TOKYO – Nine Japanese restaurants and one Filipino eatery were included among the 50 best restaurants in Asia for 2021, in a list sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna.
Tokyo-based Den retained its No. 3 place and won the title "The Best Restaurant in Japan" for a fourth successive year while Florilège and Narisawa both maintained their respective places within the top 10, at No. 7 and No. 9. Climbing an impressive 29 places to No. 19, L’Effervescence was named this year’s Beronia Highest Climber Award.
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Japan’s other returning favorites include La Cime (No. 8), Sazenka (No. 12), Ode (No. 27), La Maison de la Nature Goh (No. 30) and Nihonryori RyuGin (No. 35).
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Meanwhile, Toyo Eatery (No. 49) in Makati City kept the "The Best Restaurant in the Philippines" honor for the third consecutive year.
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The results for this year’s list was unveiled on March 25 in a virtual ceremony streamed to a global audience. - Florenda Corpuz
(Article cover photo: Den's signature dish - Garden Salad. Photo credit: Shinichiro Fujii, Jesto)