If you don't know much about barbaque, get the sampler plate to try all three!

We did that, and made the ribs part of a sampler plate that included chicken wings, collard greens and french fries.

But after trying them all in a sampler plate, I learned to trust him.

Only a few of the desserts on the sampler plate ($8) were notable.

The Dining Room has a small raw bar, whose spirit is nicely expressed in a three-dish sampler plate.

A sampler plate ($3.75) has small portions of each and a rather sedate hummus.

A sampler plate of beluga, osetra and sevruga caviars plus salmon roe, half an ounce of each, is $55.

Interesting and Varied The choy fan sampler plates, with three different offerings for $9.95, provide interesting and varied eating.

One way to break free is to order a sampler plate with bite-size renditions of the cassonade, lemon tart and chocolate tart.

A sampler plate of Asian-style dumplings, crisp little packages of mushroom or sausage filling, come with a honey-and-sesame dipping sauce ($5.95).