My favorite pan-Latin restaurant in New York, Esperanto, finishes off its meals with a frothy passion fruit mousse.

NPR: Cool and Comforting Ceviche

Italian Two One Two Bar and Grill and pan-Asian restaurant Ocean also make for an interesting curation by Friends of Restaurant Week, a group of bloggers, connoisseurs and sommeliers responsible for selecting the participating restaurants.

BBC: Mumbai��s moveable feast

At the pan-Asian restaurant, the spare and chic Sangkar, chef Andrew Skinner, an old Pacific hand, prepares a flavorful mix of regional cuisines--Indonesian, South Asian and Japanese--often using fish hauled from the ocean just below, along with local produce, meats and spices.

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The owner of Hunan Palace, a Chinese restaurant in Junction City, testified that a man calling himself Kling had ordered moo goo gain pan and egg rolls for delivery to the Dreamland motel.

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