21-05-2025
Restaurants in Bangkok on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 list
What is it?: Silom's Le Du raised eyebrows in 2023 as the number one restaurant in Asia. And while Gaggan Anand may have snatched the gold medal from them this year, they still hold a respectable number 20, the second restaurant run by Chef Thitid 'Ton' Tassanakajohn to make the list this year.
Why it's loved: If Chef Ton's Nusara is a look back in time to his grandparents' day, Le Du is his more modern approach. The name is a bit of a key. Sure, it's a Thai word (reudu meaning 'season'), but it's spelled en français, and this was one of the first fine dining restaurants in Bangkok to take part in the international trend of local wisdom plus modernist technique. Seafood, in particular, is given priority, and expect dishes made with top-tier crab, squid, and grouper, and river prawn remains the one constant on the menu, served with brown rice risotto.
