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NDTV
5 days ago
- Business
- NDTV
Mumbai's Masque Ranked 68th On This Global List Of Best Restaurants For 2025
Mumbai's Masque has won yet another culinary accolade. It has been ranked 68th globally by a prestigious organisation. The World's 50 Best Restaurants just announced its extended list of establishments ranked from 51 to 100. Masque is the only Indian restaurant to be featured on it. The list includes restaurants in 37 cities across six continents. Masque is one of nine entries from Asia. Last year, it was a new entry on the same list, and it occupied the 78th position overall. Also Read: This South Indian Restaurant Has Been Ranked No. 1 In New York For 2025 The World's 50 Best noted, "Arguably India's most forward-thinking restaurant, Masque's raison d'etre is to show off the wealth of the country's produce, extracting maximum flavour from local ingredients in a 10-course tasting menu served in a stylish former Mumbai textile mill. With self-taught cook and entrepreneur Aditi Dugar at the helm, Masque has won a string of accolades since opening in 2016. After the departure of founding chef Prateek Sadhu in 2022, the culinary reins are in the skilled hands of Varun Totlani." Masque was ranked 19th on the list of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants for 2025, and it was thus named the best restaurant in India for this year. It has emerged as the top restaurant in the country multiple times, based on rankings by the same list. The other Indian entry on the Asia list for 2025 was Indian Accent Delhi at the 46th position. The Asia edition also has an extended list, which features several Indian restaurants this year. Click here to read more. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Worlds 50 Best Restaurants (@theworlds50best) While no restaurant located in India has made it to the 50 best list in recent times, Indian cuisine restaurants abroad have managed to do so. For instance, Gaggan in Bangkok and Tresind Studio in Dubai have frequently secured top positions. Here's The Extended List Of The World's Best Restaurants Ranked From 51 to 100 For 2025: 51. Alcalde, Guadalajara 52. Schloss Schauenstein, Furstenau 53. Den, Tokyo 54. El Chato, Bogota 55. La Colombe, Cape Town 56. Jordnaer, Copenhagen 57. Onjium, Seoul 58. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin 59. Nobelhart & Schmutzig, Berlin 60. Pujol, Mexico City 61. Nuema, Quito 62. Willem Hiele, Oudenburg 63. Bozar, Brussels 64. Fu He Hui, Shanghai 65. Quique Dacosta, Denia 66. Saint Peter, Sydney 67. Arca, Tulum 68. Masque, Mumbai 69. Hisa Franko, Kobarid 70. Tuju, Sao Paulo 71. Sazenka, Tokyo 72. Chef Tam's Seasons, Macau 73. Tantris, Munich 74. Mountain, London 75. Mil, Cusco 76. Leo, Bogota 77. Le Doyenne, Saint-Vrain 78. Cocina Hermanos Torres, Barcelona 79. Coda, Berlin 80. SingleThread, Healdsburg 81. Oteque, Rio de Janeiro 82. Fyn, Cape Town 83. A Casa do Porco, Sao Paulo 84. Aponiente, El Puerto de Santa Maria 85. Txitxpa, Atxondo 86. The Clove Club, London 87. Mugaritz, San Sebastian 88. Salsify at the Roundhouse, Cape Town 89. Huniik, Merida 90. Le Bernardin, New York 91. Koan, Copenhagen 92. Al Gatto Verde, Modena 93. Burnt Ends, Singapore 94. Meet the Bund, Shanghai 95. Evvai, Sao Paulo 96. Atelier Crenn, San Francisco 97. Labyrinth, Singapore 98. Cesar, New York 99. Amisfield Restaurant, Queenstown 100. Neolokal, Istanbul The awards ceremony for the World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 will take place on June 19 in Turin, Italy.
