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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/lifestyle/vask.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Chef Jose Luis Gonzalez at work in the kitchen of Gallery Vask. <em>Photo by Jeeves de Veyra for ABS-CBN News taken back in 2014</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Gallery Vask in Taguig was named as part of 2016&#x27;s Asia&#x27;s 50 Best Restaurants in an awards ceremony held in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday evening.</p><p>Headed by Chef Jose Luis &quot;Chele&quot; Gonzalez, Gallery Vask, in the list published annually by William Reed Business Media, placed 39th -- the only Philippine restaurant to make the cut.</p><p>&quot;This is an amazing milestone [and] we would like to share with you,&quot; a statement from the restaurant read on its official Facebook page.</p><p>&quot;To our dear patrons, to our friends in the industry, and most especially to our team: Thank you! We are ever grateful for your continued support. Thank you for being with us on this journey,&quot; the statement continued.</p><div id="fb-root"> </div><script type="text/javascript">(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = '//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3'; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-video" data-allowfullscreen="1" data-href="/chele.gonzalez.965/videos/vb.623674135/10153994828749136/?type=3"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/chele.gonzalez.965/videos/10153994828749136/"><p>MARAMING SALAMAT to my team, family, friends &amp; supporters!! Keith Fresnido Chino Mempin Janice Domingo</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chele.gonzalez.965">Chele Gonzalez</a> on Monday, 29 February 2016</blockquote></div></div><p>Gallery Vask, a fine dining restaurant at the Bonifacio Global City that specializes on modern Spanish cuisine with a Filipino twist, has been described as &quot;a constantly evolving art space inspired by people, nature, memories, textures, techniques, travels and history.&quot;</p><p>Among its signature dishes are adlai, a native cereal often used in the Philippine highlands instead of wheat and rice; tiradito of raw tuna loin; kinilaw gel with coconut milk; and calamansi and tabon-tabon.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/lifestyle/okoy.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Galley Vask&#x27;s version of the very popular appetizer in the Philippines, okoy. <em>Photo taken from the restaurant&#x27;s Facebook page</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>In a previous interview with ABS-CBN News, Gonzalez, who hails from Santander, Spain, said he hopes Gallery Vask will reflect the flavors and cooking techniques he learned while working in some of the world’s best restaurants, as well as from his travels.</p><p>&quot;This is where I express myself, what I learned from the three-, two-Michelin star restaurants, and the flavors I discovered while I was traveling in Asia. I want people to share in my experience of the world,&quot; he explained.</p><div><strong>Below is a complete list of the restaurants included in Asia&#x27;s 50 Best Restaurants:</strong></div><p>50. La Yeon (Korea)<br/>49. Locavore (Indonesia)<br/>48. Ta Vie (China)<br/>47. Niho Bachi (Sri Lanka)<br/>46. Raw Taipei (Taiwan)<br/>45. Bukhara (India)<br/>44. Wasabi (India)<br/>43. Cuisine Wat Damnak (Cambodia)<br/>42. Kon’nichiwa Kikunoi (Japan)<br/>41. Bo Innovation (Hong Kong)<br/>40. L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon (Hong Kong)<br/>39. Gallery Vask (Philippines)<br/>38. Wild Rocket (Singapore)<br/>37. Den (Japan)<br/>36. Iggy&#x27;s (Singapore)<br/>35. Robuchon Au Dome (Macau)<br/>34. Fook Lam Moon (Hong Kong)<br/>33. Tenku RyuGin (Hong Kong)<br/>31 (tie) Tipling Club (Singapore) and La Maison De La Nature Goh (Japan)<br/>30. Le Mout (Taiwan)<br/>29. Jaan (Singapore)<br/>28. Mr and Mrs Bund (China)<br/>27. The Chairman (Hong Kong)<br/>26. Sushi Saito (Japan)<br/>25. Ministry of Crab (Sri Lanka)<br/>24. Takazawa (Japan)<br/>23. Eat Me (Thailand)<br/>22. Jung Sik Dang (Korea)<br/>21. Shinji By Kanesaka (Singapore)<br/>20. Quintessence (Japan)<br/>19. Issaya Siamese Club (Thailand)<br/>18. Fu He Hui (China)<br/>17. Corner House (Singapore)<br/>16. L&#x27;Effervescence (Japan)<br/>15. Mingles (Korea)<br/>14. Burnt Ends (Singapore)<br/>13. 8 ½ Otto E Mezzo Bombana (Hong Kong)<br/>12. Les Amis (Singapore)<br/>11. Hajime (Japan)<br/>10. Lung King Heen (China)<br/>9. Indian Accent (Indi)a<br/>8. Nahm (Thailand)<br/>7. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet (China)<br/>6. Waku Ghin (Singapore)<br/>5. Nihonryori RyuGin (Japan)<br/>4. Amber (Hong Kong)<br/>3. Restaurant Andre (Singapore)<br/>2. Narisawa (Japan)<br/>1. Gaggan (Thailand)</p>

The Philippines very own Gallery Vask was named as part of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants in an awards ceremony held in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday evening. 

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Gallery Vask among Asia's 50 Best Restaurants

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Published Mar 01, 2016 06:06 PM PHT

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