KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 15 -- Firstly, I want to apologise for the slightly clickbait-y headline. I know, I know, they annoy me too. I'm generally not a fan of sweeping, overly objective labels like "the best," especially when it comes to food.

They tend to flatten nuance, and in an increasingly listicle-and-short-form-video-dominated food media landscape, the last thing we need is even less of it.

What does it even mean, anyway, to be "the best"? Even in something as statistically driven as professional sports - the supposed arena of pure meritocracy - debates over who truly deserves that title rage on long after careers end, and even after memories of those careers begin to fade.

Ronaldo (which one?). Messi. Jordan. Kobe. The names change...