Indian Accent, a restaurant in New Delhi, was awarded the 'Best Restaurant In India' at Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2019. This is the fifth time in a row that it has picked up the coveted title.
The restaurant also featured in the Time’s list of 100 greatest places for 2018. The restaurant is located at The Lodhi in New Delhi, helmed by Chef Manish Mehrotra.
Indian Accent shared the news on Saturday via Twitter. According to NDTV, ‘Asia's 50 Best Restaurants’ list is published by William Reed Business Media, which also publishes ‘The World's 50 Best Restaurants’.
After four years at the top of the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants listing, chef Gaggan Anand’s Bangkok-based restaurant has finally been dethroned. Contemporary French restaurant Odette, which already has two Michelin stars, is run by French chef Julien Royer.
Having been ranked number one in this listing for four years, Gaggan Anand is now in second place, while the Zaiyu Hasegawa (and his Tokyo restaurant Den) came in third. Hasegawa, who has also won this year's Chef's Choice Award, is still the highest-ranking representative of Japanese cuisine in the list.
Meanwhile, Delhi's Indian Accent is India's sole representative in the top 50 list, with chef Manish Mehrotra's efforts having been lauded in each edition of the leading restaurant guide.
It notes, "hailed as one of the top chefs in India and even the world, Manish Mehrotra has helped put modern Indian food on the gastronomic map, with Indian Accent at the heart. While he is touted as a champion for this cuisine, he says it is food, flavour and taste that are the true heroes."
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