @logy.tw joins the list for the first time at #24 and chef Ryogo Tahara says “it’s a dream come true. It’s because of my team I can accomplish this goal.” 

Congrats also to Singaporean chef Angela Lai, named 2021 Asia’s Best pastry chef. You can currently try her desserts at two Michelin star restaurant Tairroir. 

I’ve been thinking about what it means that The Chairman is the first Chinese restaurant to be named number 1 restaurant in Asia, especially after a year where anti-Asian and anti-Chinese hate has risen around the world after a difficult year for everyone around the world. The world is a complicated place- and the gap between America where I grew up and Asia which is my home now has become so large. But to see the cross cultural camaraderie between the chefs, to witness their dreams come true, the recognition by #Asias50Best for many restaurants in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and more is a celebration for all the restaurants that have survived and strived to be places we hope to go to after we can safely travel again. It’s not a competition to see who can be best, rather it’s a way to push and lift each other up and forward, and that's what we will need to do after the pandemic. 

1. THE CHAIRMAN, Hong Kong
2. ODETTE, Singapore
3. DEN, Japan
4. LE DU, Thailand
5. GAGGAN ANAND, Thailand - New Entry - Aspire Lifestyles Highest New Entry Award 2021
6. SUHRING, Thailand
7. FLORILEGE, Japan
8. LA CIME, Japan
9. NARISAWA, Japan
10. MINGLES, South Korea 
11. SORN, Thailand
12. SAZENKA, Japan
13. LES AMIS, Singapore
14. BURNT ENDS, Singapore
15. MUME, Taiwan 
16. VEA, Hong Kong - Gin Mare Art of Hospitality Award 2021
17. NEIGHBORHOOD, Hong Kong
18. INDIAN ACCENT, India
19. L’EFFERVESCENCE, Japan - Beronia Highest Climber Award 2021
20. NUSARA, Thailand - New Entry
21. RAW, Taiwan
22. FU HE HUI, China
23. ZEN, Singapore
24. LOGY, Taiwan - New Entry
25. 25. BELON, Hong Kong
26. JL STUDIO, Taiwan
27. ODE, Japan
28. CAPRICE, Hong Kong
29. MINISTRY OF CRAB, Sri Lanka
30. LA MAISON DE LA NATURE GOH, Japan
31. CLOUDSTREET, Singapore – New Entry
32. MASQUE, India
33. 8 1/2 OTTO E MEZZO BOMBANA, Hong Kong
34. 7TH DOOR, South Korea - New Entry
35. NIHONRYORI RYUGIN, Japan
36. BORN & BRED, South Korea – New Entry
37. AMBER, Hong Kong
38. TA VIE, Hong Kong
39. ANAN SAIGON, Vietnam - New Entry
40. LABYRINTH, Singapore - New Entry and Winner of Flor de Cana Sustainable Restaurant Award 2021
41. EUPHORIA, Singapore – New Entry
42. JAAN BY KIRK WESTAWAY, Singapore
43. HANSIKGANGGAN, South Korea
44. MONO, Hong Kong – New Entry
45. SHOUN RYUGIN, Taiwan
46. GAA, Thailand
47. LUNG KING HEEN, Hong Kong
48. SEVENTH SON, Hong Kong
49. TOYO EATERY, Philippines
50. WING LEI PALACE, Macau