The 11 NYC Food Trends That You Might Have Missed in 2012

It was a good year for Mexican; enchiladas at El Toro Blanco

Yep, it's true that New York had a slew of interesting Asian options open this year (see Pok Pok NY and Mission Chinese), some awesome imports from Portland (Andy Ricker and Matthew Lightner) and a resurgence of Scandinavian food (Aska, Acme). You can see many of those trends on display on our hottest openings list here, but now we're going to focus on the less obvious focal points that defined the NYC food scene. Click through the slide show below, and let us know which secret-threat trends you noticed this year.