Another month, another best restaurants list. Now in its fourth edition, French platform La Liste unveiled its 1,000 top eateries for 2020 at a star-studded awards ceremony in Paris on December 2—and Hong Kong cleaned up well with 25 restaurants featured on the line-up, and a special award for one notable chef.

Taking top place was Otto e Mezzo Bombana, with a score of 98/100 according to the much talked about La Liste algorithm, which takes into account rankings and ratings by trusted dining sources around the world—including T.Dining by Hong Kong Tatler. A number of inclusions this year are also past and present Top 20 Best Restaurants awardees, including Lung King Heen, Caprice, Amber, Yan Toh Heen, Ecriture, Tenku Ryugin,Ta Vie and Krug Room.

Perhaps most thrilling was the fact that Agustin Balbi of Haku was named one of the recipients of the Best Young Talent category. Balbi, who we earmarked as Best New Chef back in 2016 for his exceptional work at the now-closed The Ocean, was in Paris to accept the honour. “It feels truly amazing—not long [ago] I was dreaming to be like these big chefs, and then there I was sharing the stage with all of them. It was unreal,” Balbi tells us, adding that he can’t wait to come back to Hong Kong to pop some champagne together with his kitchen team.

See also: The Best 20 Restaurants In Hong Kong And Macau For 2020