Singaporean cuisine near bottom in ranking of world's 100 best: TasteAtlas

In Southeast Asia, Singaporean cuisine is rated better than Laos which held 96th position.

With more than 200 hawker centers in the city state, there are thousands of stalls to try Singapore's signature dishes, like laksa (a coconut broth noodle soup), fried carrot cake (stir-fried radish cake) and bak kut teh (a pork rib soup).

Foodies are advised to try Singapore's iconic dish Hainanese chicken rice, poached chicken and fragrant rice served with chilli sauce, at Chin Chin Restaurant or Kampong Chicken Eating House.

TasteAtlas also recommends diners to try some iconic restaurants such as Chai Chuan Tou Yang Rou Tang, Kwang Kee Teochew Fish Porridge, Beach Road Fish Head Bee Hoon, Zai Shun Curry Fish Head and Song Fa Bak Kut Teh.

Italian cuisine was named the world's best this year, followed by cuisine of Greece, Peru, Portugal and Spain.

Cypriot cuisine finished the top 100 list.

Founded in 2015, TasteAtlas links 9,000 local restaurants and showcases tens of thousands of dishes based on reviews and research by culinary experts, chefs, and users.

The site serves as a global map of traditional dishes made from local ingredients and aims to celebrate great food, foster pride in culinary traditions, and spark curiosity about dishes unfamiliar to many tourists.