[VIDEO]: Highlights of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2016

Our heartiest congratulations to Leonardo DiCaprio, for finally breaking his Oscar curse. While Leo celebrated his Best Actor win in style, another kind of Oscars was taking place across the world in Bangkok, Thailand – San Pellegrino’s Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants. The fourth edition of the annual award ceremony took place in W Bangkok, The House on Sathorn last night (29 Feb).

Singapore came away with a total of 10 restaurant awards, while holding on to the title of Best Pastry Chef (Asia) – awarded to Cheryl Koh from the Les Amis Group this year.

(Related: The Peak was hot on the heels of Tarte by Cheryl Koh before it even had a name.)

Here, we shine the spotlight on our local restaurants that made it to the list:

• New entrants Corner House and Wild Rocket came in strong with the former landing a prime spot at #17, and Wild Rocket taking #38.

• Fine-dining stalwart Iggy’s cinched #36, while Tippling Club climbed 5 spots from last year to come in at #31.

• With young chef Kirk Westaway taking the helm at JAAN, many were wondering how it would fare under new leadership. JAAN took #29, not bad at all, with much room to grow.

• Popular mod Australian BBQ joint Burnt Ends made an impressive 16-place leap, going from #30 last year to #14 this year. Meanwhile, Les Amis quietly inched up one precious rank to #12.

• Leading the charge into the top 10 spots was Waku Ghin, moving up 3 spots to perch at #6 this year.

• Restaurant Andre remains Singapore’s restaurant to beat, coming in at #3 this year. Chef Andre Chiang also snagged a place on the list with his new restaurant RAW in Taipei (#46).

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Progressive Indian restaurant Gaggan in Bangkok was also crowned Best Restaurant in Asia for the second consecutive year. Asia's 50 Best is an offshoot of the World's 50 Best Restaurants, published by William Reed Media Group. The World's 50 Best list is slated for release in June.

The complete list of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2016 

1: GAGGAN: Bangkok, Thailand

2: NARISAWA, Tokyo, Japan

3: RESTAURANT ANDRÉ, Singapore

4: AMBER, Hong Kong, China

5: NIHONRYORI RYUGIN, Tokyo, Japan

6: WAKU GHIN, Singapore

7: ULTRAVIOLET BY PAUL PAIRET, Shanghai, China

8: NAHM, Bangkok, Thailand

9: INDIAN ACCENT, New Delhi, India

10: LUNG KING HEEN, Hong Kong, China

11: HAJIME, Osaka, Japan

12: LES AMIS, Singapore

13: 8 1/2 OTTO E MEZZO BOMBANA, Hong Kong, China

14: BURNT ENDS,Singapore

15: MINGLES, Seoul, South Korea

16: L'EFFERVESCENCE, Tokyo, Japan

17: CORNER HOUSE, Singapore

18: FU HE HUI, Shanghai, China

19: ISSAYA SIAMESE CLUB, Bangkok, Thailand

20: QUINTESSENCE:Tokyo, Japan

21: SHINJI BY KANESAKA, Singapore

22: JUNGSIK, Seoul, South Korea

23: EAT ME, Bangkok, Thailand

24: TAKAZAWA, Tokyo, Japan

25: MINISTRY OF CRAB, Colombo, Sri Lanka

26: SUSHI SAITO, Tokyo, Japan

27: THE CHAIRMAN, Hong Kong, China

28: MR AND MRS BUND, Shanghai, China

29: JAAN, Singapore

30 LE MOÛT, Taichung, Taiwan

31 (tied): LA MAISON DE LA NATURE GOH, Fukuoka, Japan

31 (tied): TIPPLING CLUB, Singapore

33: TENKU RYUGIN, Hong Kong, China

34: FOOK LAM MOON, Hong Kong, China

35: ROBUCHON AU DÔME, Macau, China

36: IGGY'S, Singapore

37: DEN, Tokyo, Japan

38: WILD ROCKET, Singapore,

39: GALLERY VASK, Manila, Philippines

40: L'ATELIER DE JOËL ROBUCHON, Hong Kong, China

41:BO INNOVATION, Hong Kong, China

42: KIKUNOI, Kyoto, Japan

43: CUISINE WAT DAMNAK, Siem Reap, Cambodia

44: WASABI BY MORIMOTO, Mumbai, India

45: BUKHARA, New Delhi, India

46: RAW, Taipei, Taiwan

47: NIHONBASHI, Colombo, Sri Lanka

48: TA VIE, Hong Kong, China

49: LOCAVORE, Bali, Indonesia

50: LA YEON, Seoul, South Korea