Photos: Spot the Indian chef who works at one of Asia's top award-winning restaurants

[caption id=“attachment_83769” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Last week Restaurant magazine announced the world’s 50 best restaurants, naming Copenhagen’s Noma as the #1 restaurant in the world, voted by industry experts. Closer to home, Restaurant also earlier ranked the best restaurants in Asia. Here are some of the top restaurants across the continent.
#1 is Nahm in Bangkok. Headed by Michelin-star chef David Thompson, Nahm sticks to traditional Thai cuisine. Thompson stays true to the four pillars of Thai cuisine - sweet, salt, sour and spice. “I actually placed bets that I would go down in the rankings, and I lost,” Thompson told the WSJ in an interview. Image: Nahm website[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_83770” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Gaggan, another Bangkok-based restaurant came third in Asia and 17th in the world. India-born chef Gaggan Anand bring his own twist to tradition Indian cuisines, combining old-school with molecular gastronomy inspired dishes. Anand trained with the research team at the world-famous Spanish restaurant El Bulli, which was itself ranked #1 in the world for a record five times before it closed its doors in 2011. Image: Reuters[/caption]

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[caption id=“attachment_83773” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Hong Kong’s Amber, located in the Landmark Mandarin Oriental, is #4 on the Asia list. Dedicated to modernising French cuisine, with a focus on seafood, Amber’s kitchen has been awarded two Michelin stars in the past and has been voted the best restaurant in China. The restaurant’s menu changes every three months, adapting to seasonal produce. Image: Amber[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_83771” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  You’re bound to remember the four-hour meal at Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet in Shanghai, the 8th best restaurant in Asia. The multi-sensory dining experience hosts only 10 guests a night in a futuristic pod, where each item in the 20-course meal with experiences that stimulate the senses - sounds, films and fragrances. The menu includes quirky dishes like savoury chocolate foie gras tartine and cod fillet in lime-scented aspic. Image: Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_83772” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Italian restaurant 8 1/2 Otto E Messo Bombana, in Hong Kong, ranked No. 10 in the Asia list. According to the website of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants: “…Otto e Mezzo pays homage to the cuisine of both men’s native country with modern, sophisticated and inventive Italian food.” Image: Otto E Messo Bombana[/caption]