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Gaggan Opens in a Bangkok Townhouse

Gaggan Anand opened his progressive Indian restaurant in a renovated 19th-century townhouse in Bangkok. It took two Michelin stars in the first Thailand guide and ranked seventh in the world from 2015 to 2018.

Gaggan Anand opened Gaggan in 2010 in a renovated 19th-century townhouse in Bangkok. [S]
It earned two Michelin stars in the first edition of the Thailand MICHELIN Guide. [S]
It ranked seventh overall in The World's 50 Best Restaurants from 2015 to 2018, and third in Asia's 50 Best in 2025. [S] [1]
The original restaurant closed on 24 August 2019 after complications with shareholders; Anand planned a new Bangkok restaurant by October 2019 with his daughter as the largest shareholder. [S]

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Julien Royer opened Odette in 2015 in the National Gallery Singapore, the former Supreme Court and City Hall converted into a museum, and named it after his grandmother. It became the highest-ranked restaurant in Singapore on the Asia's 50 Best list and one of the city's three-star addresses, cooking a French menu built around named producers.
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