Asia Pacific Best Restaurant List

An initiative of Chubby Hubby where voters nominate their best and favourite local or regional restaurants in the Asia Pacific region. Pictures in this post are for illustration purposes.

The nominations:

Best 2 restaurants in home city/country: Perth
Star Anise
225 Onslow Road, Shenton Park, Western Australia. Tel: 9381 3069
Comment: East meets west food at its best, for example "pigeon breast with foie gras". Delicious licorice ice-cream signature you can make at home.



Jackson's
483 Beaufort Street, Highgate, Western Australia. Tel: (08) 9328 1177
Comment: If the best dim sum restaurant is the one with a big queue outside, then Jackson's must be it! There is at least two weeks wait to get in. Check out Anthony's dining experience at Spiceblog.

Favourite restaurant in home city/country: Perth
Taurus Hawkers
Shop 10/113 Collins Road, Willeton, Western Australa. Tel: 92591788
Comment: Cheap food at lightning speed. Malaysian/Singaporean, Indonesian and now the new Hong Kong style Taurus BBQ which also serves dumpling soup.



Ragged Robin
27 South Street, York, Western Australia, 6302. Tel: +61 8 9641 1266
Affordable modern European dining in a quaint historical building, formerly a convent school. Well worth the hour or so of driving out of Perth for that special dining experience.




Best 3 restaurants from outside own home city/country: Australia
Tetsuya's
529 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000. Tel: +61 2 9267 2900
Comment: Japanese/French influences. Outstanding ocean trout dishes, especially the confit.



Rockpool
107 George St, The Rocks NSW 2000. Tel: 612 9252 1888
Comment: Modern Australian food which you can eat on Qantas. Slow cooked beef rib signature. Check out "The Food I Love" by Chef Neil Perry.



Favourite 2 restaurants outside own home city/country: Worldwide
McDonald's and Starbucks Cafe: consistency of food with menus that you can read regardless of country you are in!