Best pasta
Orecchiette Alle Cime di Rapa (di Dino Flore)

Best hospitality
"Salotto Buono" (di Elena Brambilla & Chiara Daraio, now gone for good)

Best Cafe' / Cafeteria
Cafe 976 (976 Cass, 92121, San Diego, CA, USA)

Best milkshake
Corvette Dining (San Diego, USA)

USA

Canada

SPAIN

El Bulli (near Barcelona)
Cuisine as modern art with Ferran Adria's now legendary deconstruction of Italian, French & Japanese traditions.

SAN DIEGO

Cafe976
My favourite place to relax in California

Roppongi
Japanese/Asian/Fusion restaurant. They used to say that the staff was rude, but maybe as a result of those review it seems they now try to be extra nice.

Fleming's
If you are in San Diego and you want to go for a steak, go to Fleming's (located in front of the Hyatt Hotel in UTC)

SAN FRANCISCO

Lhasa Moon
Tibetan Restaurant

MONTREAL

Cafe Vasco De Gama
Fancy & creative food

FINLAND

Lappi Restaurant (Helsinki)
A bit touristy, but cozy and lovely artic cuisine. Last time I tried, we went in with a large group and as a result the food was not as good as usual. Conclusion: don't go with a large crowd

Zetor (Helsinki)
A large pub/restaurant in the heart of town with a folkish feel

DENMARK

Noma (Copenhagen)
A wonderful example of Modern Nordic cuisine. Refined and elaborate style with Scandinavian ingredients only.

LAOS

Cafe JoMa (in Vientiane)
French-style cafe in the cutest capital of the world

SOUTH AFRICA

Codfather (Cape Town)
The freshest and tastiest fish.

Khana-Kha (Durban)
Durban has the largest Indian community outside of India, and thus developed a local version of Indian food (Durban-Indian). This is the place to try it.