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Here's the 2014 Asia's 50 Best Restaurants List

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Asia's 50 Best Restaurants were announced in Singapore, and David Thompson's Nahm in Bangkok took the number one spot. This means last year's number one, Yoshihiro Narisawa's Tokyo restaurant, Narisawa, got bumped to number two. Rounding out the top ten are, in order: Gaggan (Bangkok), Amber (Hong Kong), Nihonryori Ryugin (Tokyo), Restaurant Andre (Singapore), Waku Ghin (Singapore), Ultraviolet (Shanghai), Lung King Heen (Hong Kong), and 8 1/2 Otto E Mezzo Bombana (Hong Kong).

Some took issue with the Australian-born Thompson getting the number one position. London restaurant critic Jay Rayner tweeted, "So, the no 1 restaurant in the 50 best Asia list belongs to a white Australian guy?...I quit the org for good reasons." Cookbook author Fuchsia Dunlop commented on China's representation, tweeting "Amazing to see Mainland China only has 3 Chinese restaurants in Asia's so-called 50 Best list!." Not all were critical; UK cookbook author Tom Parker Bowles tweeted "For once, those 50 Best folk talking a semblance of sense." Check out the full list below:

1 Nahm, Bangkok
2 Narisawa, Tokyo
3 Gaggan, Bangkok
4 Amber, Hong Kong
5 Nihonryori Ryugin, Tokyo
6 Restaurant Andre, Singapore
7 Waku Ghin, Singapore
8 Ultraviolet, Shanghai
9 Lung King Heen, Hong Kong
10 8 1/2 Otto E Mezzo Bombana, Hong Kong
11 Mr And Mrs Bund, Shanghai
12 Iggy's, Singapore
13 Caprice, Hong Kong
14 Les Amis, Singapore
15 Bo Innovation, Hong Kong
16 Ishikawa, Tokyo, Japan
17 Jaan, Singapore
18 L'atelier De Joel Robuchon Hong Kong
19 Fook Lam Moon, Hong Kong
20 Jungsik, Seoul
21 Sra Bua By Kiin Kiin, Bangkok
22 Quintessence, Tokyo
23 Tippling Club, Singapore
24 Le Moût Restaurant, Taichung, Taiwan
25 L'effervescence, Tokyo
26 Fu1015, Shanghai
27 Bukhara, New Delhi
28 Bo.Lan, Bangkok
29 Indian Accent, New Delhi
30 Dum Pukht, New Delhi
31 Issaya Siamese Club, Bangkok
32 Varq, New Delhi
33 Hubin Road, Hangzhou, China
34 Takazawa, Tokyo
35 Shinji By Kanesaka, Singapore
36 Wasabi, Mumbai
37 Eat Me, Bangkok
38 Sukiyabashi Jiro, Tokyo
39 Robuchon Au Dome, Macau
40 Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Singapore
41 Sawada, Tokyo
42 Hajime Restaurant, Osaka
43 Sushi Saito, Tokyo
44 Nihonbashi, Colombo, Sri Lanka
45 Yardbird, Hong Kong
46 Family Li Imperial Cuisine, Shanghai
47 Sarong, Bali
48 Franck Bistro, Shanghai
49 Karavalli, Bangalore, India
50 Tenku Ryugin, Hong Kong

· Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2014 [World's 50 Best]
· All World's 50 Best Coverage on Eater [-E-]

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