50 Best Explores Thailand with Joan Roca, Ashley Palmer-Watts and Peter Gilmore

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Top chefs Joan Roca, Ashley Palmer-Watts and Peter Gilmore embraced temperate crops in former opium hot spots when they travelled to The Royal Project in Chiang Mai on 50 Best Explores Thailand.


Three Thai chefs -  Chef Chumpol, Iron Chef of Thailand, Chef Nooror Somany Steppe of The Blue Elephant in Bangkok and Chef Nan of Little Beast - teamed up with world-renowned Chefs Joan Roca, Chef-owner of El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, No.1 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list; Ashley Palmer-Watts, Executive Chef of Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in London, No.7 on the list; and Peter Gilmore, Executive Chef of Quay in Sydney, No.58 in the world ranking.  

Before their adventure began they met in Bangkok to attend the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 awards.

See the brand new Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2016 list here:
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1. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand
2. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan
3. Restaurant André, Singapore 
4. Amber, Hong Kong 
5. Nihonryori Ryugin, Tokyo, Japan
6. Waku Ghin, Singapore 
7. Ultraviolet, Shanghai,  China
8. Nahm, Bangkok, Thailand
9. Indian Accent, New Delhi, India
10. Lung King Heen, Hong Kong 
11. Hajime Restaurant, Osaka, Japan
12. Les Amis, Singapore, Singapore
13. 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana, Hong Kong 
14. Burnt Ends, Singapore 
15. Mingles, Seoul, Korea
16. L'Effervescence, Tokyo, Japan
17. Corner House, Singapore 
18. Fu He Hui, Shanghai, China
19. Issaya Siamese Club, Bangkok, Thailand
20. Quintessence, Tokyo, Japan
21. Shinji by Kanesaka, Singapore 
22. Jungsik, Seoul, Korea
23. Eat Me, Bangkok, Thailand
24. Takazawa, Tokyo, Japan
25. Ministry Of Crab, Colombo, Sri Lanka
26. Sushi Saito, Tokyo, Japan
27. The Chairman, Hong Kong 
28. Mr And Mrs Bund, Shanghai, China
29. Jaan, Singapore 
30. Le Mout, Taichung, Taiwan
31. La Maison De La Nature Goh, Fukuoka, Japan
31. Tippling Club, Singapore 
33. Tenku Ryugin, Hong Kong
34. Fook Lam Moon, Hong Kong
35. Robuchon Au Dome, Macau
36. Iggy's, Singapore
37. Den, Tokyo, Japan
38. Wild Rocket, Singapore
39. Gallery Vask, Manila, Philippines
40. L'Atelier De Joel Robuchon, Hong Kong
41. Bo Innovation, Hong Kong
42. Kikunoi, Kyoto, Japan
43. Cuisine Wat Damnak, Siem Reap, Cambodia
44. Wasabi By Morimoto, Mumbai, India
45. Bukhara, New Delhi,  India
46. Raw , Taipei, Taiwan
47. Nihonbashi, Colombo, Sri Lanka
48. Ta Vie, Hong Kong
49. Locavore, Bali, Indonesia
50. La Yeon, Seoul, Korea

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