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

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 18^th position this year, while Masque, Mumbai led by chef Prateek Sadhu grabbed a spot at the 32^nd 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. 

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