Ho Chi Minh City
This elegant cafe is set above a high-end clothing store, with decor combining industrial-style seating and vintage photos of old Saigon. The appetising…
Must-see restaurants in Southeast Asia
Hat Patong
Refined Thai fare is served with a side order of spectacular views at this elegant institution hanging over the rocky far northern end of Hat Patong…
Ho Chi Minh City
This bar-resto has cool clientele, playlists of lounge and house music and a fine layout with an elongated bar in the heart of the action. The menu…
Ho Chi Minh City
Formerly an opium refinery, this lovely bistro and wine bar has winning cocktails and appetising food with a French and Mediterranean accent. Menu…
Ho Chi Minh City
This restaurant is housed on the 2nd floor of a beautiful colonial-era house decorated with spiritual motifs and elegant Chinese characters. It has a…
Phnom Penh
This long-running Thai-Khmer restaurant has some of the best-value regional dishes in town. Choose from the contemporary but traditionally decorated space…
Ho Chi Minh City
Light, uncomplicated, busy and popular, Jaspas serves up Asian and Western favourites in a relaxed setting with an alfresco corner aspect. The grilled sea…
Hanoi
This branch of a number of small same-named kitchens turns out street-food specialities from across Vietnam. Try to visit just outside the busy lunch and…
Chinatown & the CBD
The daily queue attests to the popularity of this unassuming hawker stall, where an elderly uncle cooks up fragrant, moreish kway teow (fried noodles with…
Ho Chi Minh City
Excellent Vietnamese-inspired vegetarian cuisine in a central garden location. Settle into the elegant space with subtle lighting and classy furnishings…
Chinatown & the CBD
Pick up something sweet at Chop Tai Chong Kok, a super-traditional pastry shop in business since 1938. If you’re undecided, opt for the speciality lotus…
Chinatown & the CBD
You're practically guaranteed to love whichever brightly coloured goodie you choose at Pantler, helmed by a baker and an award-winning pastry chef who…
Yangon
Located off U Wi Za Ra Rd, in a mock-Tudor colonial villa stuffed with antiques and old photos (and including an office where Bogyoke Aung San once worked…
Chinatown & the CBD
Elbow aunties at the famous Chinatown Wet Market, located in the basement of the Chinatown Complex. At its best early in the morning, it’s a gut-rumbling…
Yangon
This friendly Muslim restaurant is a fine spot for kebabs, curries and biryanis, with paratha (Indian-style bread) to accompany them. The kebabs are…
Ho Chi Minh City
Park yourself at the bar and combine comfort grub and cold brews with US and Canadian sports on the TV. Standouts are the smokey ribs with a rich St Louis…
Zhong Yu Yuan Wei Wanton Noodle
Chinatown & the CBD
Best get here early to join the queue. This stall's famous bu jian tian char siew (no daylight roasted meat) is made with pork from a pig's armpit, hence…
Vientiane
Setting up on a small street every evening, this atmospheric open-air market dishes up Lao food, from grilled meats to chilli-based dips with vegetables…
Chinatown & the CBD
Dumplings at this stall are stuffed full of tasty fillings, hence the line of people raring to get their hands on these tiny bamboo-leaf-wrapped parcels…
Siem Reap
This landmark building draws people in from the riverside thanks to a reflective pool, torchlit dining and a garden bar. Inside, the colonial-chic…
Chinatown & the CBD
This humble stall has an epic reputation for silky, flavour-packed rice porridge, cooked since the wee hours of the morning. Choose from an array of…
Chinatown & the CBD
Specialises in UFO-shaped discs packed with oysters, prawn, minced pork and herbs. The secret is in the batter, made from rice that has been soaked…
Ho Chi Minh City
Relish & Sons brings a versatile Melbourne vibe to Saigon. Highlights include gourmet burgers and craft beer and cider on tap. Later in the evening try…
Ho Chi Minh City
On the ground floor of a lavish French villa, Fanny concocts excellent Franco-Vietnamese ice cream in a healthy range of home-grown flavours. Refreshing…
Colonial District, the Quays & Marina Bay
Be prepared to queue during peak periods and pretty much all weekend at this large outlet of the cult-status dumpling restaurant, best known for its…
Hanoi
Get to this incredibly popular spot early, as its sole dish of bun rieu cua (noodle soup with beef in a spicy crab broth) is only served for a couple of…
Ho Chi Minh City
This restaurant's lengthy menu has vegetarian and South Indian sections, but the focus here is mainly on authentic North Indian dishes. The fruit-packed…
Hanoi
Nestled under a banyan tree near St Joseph Cathedral, this humble stall turns out banh goi, moreish deep-fried pastries crammed with pork, vermicelli and…
Hanoi
Blink and you’ll miss the slim alleyway opening leading to this excellent upstairs restaurant, with diners attended to by hearing- and speech-impaired…
Chinatown & the CBD
Not short on gossiping ‘uncles’ with discerning palates, this old-school food centre is routinely crowded. Must trys include char kway teow (stir-fried…
Kuching
Filled to the brim with antiques, this is the middle of a complex of restaurants and bars – each with different names – housed in three 1920s shophouses…
Little India & Kampong Glam
There's no shortage of subcontinental spice at this bustling hawker centre, wrapped around a wet market. Queue up for real-deal biryani, dosa (paper thin,…
Phuket
The health-focused restaurant at the ecofriendly, jungle-wrapped Keemala resort has an enormous menu of artfully presented Thai, Indian and international…
Phuket
This chic-minimalist cafe-restaurant hits the all-day-breakfast spot with spinach-stuffed omelettes, rainbow-coloured smoothie bowls, homebaked breads and…
Chiang Mai Province
In 2018 Four Seasons introduced this upmarket northern Thai restaurant overlooking the rice terraces, and its tasting menus, afternoon tea and Sunday…
Singapore
Located in chilled-out Changi Village, this is the most Malay of Singapore's food centres, with locals heading here for one thing: the nasi lemak …
Bangkok
Located across the river from Thewet's touristy area, this pleasant riverside restaurant is largely the preserve of local patrons who gather here in the…
Lampang
This ramshackle local favourite consists of a series of interlinked and covered wooden platforms and is most popular after dark, when a bottle of whisky…
Kota Kinabalu
The enticing aromas lead you into this beautifully decorated restaurant accented with ochre and golden tones, pendant lighting and carved screens. With…
Kuching
Held along the heritage main street of Siniawan – a former mining town established in 1840 – this market is an excellent evening detour from Kuching…
- placement: fullWidth
- path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
- possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [300, 250], [320, 50], [1, 1],
- targeting:
{ "position": "superzone" }
