Le Beaulieu

Le Beaulieu just might be one of the best restaurants in the world hosted in a serviced apartment complex.

The nondescript location makes its brilliant haute French cuisine seem all the more remarkable as you have to be good to survive in this location. 

Chef Herve Frerard, established as one of Bangkok’s best chefs, pulls it off with his flavorful soups, sauces and desserts. 

“The food is done with a heart. It’s not stylized," says our expert Chef McDang. 

"Everything is about this place is fine. The service is great and the food is very rich." 

These include seasonal imported grouse and quail, which McDang says are done incredibly well.

Best Eats judge and Thai 101 publisher Mason Florence has his own favorite dish.

"The Maine Lobster baked and slow cooked in vanilla butter sauce and served with artichoke puree and Brussels sprout condiments at Le Beaulieu is a show stopper," he says.

With ingredients sourced from the Thai king’s royal projects and around the world, a Frerard dish is always fresh and elegantly balanced.

"Herve Frerard’s cuisine lets the finest ingredients -- not necessarily the most ostentatious -- do the talking," says food writer and Best Eats judge Tim Footman. "Bouillabaisse, sole meunière, roast poussin, slow roast lamb, rum baba … Watch and learn, but above all, enjoy."