South China Morning Post
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Thailand embraces Latin American cuisine, with top Bangkok restaurants leading the trend
What is the first thing you buy to eat after arriving in Thailand? A bowl of tom yum soup or some street-side noodles, perhaps? Advertisement For most visitors, Latin American cuisine will not be top of mind, but it is certainly having its moment in Bangkok. 'There's been a global wave of appreciation for Mexican food, and Thailand is no exception,' says Alonso Luna Zarate, executive sous chef at The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon hotel. 'People are beginning to recognise that Mexican cuisine is just as diverse and complex as French, Italian or Chinese. What I've seen here in Bangkok is a growing curiosity – not just for tacos or guacamole, but for the depth and regional variety that Mexico has to offer.' Alonso Luna Zarate is the executive sous chef at Ojo Bangkok at The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon hotel. Photo: Ojo Bangkok Elsewhere in the Thai capital, Gaggan Anand has operated Indian-Mexican restaurant Ms. Maria & Mr. Singh since 2020. The same building houses the chef's eponymous restaurant Gaggan, which was recently crowned No 1 in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 list
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
A91 Partners closes its largest fund at $665 million
Homegrown venture capital firm A91 Partners has announced the close of its Fund-III at $665 million – making it the investor's largest ever fund. ET had first reported about A91 Partners' plan to raise capital in March 2024. The firm has backed the likes of Blue Tokai Coffee, Rare Rabbit, Paperboat and Atomberg. This is among the fastest scaleups in terms of fund size for a local investment fund amid. For its maiden fund in 2018, A91 Partners had raised $350 million, followed by a $550 million investment vehicle in 2021. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Asia's 50 Best: Gaggan Wins Again, Singapore Leads with Seven Portfolio Magazine Read More Undo Founded by former Sequoia Capital India (now Peak XV Partners ), partners Abhay Pandey, VT Bharadwaj and Gautam Mago, A91 Partners focuses on investing in companies across technology, consumer and financial services. 'We started A91 in 2018 with the following beliefs — patient capital will play an important role in accelerating value creation in Indian businesses across sectors. We also believed in the opportunity to create a world-class Indian investment firm — for founders who are aiming to build large enduring businesses from India. All these beliefs have been strengthened over the last six years,' A91 Partners said in a LinkedIn post. Live Events Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories The massive fund close by A91 Partners comes in the backdrop of several venture firms adding to their dry powder. Tech investor Accel India , an early backer of Flipkart and Swiggy, closed a $650 million fund in January. Venture capital firms continue to hold significant unallocated money from funds raised over the past two years. Early-stage investor Stellaris Venture Partners closed a $300 million fund in November 2024, while Peak XV Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and 3one4 Capital also hold large reserves. Matrix Partners India (now known as Z47 ) had also closed a $550 million fund in 2023. This trend reflects broader dynamics in the Indian venture capital ecosystem. In 2024, Bluestone investor IvyCap Ventures, former KKR India CEO Sanjay Nayar's Sorin Investments and climate-focused Avaana Capital also announced sizable fund closures.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Science
- Time of India
China to launch new crewed mission into space this week
China is expected to launch a new crewed mission into space this week, as Beijing takes steady steps towards its goal of putting astronauts on the Moon . The Shenzhou-20 mission will blast off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, carrying three astronauts to the country's self-built Tiangong space station for a likely six-month stay. The team will undertake experiments to further the space programme's ambitious aims to place astronauts on the Moon by 2030 and eventually build a lunar base. 5 5 Next Stay Playback speed 1x Normal Back 0.25x 0.5x 1x Normal 1.5x 2x 5 5 / Skip Ads by by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Asia's 50 Best: Gaggan Wins Again, Singapore Leads with Seven Portfolio Magazine Read More Undo The country's space agency said last week that the Shenzhou spaceship and its Long March-2F carrier rocket were transferred to a launch site at the remote desert base and would launch "at an appropriate time in the near future". Photographs published by the Xinhua state news agency showed the sleek white rocket perched on a blue pedestal festooned with national flags, pointing towards the heavens, with red-and-gold banners hailing China's space programme. Live Events "At present, the launch site facilities and equipment are in good condition. The functional inspections and joint tests will be carried out as planned," the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said. Authorities have not yet given details on the identities of the Shenzhou-20 astronauts or the work they will carry out. Zhou Wenxing, a staff member at the country's astronaut training centre, said the crew was "in good condition, precise in operation, and smooth in coordination", state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday. 'Space dream' China's previous crewed mission, Shenzhou-19, launched last October and will reach its planned end date on April 29. It is headed by Cai Xuzhe, a 48-year-old former air force pilot who served a previous stint aboard the Tiangong space station as part of the Shenzhou-14 mission in 2022. Also among the crew is Wang Haoze, 35, who is China's only female spaceflight engineer and the third Chinese woman to take part in a crewed mission. Song Lingdong, a 34-year-old man, completes the trio. The Shenzhou-19 team has been carrying out tests to see how extreme radiation, gravity, temperature and other conditions affect "bricks" made from components imitating lunar soil, according to reports at the time of the launch. Under President Xi Jinping, China has forged ahead with plans to achieve its "space dream". Its space programme was the third to put humans in orbit and has also landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon. The jewel in the crown is Tiangong, the space station staffed by teams of three astronauts that are rotated every six months. Beijing says it is on track to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030. In recent decades, the country has poured billions of dollars into developing an advanced space programme on par with the United States and Europe. In 2019, it landed its Chang'e-4 probe on the far side of the Moon -- the first spacecraft ever to do so. In 2021, it landed a small robot on Mars. Tiangong, whose core module, Tianhe, launched in 2021, is planned to be used for about 10 years.
