Hibana by Koki, where a meal costs up to VND8.5 million (US$358.48) per person, was one of four restaurants to get a one-star rating from Michelin Guide last month, the first ever in Vietnam.

A chef prepares spiny lobster at Hibana by Koki inside Capella hotel in downtown Hanoi.

The restaurant has several secluded dining spaces including four private dining rooms that accommodate up to eight guests and five others for up to 16.

It serves teppanyaki dishes, and flows in ingredients such as abalone, spiny lobster, sea urchin, Yaeyama Kyori beef, and Hokkaido hairy crab twice a week from Japan.

Capella Hotel on Le Phung Hieu Street has 47 rooms and suites overlooking the Old Quarter.

The two other Southeast Asian representatives in the list are Côte By Mauro Colagreco at Capella Bangkok Hotel and Waku Ghin at Singapore's Marina Bay Sands Hotel.

The list is topped by The Restaurant at Dolder Grand of Switzerland and is followed by Hjem Restaurant at the Hadrian Hotel of the U.K.

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Source: VnExpress