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...Sometimes Nyonya's fusion creates confusion; a crestfallen customer recently asked : "You don't serve sushi?" But with food this good for less than $15 a dish, Londoners are happily catching on. No reservations. tel: (44-207) 243 1800; www.nyonya.co.uk
...food has a centuries-old pedigree, as the product of Chinese settlements in Malacca, as Malaysia was known during the Ming dynasty. (The word nyonya refers to female descendants of mixed marriages that occurred in the area.) It's the original Asian fusion cuisine. Some of Nyonya's dishes - like the delicate but hearty pork dumplings - resemble what you'd get in typical Chinese places. Others - the slightly sour beef rendang or the piquant bean sprouts with salted fish - are more Malaysian. Much of Nyonya's menu is devoted to elegant versions of soups and stews sold in Penang streets...
...ARTS ART: OUT OF A PETRI DISH...
Douglas Rodriguez's Latin Flavors on the Grill, by the eponymous New York chef, features involved and somewhat complicated dishes, like the odd-sounding but surprisingly tasty clam-onion quesadilla. Best is the shrimp grilled on raw-sugarcane skewers, which add Latin flavor and flair to a simple dish...
...extra virgin olive oil - Greek, natch; mix in some grated raw onion, two cloves of garlic, parsley, vinegar and some salt and pepper. And, as the Greeks say, kali orexi (bon appétit)! yiouvetsi This traditional lamb casserole is named after the round terracotta dish in which it's cooked. Long a staple of Greece 's island communities, yiouvetsi is increasingly served at upscale taverns like Daphne's, on 4 Lysikratous Street, tel: (30-210) 322 7971, a beautifully restored neo-classical home in the famed old quarter of Plaka. A leg of lamb is pierced with cloves...