Add the mushroom mixture to the pan of baked rice, and toss to combine well.

This is a dish of crusty baked rice topped by one of the stews listed, or any one of dozens more, limited only by price and availability of ingredients.

The relatively short, seafood-heavy menu features rarities such as sôm đam Ъoo dorng (papaya salad with preserved crab) and baked rice with preserved olive.

Especially good are the mango chicken salad (yam saab gai) and baked rice with olives (khao op ngam liab).

B Map Hoppers (made from baked rice) and string hoppers (steamed noodles made of rice and wheat) form the mainstays of the Sri Lankan curries at Curryinsel.

Also worthy were the kadaife (shredded phyllo with pistachio nut filling) and the baked rice pudding with its rich and pleasing custardlike texture.

The menu includes fish, vegetarian and vegan dishes, such as baked whole rice with oyster mushrooms, leeks and cashew nuts, and buckwheat pancakes filled with onion mash and grilled zucchini.

Recommended dishes: Corn and crab soup, snapper hash, tamales, chicken flautas, tuna with mole sauce, fajitas, shrimp with jalapenos and coconut, baked rice, refried black beans, pozole fuisado (sauteed hominy kernels).

The baked rice here is flavored with onions and turmeric, and colored with cubed zucchini.

Two paella variations were both deeply satisfying: baked rice with chicken, chorizo and saffron, or with chicken, snails, fava beans, rosemary and saffron.