NYC: Soba Koh, Ushiwakamaru, Scarpetta, Ten Bells, 15 East; runners-up in Other Boroughs: Ayada, St. Anselm; Other Cities: Dan Tana's (LA), Hidden Kitchen (Fukuoka), Huitrerie Regis (Paris), St. John (London), Yanagawa-ya (Fukuoka), w/ honorable mention to hundreds of streetfood stands in Thailand