VietNamNet Bridge – Square One of the Park Hyatt Saigon, Lemongrass, Nha hang Ngon, La Villa French Restaurant, and Hoi An in HCMC, Le Beaulieu at Sofitel Metropole Hotel and Restaurant Bobby Chinn in Hanoi, and La Maison 1888 in Danang have been named among the top 101 best restaurants by U.S.-based culinary website The Daily Meal.

Square One of the five-star Park Hyatt Saigon Hotel is ranked 20th in the list of “101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around the World - Photo: Park Hyatt Saigon Hotel

The Daily Meal created by former Forbes.com CEO Jim Spanfeller was launched in 2011. This year they ranked Square One at the five-star Park Hyatt Saigon Hotel in District 1 the 20th position and Le Beaulieu at Sofitel Metropole Hotel in Hanoi the 68th position of “101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around the World” by a panel of experienced bloggers, restaurant critics and other food-and-lifestyle writers from all over the world.

Square One has been a premier dining address for many years, serving sophisticated Vietnamese and Western dishes, using fresh local and imported ingredients to deliver authentic simplicity. Recently, it has welcomed Franck Machu as the restaurant’s new manager. This French man who has had seven years of experience in the hospitality is promised to lead the Square One team to continued success.

Le Beaulieu at the Sofitel Metropole Hotel has been a rendezvous for celebrities, diplomats, and war correspondents for over a century thanks to its Paris-style dining room with chandeliers, ceiling fans and marble floors. The restaurant serves French-style cuisine with influences from the Vietnamese kitchen.

Episure at Le Bristol (Paris) came first in the vote while second and third places went to Dinner by Heston Blumenthal (London) and Le Louis XV at Hôtel de Paris (Monte Carlo).

The Daily Meal also announced on its website www.thedailymeal.com the list of “101 Best Restaurants in Asia” featuring six eateries around Vietnam. Lemongrass in HCMC’s District 1 was ranked 26th, down five notches compared to last year. Other popular names in the vote were Nha hang Ngon in Pasteur Street, ranked 36th compared to 28th position in 2013, and Hoi An Restaurant on Le Thanh Ton Street at the 78th position, down seven notches from 2013.

La Maison 1888 of the InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort was up eight notches to the 50th position, compared to last year’s vote. Two new faces, La Villa French Restaurant in HCMC’s District 2 and Restaurant Bobby Chinn in Hanoi were respectively ranked 38th and 60th.

Two restaurants from Tokyo, Sukiyabashi Jiro and Ishikawa won the first and second places in the list.

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