1. Asia’s 50 best restaurants have been revealed in a prize ceremony in Bangkok. Rounding out the top 10 is Hong Kong’s most revered Cantonese restaurant. Lung King Heen is helmed by Chan Yan Tak, the first Chinese chef to earn three Michelin stars, and it’s celebrated for valuing texture as much as flavor.
2. Chef Manish Mehrotra is the man behind New Delhi’s Indian Accent, which broke into the top 10 this year. Standout dishes include the meetha achaar Canadian spare ribs, sun dried mango, and toasted kalonji seeds.
3. Nahm won the top prize in 2014 and this year Australian chef David Thompson, who is also behind the Long Chim restaurant in Singapore, picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award.
4. Chef-patron Paul Pairet’s Ultraviolet serves a 20-course menu of “experimental comfort food” in a secret location, purpose-built space in Shanghai.
5. Japanese legend Wakuda Tetsuya offers breathtaking cuisine featuring the finest produce in an intimate 25-table setting.

6. Chef Seiji Yamamoto’s Nihonryori RyuGin delivers a philosophical journey through kaiseki cuisine showcasing Japan’s seasons and cooking heritage.

7. Dutch master Richard Ekkebus at the Landmark Mandarin Hotel showcases modern French food with expertly paired ingredients reflecting his global heritage. 

8. Chef-owner Andre Chiang reinterprets southern French cuisine over eight courses, reflecting his upbringing in Taiwan and stints in France, Shanghai and the Seychelles.

9. Chef Yoshihiro Narisawa spent eight years training in Europe before opening Narisawa, where he delivers French cuisine featuring Japanese ingredients.

10. Gaggan attempts to revolutionize the concept of Indian cuisine. It’s helmed by mercurial young chef Gaggan Anand.

(CNN) — They say good things come in threes.

They certainly have for Thailand’s dining scene, as the coveted number one spot at the San Pellegrino Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards went to a Bangkok restaurant for the third year running.

Victory was made all the sweeter (and tastier) because this year the awards were held in Bangkok for the first time — previous years’ events have been in Singapore.
Reinvigorating Indian cuisine
Anand opened his eponymous restaurant in the Thai capital in 2010 with a mission and vision to “reinvigorate” Indian cuisine by exploiting contemporary techniques and adding molecular twists to traditional Indian dishes.

“It is different, because it doesn’t look the same, it doesn’t feel the same, it doesn’t scent the same,” Gaggan told CNN shortly after receiving his latest accolade.
“But if you are from Kolkata, and you put it in your mouth and close your eyes, it is a short flight to the street there, and you are getting the same flavor that you were raised on.”
“That has been my foundation of cooking — eating in the streets and celebrating life in India.”
Gaggan, 35, said his victory in last year’s awards gave him the confidence to follow his instincts rather than cater to customer whims.
“This year, 2015-16, we cooked what we wanted to cook,” he added. “Our success and the popularity have brought in a lot of clientele, and has changed a lot of things.
“We don’t think, ‘Will this make that person happy?’ Let’s make ourselves happy. And if we cook happy, I hope the guest is happy. And I’m sure they will be.”

Asia’s 2014 winner Nahm may have slipped down to number eight this year, but Australian chef David Thompson, who runs the restaurant as well as his Long Chim restaurant in Singapore, is unlikely to be shedding any tears.

This year he picked up the Diner’s Club Lifetime Achievement Award, having made his name when he opened the Darley Street Thai restaurant in Sydney back in 1991.
Good night for Singapore
Securing second spot for the third year running was Tokyo’s Narisawa. Chef Yoshihiro Narisawa spent eight years training in Europe before opening this award-winning eatery, where he delivers French cuisine featuring Japanese ingredients.

Singapore’s Restaurant Andre moved up two places this year, securing a third-place ranking. The food here is a Singaporean take on southern French nouvelle cuisine.
The highest new entry was modern Korean restaurant Mingles in Seoul, which also took the award for Best Restaurant in Korea.
Singapore has 10 restaurants in the 2016 list, as has Japan (seven of which are in Tokyo). Hong Kong has nine.
Tokyo’s Florilege, a bijou French restaurant owned and run by Hiroyasu Kawate, was named 2016’s One to Watch.
Margarita Fores was named Asia’s best female chef as a result of her work in Manila where she runs a number of Italian-inspired restaurants.
The awards were based on votes from more than 300 chefs, restaurateurs and experts in six countries across Asia.
 Asia’s top 10 restaurants