Key Points
There is no objective measure of these things, but one indication is the influential list of the Worlds Best 50 Restaurants produced out of London by William Reed Media, originally as part of Restaurant magazine (a Reed title) and now as a standalone list..
Bukhara sometimes made it but then so did Wasabi, which was a simultaneous double-kick to both India and Japan: There are hundreds of better Japanese restaurants in Japan and hundreds of restaurants serving good Indian food in India..
Charles Reed, who runs William Reed (a family company for many generations) often visits India and is knowledgeable about Indian chefs . And lets face it our restaurants are much better than they used to be..
This year, the 50 to 100 list which was released weeks before the Top 50 included many familiar Indian names: Mumbais Americano was at 61; the Bombay Canteen was at 70; Gurugrams Comorin was at 79; the original Delhi Dum Pukht was 87; and Mumbais Ekaa was at 98..
Gaggan was at number 3 in the list, the best restaurant in Asia outside of Japan. . Deepankar Khosla, another Bangkok-based chef made it to Seoul after some last-minute tensions; his visa only came through the day before he left for the awards ceremony..
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