This charming little cafe combines the vogue for pan-Asian menus with a pleasant, rustic American look and an eager-to-please staff.

The chef behind Typhoon's pan-Asian, Thai-influenced menu is James Chew, whose mentor was Jean-Georges Vongerichten of Vong.

It's a dish that seems a bit of a renegade on a pan-Asian menu, but no one is likely to complain.

The ground floor dining room is serving a pan-Asian menu with dishes like spicy charred beef with Fuji apple and black-pepper-cured pork loin with mango papaya salsa.

The Tigre Asiático Restaurant, (55-48) 355-7045, has a lovely bamboo-filled setting and the area's most extensive pan-Asian menu, featuring Malaysian, Japanese and Thai cuisines.

The ground-floor dining room serves a pan-Asian menu with dishes like spicy charred beef with Fuji apple, and pork loin marinated in grilled herbs and soy.

A branch of a Paris hot spot, Buddha Bar features a pan-Asian menu in 15,000 square feet of space.

Most of the offerings on the exciting pan-Asian menu are creative renditions of familiar dishes, made exotic by Asian condiments.

Duck makes a frequent appearance on its pan-Asian menu.

A branch of a Paris hot spot, it features a pan-Asian menu, shown sampled at a preview party.