'One board, one knife, one hand,' he comments while watching stir-fried beef with carrot and onion being prepared.

Ceviches are fine, as is lomo saltado, stir-fried beef served over french fries.

Food-forward parents like mine served dinners of homemade falafel, Mediterranean fish stew or stir-fried beef with broccoli.

The best main courses are stir-fried beef in peanut sauce and stir-fried Chinese eggplant with an excellent yellow bean sauce.

Beef chow fun - Cantonese dish of stir-fried beef, flat rice noodles, bean sprouts, and green onions.

Sha-ngopa, stir-fried beef with vegetables and big chunks of fresh ginger in a thick but still delicate tomato sauce, is much better.

The soup is placed in a bowl with stir-fried beef, scallions and gim added for garnish.

Lunch has become ham-and-cheese sandwiches instead of stir-fried beef over white rice.

Lomito al jugo con arroz is a tasty combination of stir-fried beef served over rice with pickled onions and tomatoes.

Nothing was particularly special about stir-fried beef with thin noodles (yaki soba), nor about light, lacy but routine shrimp tempura.