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Table is where The Banquet studies dining as culture: not just restaurants, but the rituals, rooms, service languages, wines, ingredients, and inherited appetites that define modern luxury.

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Former City Hall facade of National Gallery Singapore, home to Odette
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The New Banquet: Singapore

Three-star French rooms, Peranakan and Malay tasting menus, and hawker centres that still function as civic dining rooms. How diaspora hosts book both registers in one week.

Start Here

Essential Reading in Table

Merrymaking Under the Cherry Blossoms, Kano Naganobu, Edo period
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The New Banquet

Asian fine dining, luxury hospitality, and the restaurants reshaping how the world understands taste.

Formal table service in a harbour-facing hotel dining room
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Lunch at Lung King Heen

Two Michelin stars, harbour views, and the Cantonese room Hong Kong still measures itself against.

Fine dining room with table settings and warm lighting
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Dinner at Indian Accent, Mumbai

Modern Indian tasting menus in a cultural campus built to compete globally. A room study at NMACC, Bandra Kurla Complex.

Soup dumplings in a bamboo steamer
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Vancouver's Cantonese Fine Dining Renaissance

The city's Chinese culinary tradition is entering a new era of sophistication.

Editor's Route

The New Banquet

Asian fine dining by country — Michelin rooms, hotel tables, and the restaurants reshaping luxury taste.

Merrymaking Under the Cherry Blossoms, Kano Naganobu, Edo period
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The New Banquet

Shanghai skyline with Pudong towers at dawn, Huangpu district
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The New Banquet: China

Seoul skyline with Namsan Tower at twilight
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The New Banquet: South Korea

Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
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The New Banquet: India

Turtle Tower on Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
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The New Banquet: Vietnam

Empire State Building and Manhattan skyline, New York
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The New Banquet: United States

Vancouver downtown skyline at sunset
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The New Banquet: Canada

Big Ben and Westminster Bridge at sunset, London
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The New Banquet: United Kingdom

Eiffel Tower against a blue sky, Paris
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The New Banquet: France

Editor's Route

The Fine Dining Map

Cantonese, kaiseki, omakase, and where diaspora taste is moving.

Soup dumplings in a bamboo steamer
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Vancouver's Cantonese Fine Dining Renaissance

Sushi selection at an omakase counter
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Omakase Left Tokyo. It Survived.

Formal table service in a harbour-facing hotel dining room
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Lunch at Lung King Heen

Seasonal Japanese kaiseki course on lacquerware
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Lunch at Kikunoi Honten

Fine dining room with table settings and warm lighting
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Dinner at Indian Accent, Mumbai

Editor's Route

Banquet & Wine

Communal dining, service as art, and Tokyo's wine revolution.

Abundant shared dishes arranged for a celebratory feast
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The Art of the Modern Banquet

Wine glasses raised in a toast at a bar
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Tokyo's Wine Culture Revolution

Main lobby interior, The Peninsula Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui
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The Hotel Bar as Embassy

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The Archive

Vancouver downtown skyline at sunset
Table

The New Banquet: Canada

Shanghai skyline with Pudong towers at dawn, Huangpu district
Table

The New Banquet: China

Eiffel Tower against a blue sky, Paris
Table

The New Banquet: France

Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
Table

The New Banquet: India

Seoul skyline with Namsan Tower at twilight
Table

The New Banquet: South Korea

Big Ben and Westminster Bridge at sunset, London
Table

The New Banquet: United Kingdom

Empire State Building and Manhattan skyline, New York
Table

The New Banquet: United States

Turtle Tower on Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
Table

The New Banquet: Vietnam

Merrymaking Under the Cherry Blossoms, Kano Naganobu, Edo period
Table

The New Banquet

Main lobby interior, The Peninsula Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui
Table

The Hotel Bar as Embassy

Seasonal Japanese kaiseki course on lacquerware
Table

Lunch at Kikunoi Honten

Fine dining room with table settings and warm lighting
Table

Dinner at Indian Accent, Mumbai

Formal table service in a harbour-facing hotel dining room
Table

Lunch at Lung King Heen

Soup dumplings in a bamboo steamer
Table

Vancouver's Cantonese Fine Dining Renaissance

Sushi selection at an omakase counter
Table

Omakase Left Tokyo. It Survived.

Wine glasses raised in a toast at a bar
Table

Tokyo's Wine Culture Revolution

Elegant outdoor dining terrace set for service
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The Meal Starts Before the First Course

Abundant shared dishes arranged for a celebratory feast
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The Art of the Modern Banquet