Alice Levitt

To mark the midpoint of the year, I’m sharing my 10 favorite dishes of the past six months. In order of their consumption, I loved these the very best. And yes, they include two Uyghur restaurants on opposite ends of the planet.

1. Intensely marinated fried chicken on the breakfast buffet @parkhyatt_kl’s Park Lounge

2. Fried noodles at Mee Tarik Shepherd in #bayanlepas #penang

3. Lamb bamboo briyani @annachi_bamboo_masalla_briyani , #georgetown, Penang

4 and 5. Bamboo noodles @toktokmee_37pg , George Town

6. Sunday roast platter @huntersheadtavern , Upperville, Virginia

7. Tom kha white sauce pasta with fried cod @blackrubycambridge , #cambridge, Massachusetts

8. The most savory polo I’ve ever tasted @jahunger_ Cambridge, Massachusetts

9. Carrot cake (and I don’t usually like carrot cake) @oxandolive.dc #washingtondc

10. Duck choila @tapori.dc , washingtondc

11. Chocolate Earl Gray Potter’s Wheel, @harrimansgrill @salamanderresort