The new French dining guide has released its list of the top 1000 restaurants in the world, and 25 from Hong Kong and Macau have joined the ranks
The quest for the definitive dining guide goes on, as France has just unveiled a challenge to the World’s 50 Best list with its own ranking system. La Liste’s inaugural ranking was released last night at a ceremony at the Quay d’Orsay in Paris by Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, which honoured Switzerland’s Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville as the number one restaurant in the world.
There has been much talk over the various methods employed by dining guides around the world (I touched upon the topic when the last World 50 Best list was released, and again when we unveiled our own Top 20 list and 2016 Best Restaurants Guide), and La Liste’s approach is to use cold, hard data. An algorithim, named Ciacco (after one of the damned figures – a gluttonous one – in Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri), feeds on review data taken from trusted food guides and websites – including Hong Kong Tatler Best Restaurants – and generates an overall score for each restaurant.
So which restaurants made the top 1000? There are 22 from Hong Kong and three from Macau – flick through the list below to see who they are, their ranking, and what we made of each restaurant by clicking on the link below the images.
990. Tosca
960. Gaddi’s
With more than 30 years of history, Gaddi’s remains delightfully relevant in its culinary offerings
911. Man Wah
907. Celebrity Cuisine
This hidden restaurant in Kau U Fong offers classic and well-executed Cantonese dishes
898. Ming Court
849. T’ang Court
772. Bo Innovation
Chef Alvin Leung's “X-treme Chinese” cuisine takes the familiar and brings it firmly into the future
752. Shang Palace
Grand, imperial settings and award-winning cuisine await at this Tsim Sha Tsui gem
740. Summer Palace
The Chinese restaurant at Island Shangri-La stirs up reliable and irresistible Cantonese classics
698. Wing Lei
651. Tenku Ryugin
One of Hong Kong’s most thrilling high-altitude settings for accomplished kaiseki cuisine
640. Spoon by Alain Ducasse
637. Yan Toh Heen
Enter Yan Toh Heen’s sumptuous world of impeccable Chinese cuisine while enjoying harbour views
624. L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon
Celebrity chef Joël Robuchon successfully melds conviviality with fine dining at his Central outpost
612. Mandarin Grill
598. Tin Lung Heen
Superb Cantonese dining in one of the world’s highest Chinese restaurants
584. Duddell’s
458. Robuchon au Dome
408. Otto e Mezzo
Chef Bombana’s fine dining Italian restaurant in Central keeps its standards high
396. The Eight
367. Caprice
345. Amber
296. Pierre
Anyone who has been to Pierre will attest each meal is a symphony of flavours, colours, and textures
195. Lung King Heen
112. Sushi Shikon
The first Hong Kong outpost of the famed Ginza sushi restaurant is worth its hefty price tag
Hungry for more? See our own list of the Top 20 best restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau