Pizza 4P's
A pizza-mad Japanese financier has hit on a winning combination with Pizza 4Ps, a Japanese fusion pizza restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City's Little Tokyo district. Using artisanal cheese from his cheese factory near Dalat in Vietnam's cool Central Highlands, Yosuke Masuko's team at Pizza 4Ps make Neapolitan-style wood-fired pizzas for the Vietnamese palate. Think salmon miso cream pizza, tuna curry pizza, okonomiyaki and a colorful pizza topped with six types of Vietnamese flowers. Thankfully it's possible to order a half-and-half pizza to taste more of the varieties. There are a selection of classic Italian pizzas, as well as pasta and salads. The appetizer menu includes a platter of house cheeses as well as an interesting take on a traditional Tuscan snack, Cavaccino, a thin bread served with prosciutto and a chickpea dip. Not leaving enough room for dessert would be a travesty at Pizza 4Ps. There are a multitude of options, including dessert pizza (affogato or raspberry and ice cream), a heavenly tiramisu or cake from Star Kitchen, the Japanese cooking studio above the restaurant. The restaurant is a rabbit warren of small spaces, with counter seating for solo diners, a pizza oven-shaped room and a spiral staircase leading to a larger dining area. Pizza 4Ps turns away scores of people every day, so make a reservation several days in advance.

Cafe Casa Veroes
This hidden, open-air café tucked away in the leafy backyard of a house-turned-museum also is home to Caracas’ tastiest pabellón – a traditional Venezuelan dish. Arrive early and enjoy Casa Mendoza gardens. Then sit down and savor this spicy, juicy masterpiece. White rice, fried plantains (tajadas), black beans (caraotas) and shredded beef are layered in a circle, accompanied by avocado pieces and white shredded cheese. A big fried egg tops it off, highlighted with sea salt.

Fresh Fish Delivery
Hamburger lovers in Caracas look forward to the weekend to meet with Jim Smith at Fresh Fish Delivery. This specialized seafood place in the Altamira neighborhood boasts original sushi dishes and shelves full of take-home delicacies from around the world. On weekends, tables are loaded with generous breakfasts. During lunch, three hamburgers become the stars: The Merritt, the Rybovich and the Jim Smith. The real protagonist, the life of the party, is the Jim Smith, a hamburger with béarnaise sauce that surrounds fresh green asparagus on ground sirloin, mixed with strips of juicy bacon and caramelized onions. All hamburgers come with truffle salt fries.

Cafe Arabica
Venomous lionfish are native to the reefs of the Indo-Pacific Ocean and have found their way to the western Atlantic Ocean, where they are growing in numbers, eating everything and causing severe environmental dangers. Despite the venom they deliver via needle-like dorsal fins, divers are fishing them and cooks in Caracas are discovering their goodness: white, firm and gloriously tasty meat. Café Arabica surprises visitors with lionfish mixed with local ají dulce croquettes and small potatoes strung in kebabs. Dip it in the spicy, creamy Peruvian-style huancaína sauce for an over-the-top experience.

Lardo
This is no ordinary French dip sandwich. Lardo -- arguably the best sandwich shop in Portland -- melds the flavors of a bowl of Pho with a French dip sandwich to make the perfect combination. Roast beef, hoisin and sambal mayo, bean sprouts and pho beef broth are a match made in heaven. Order this sandwich with a side of their signature Dirty Fries, loaded with pork scraps, marinated peppers, fried herbs and Parmesan. You'll be full the rest of the day.

Soi 6 Pochana
This restaurant, within the Sam Yan area of Bangkok behind the famous Chulalongkorn University, serves incredible roast duck and roast pork belly. You can order a single portion of meat over noodles or rice. Even better, you can order a full plate of meat. The pork belly is incredibly crispy, creamy and rich all in one. The duck is succulent, smoky and crispy. And rather than being too sweet like some duck sauces tend to be in Bangkok, this duck sauce is just lightly sweet, but smokier and rich in flavor, all the duck drippings accumulated into a sauce of heavenly flavor.

Fikeaw Yaowarat Restaurant -
Fikeaw, meaning Green Light, is a street food stall that sets up in Bangkok’s Chinatown (known as Yaowarat) in the evening. They serve a full range of Thai stir-fried dishes, but the main reason to visit is to see the way the pyromaniac chef cooks nearly every dish with a flame that explodes in the air. His pak boong fai daeng, a simple yet delicious stir-fried vegetable side dish, is one of Thailand's most popular foods. Morning glory (water spinach) stir-fried with Thai chilies is cooked in about three seconds within a flame ball. It is simply delicious.

Gustu
Calmly creating a revolution from the Zona Sur district of La Paz, Gustu is much more than a restaurant, or perhaps, is exactly what a restaurant should be. To the casual visitor, it is a beautiful space, with a modern style comfortably meeting the bright and historied Bolivian culture. It is the chance to dip into the incredible range of products Bolivia has to offer, from regions as diverse as the Amazon, the Andes, the high altitude winelands in the south and the lush central region. Even the great Salar de Uyuni is sourced for, well, salt. Everything on the menu is locally sourced and showcases the excellence of Bolivian raw resources as well as refined products like coffee, wine and craft beer. In the kitchen, and the main creative source for the beautifully and intelligently presented food, is Kamilla Seidler. But every other staff member -- bar, floor or kitchen (excluding the beverage director) -- are young, local students, graduates of the Gustu training school. Gustu is one of various projects of the Melting Pot foundation founded by Claus Meyer on the ideal of promoting Bolivian gastronomy and creating the skills to drive a new industry around the world of gastronomy.

Doa Cristina
In Parque Las Cholas on the border of Zona Zur, skip past the playground and make a beeline for the Cholas, the mighty Bolivian matriarchs marked by their bowler hats, lined up to sell their famous sandwiches. Look out for ‘Doña Cristina’ Crecencia Zurita, who’s held the #6 post for an astounding 53 years, dishing out the city’s champion sandwich de chola. Inside the traditional pan sarnita, the heart of this sandwich is a thick, juicy slice of roast pork shoulder, marinated in a special brine as it cooks. But what elevates this sandwich to the sublime is the generous inclusion of hunks of crispy pork crackling. It’s finished with the standard combo of tomato, carrot and onion pickle and llajua. Like Doña Elvira’s choripan, more sensitive eaters can feel safe, as both ladies form part of the fantastic Suma Phayata initiative run by local fine-dining icon, Gustu, which is training the best local street food sellers to higher hygiene standards, to make the tastiest La Paz street food more accessible to visitors.

Mercado Lanza
Mercado Lanza, a must-visit in La Paz, is a maze of food stalls offering everything from daily groceries to the gamut of Bolivian fast food. The smells of sizzling meat are tempting, and you could spend months trying everything. Just head for the best: Doña Elvira Goita’s choripan in the corner of Level 3. She has been there for 30 years, and the lines are longer than ever; everybody recognizes the quality of her products, which she carefully tends and watches over, and the flavor of her secret recipe chorizo stands out above everyone in the market. The bread is always fresh, either pan sarnita, a white bun topped with cheese, or pan marraqueta, a hard-crust white bun that tends toward sourdough. The thin and tasty chorizo is perfectly balanced by the carrot and onion pickle, lettuce, tomato and llajua, a traditional spicy sauce of locoto chili and tomato. To miss the crowds, avoid peak lunch (noon to 2 p.m.) and dinner (6 to 8 p.m.) hours.