Japan Times
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Japan Times
11 in Japan win Asia's 50 Best Restaurant honors, but Gaggan is tops
Gaggan Anand is back. The Kolkata-born, Bangkok-based, self-styled rebel chef's eponymous restaurant, Gaggan, won the crown at the 2025 Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony held in Seoul on March 25. For Anand, this represents more than just a professional success. It is also vindication for his decision to walk away from the initial iteration of his restaurant — also called Gaggan — despite it having held top spot on the list for four consecutive years, from 2015 through 2019. Speaking after the ceremony, Anand said the hiatus between the two operations not only allowed him to evolve his India-meets-Europe-meets-molecular cuisine but also to give it a setting that is more operatic — music, much of it rock, is high in the mix — and interactive with guests. Gaggan was one of nine restaurants in Bangkok that made it onto the prestigious 50 Best list — including two others that Anand is involved with. Gaggan at Louis Vuitton (No. 31) is a collaboration with the global luxury fashion brand, while he is also part owner in Suhring (No. 11), the stylish, modern German restaurant which has held spots in the top 10 for the past seven years. After walking away from his first self-named eatery, chef Gaggan Anand has returned to glory in this year's Asia's 50 Best Restaurants rankings. | ASIA'S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS Although Bangkok tied with Tokyo as the cities with the largest number of entries on this year's list, Japan won bragging rights for having 11 in all. Dropping three places from last year's top billing, Sezanne (No. 4) was still the highest-ranking restaurant in Japan, followed by perennial favorites Narisawa (rising two spots to No. 12), Florilege (down from second place to No. 17) and Den (down 14 to No. 22). Three Tokyo restaurants cracked the list for the first time: Crony (No. 30); Maz (No. 43) and Myoujyaku (No. 45), while Sushi Saito made a surprise return to the rankings at No. 33. Rounding off the Tokyo contingent is Sazenka (No. 34), joined by Osaka's La Cime (No. 8) and Fukuoka's Goh (No. 36). Meanwhile Crony's co-owner and sommelier, Kazutaka Ozawa, won the Asia's Best Sommelier award. The South Korean capital was hosting the influential event for the second straight year. This has helped boost Seoul's presence on the list, with Mingles at No. 5, the highest result to date for chef Mingoo Kang, and Onjium rising 11 slots to No. 10. They were joined by 7th Door (No. 23), and Eatanic Garden, which won the Highest New Entry award at No. 25. The annual Icon Award was presented posthumously to the late Margarita Fores of the Philippines. As the 2016 recipient of the Asia's Best Female Chef award, she was honored for her influence in putting Filipino cuisine on the map. To the chefs involved in the ceremony, the importance of the rankings pale in comparison to the sense of community the 50 Best events have fostered over the years. | ASIA'S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS It was a somber moment in an otherwise upbeat and enthusiastic event punctuated by great applause and cheering from all sides for the restaurants on the list. The warmth and enthusiasm that pervade the awards ceremonies is something that Anand touched on in his acceptance speech. "When I was young I never imagined Asia could be a gastronomic hub,' the 47-year-old chef said. 'Today, look who we are. We are not just one city or one country. We are a family of so many people from around Asia, representing our families, our culture, our cuisine." While the media focus is always — and understandably — on the countdown to the great reveal, the awards ceremony is just the climax of a much longer gathering taking place around the 50 Best event. There are talks and workshops, as well as feasts that bring together all the chefs of the restaurants on the list. This year, a number of workshops or introductions to jang (sauces and pastes prepared from fermented soybeans) were held at restaurants around Seoul during the run-up to official events, a response to UNESCO recognizing Korea's deep-rooted culture of jang production as an Intangible Cultural Heritage on Dec. 4 last year. There were also numerous four-hands (or more) collaborative meals arranged by individual restaurants, an indication of how the 50 Best ceremony has become an opportunity for Asia's chefs to rub shoulders and do what they do best — cook together, share recipes and serve the results to the assembled gastronomes and foodies who make sure to arrive well ahead of the awards ceremony. To round off the celebrations, there were the inevitable afterparties, many of them running till the not-so early hours of the morning. This is the process that has created the camaraderie, fostered the friendships and turned the Asia's 50 Best event into an annual culinary carnival for chefs across the region — no matter which city is hosting it.
