Every year, foodies eagerly await the announcement of the "World's 50 Best Restaurants". In 2024, the award ceremony in the supreme discipline will take place on June 5 in Las Vegas. To make the wait a little easier, there are already lists of winners in other categories. Recently published: The best restaurants in Asia 2024 - at least according to the expert jury of "World's 50 Best".

5: Wing, Hong Kong

Chef: Vicky Cheng
Must try: smoked aubergine
Price: Tasting menu without wine accompaniment from € 245

Wing

Vicky Cheng, born in Hong Kong and raised in Canada, actually has his culinary roots in French cuisine. In 2021, however, he opened Wing, where he specializes in modern Chinese cuisine. Ranked 37th last year, he was among Asia's best restaurants in 2024. Incidentally, the food is plentiful and meant to be shared.

Wing
29/F The Wellington, 198 Wellington St, Central, Hong Kong, China
Tel.: +852 2711 0063
Web: wingrestaurant.hk

4: The Chairman, Hong Kong

Chef: Danny Yip
Must try: Steamed crab with Shaoxing wine
Price: Tasting menu without wine accompaniment from € 90

© The Chairman

This year, Chef Danny Yip received the Icon Award from "World's 50 Best". After all, he runs the best restaurant in Hong Kong in 2024 and has already been ranked number one in the list of Asia's best restaurants with his creation "The Chairman", serving finest Cantonese cuisine. The ingredients are selected every day at the market. All sauces, spice blends and broths are also made in-house. The result is a completely unique taste signature.

The Chairman
3rd Floor, The Wellington, 198 Wellington St, Central, Hong Kong, China
Tel.: +852 2555 2202
Web: thechairmangroup.com

3: Gaggan Anand, Bangkok

Chef: Gaggan Anand
Must Try: "Lick it Up"
Price: Tasting menu without wine accompaniment from about € 380

Gaggan Anand

What Indian chef Gaggan Anand serves up here is what he calls - unassumingly, but aptly - "Food Opera". The dining experience is correspondingly theatrical. Guests can look forward to a multi-sensory journey. Gaggan incorporates light, smell, taste, music and even haptics into his presentation. While Indian echoes are omnipresent, each course surprises with its uniqueness. No wonder, as the restaurant is the best restaurant in Thailand in 2024, at least according to the "World's 50 Best" experts.

Gaggan Anand
68 Sukhumvit 31, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Tel.: +66 98 883 1022
Web: gaggan.com

2: Florilège, Tokyo

Chef: Hiroyasu Kawate
Must Try: Beef Carpaccio from Miyazaki cows
Price: Dinner Tasting Menu without wine accompaniment from about € 125

© Florilège

In 7th place last year, Florilège has also gained places. In addition to the two Michelin stars, there's now also silver among the best restaurants in Asia 2024. The cuisine has recently become less meat and seafood-heavy but is still French-inspired. Kawate serves what you would probably call "plant forward". Guests eat together at a long table - turning dinner into a social experience.

Florilège
2F Garden Plaza D Azabudai Hills, 5-10-7, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0001, Japan
Phone: +81-3-6435-8018
Web: aoyama-florilege.jp

1: Sézanne, Tokyo

Chef: Daniel Calvert
Must Try: Peking Style Japanese Duck
Price: Tasting menu without wine accompaniment from about € 305

Sézanne

Located on the seventh floor of the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Maranouchi, British chef Daniel Calvert cooks French cuisine at the highest level. He serves his delicacies in an elegant dining room with a view of the kitchen. Here, nothing's left to chance. Even the ambience was created by award-winning designer André Fu. The kitchen combines high-quality ingredients in Japanese and French cooking traditions. This already earned it second place last year, and now Sézanne tops the list of the best restaurants in Asia 2024. Incidentally, it also has two stars.

Sézanne
1 Chome-11-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-6277, Japan
Tel.: +81 3-5222-5810
Web: sezanne.tokyo