For a main dish, the duck curry is a wonderful collision of succulent duck leg, crispy fried pork, sweet potato, green beans and pineapple.

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For dinner, Karzai joined the first family for some all-American fare: fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, cheese and garlic biscuits and pineapple upside down cake.

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The destinations inspire the dishes, so some of his Asian-themed entrees have included a wasabi crusted salmon with a sweet papaya pineapple marmalade and a hibachi miso marinated chicken breast accompanied by brown fried rice with bacon.

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Provoleta, a round slab of fried cheese, makes for a savory sort of pancake, and a salad of papaya, pineapple, and mango, tossed with toasted coconut flakes and creamy goat-milk caramel, is a ticket to the tropics.

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