Midori's Dining Diary at Asia's #1 Restaurant: Gaggan

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This is a record and review of dining at Gaggan, Asia's No.1 and world's No.5 restaurant ranked by The World's 50 Best Restaurants.

The Establishment

Located in Bangkok, Gaggan is a fine-dining restaurant offering progressive Indian dishes.

1. The name : Gaggan is established by and named after the famous Indian chef Gaggan Anand in 2010.
2. The chef : Born in Kolkata, India, Gaggan Anand is an award-winning chef with great passion for music, who finds a unique way to combine and utilize the music with the cuisine.
3. The house : Set in a stunning whitewashed colonial-style wooden house in the heart of downtown Bangkok, the michelin restaurant Gaggan offers a culinary experience like no other.

The menu

The famous dinner set menu of Gaggan is its innovative Emoji😊 menu .

• Consists of 25 courses
• Takes around 3 hours
• The wine pairing menu includes 8 glasses of wine and 1 glass of Japanese Sake

Highlighted Dining Memories

Among the 25 signature dishes, this section will introduce a few that are the most impressive.

"Lick It Up"

Though the 25 courses on menu change every a few months, Lick It Up is one of the settled dishes well-known for its innovation in edible methods and combination with the classic song Lick It Up released in 1983.

Picture of Lick It Up

Chili Egg Nest

The egg nest looking dish is represented not by the emoji egg🥚, but chili🌶️. The reason for that is because it is the chili sauce stuffing the white chocolate egg that matters. It is also a settled dish.

Picture of Chili Egg Nest

Lamb Chop with Lemon Chili

No one can relate the lemon🍋 emoji to lamb chop in the first place. However, Gaggan did. The lemon flavored chili does not conceal the strong smell of lamb, but neutralize it to be a more fresh and pleasant smell.

Picture of Lemon Chili Lamb Chop

The whole dining journey

Here is a video record of dining at Gaggan uploaded by YouTube user Foodie Stories by Anders Husa in 2018.