JW Marriott Hanoi houses one of 20 best new Asia Pacific restaurants

The CNN Travel has just published a list of 20 best new restaurants in Asia-Pacific to try in 2020, with the John Anthony Cantonese Grill & Dim Sum at the five-star JW Marriott Hanoi (Vietnam) one of them.
JW Marriott Hanoi houses one of 20 best new Asia Pacific restaurants ảnh 1John Anthony Cantonese Grill & Dim Sum at the five-star JW Marriott Hanoi (Photo: www.marriott.com)

Hanoi (VNA) – The CNN Travel has just published a list of 20best new restaurants in Asia-Pacific to try in 2020, with the John Anthony Cantonese Grill & Dim Sum at the five-star JWMarriott Hanoi (Vietnam) one of them.

The restaurant’s designwas inspired by classic Chinese touches and reference the life and times ofJohn Anthony, a Chinese native who spent 35 years in London as an interpreterduring the Qing Dynasty, according to CNN.

It said therestaurant's handmade dim sum includes modern twists like veggie and beetrootdumplings, while barbecued meats also feature prominently with char siu beefshort rib.

Seafoodalso features prominently in dishes such as lobster served two ways, namelysashimi style and in the traditional rice porridge dish, congee.

China is home to fourrestaurants on the list, with three of them in Hong Kong – Mono, Associazione Chianti, and The Arak. The fourth one is in Shenzhen – the Ensue.

Australia also has fourrestaurants named, which are Stanley and ZA ZA TA Bar and Kitchen in Brisbane, The Place at The Fullerton HotelSydney, and Pastore in Melbourne.

Three others on the list arein Thailand, namely Kinu by Takagi at the Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok, Halapua in the popular island of Koh Samui, and Char by Four Seasons in Chiang Mai.

Two are in Japan: Esterre at Palace Hotel Tokyo, and Shiroux in Halekulani Okinawa; while one each is in Singapore (Mott32 at Marina BaySands Singapore), Indonesia (Koral in Bali's Apurva Kempinski hotel), the Philippines (The Test Kitchen Manila), Malaysia (TheChow Kit Kitchen in Kuala Lumpur), Cambodia (1932 at Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor in Siem Reap), and Taiwan (CROM in Taipei)./.  
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