Les Amis, Waku Ghin get five stars from Forbes

The two restaurants bag top accolades from the Forbes Travel Guide, while three others receive a four-star rating

Les Amis' chef Sebastien Lepinoy says the award caps a five-year-long quest by the restaurant - which was rated four stars in 2013 - to further elevate its standards. ST PHOTO: KELLY HUI
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Walk into Les Amis, the three-Michelin-starred restaurant at Shaw Centre, and the staff know to respect your personal space. They give you at least a metre of it.

The restaurant is perfumed twice a day, at 11.45am and 6.45pm, with Baies from Diptyque.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 13, 2020, with the headline Les Amis, Waku Ghin get five stars from Forbes. Subscribe