That led us first to the starters of sliced pan-seared duck breast and grilled calamari.
The current menu includes sliced pan-seared tuna with roasted mango corn salsa, chicken or beef fajitas, and grilled pork tenderloin with roasted tomato sauce and a Mexican polenta cake.
The most satisfying of these is grilled squid stuffed with short ribs and served alongside chorizo-tinged lentils; and the sliced pan-roasted pork belly, sturdy dominoes of fat, is wonderfully offset by a bed of shimeji mushrooms, scallions, and pickled jalapeños.
In Greece, Ms. Kochilas said, the dish is served with rice, orzo or sliced potatoes pan-fried in olive oil.
Chicken with penang curry is built around a sliced, crispy pan-fried breast rather than the usual dull lumps of meat.
Runner-ups: Various choices from the Taiwanese menu, including thinly sliced pork, pan-fried milk fish belly and a Hakka-style vegetable medley.
Below, however, in the steaming galleys, sailors had hastily set up production lines near the trays of sliced meat and pans filled with fried chicken wings.
A pan of sliced potatoes fried with pieces of bacon and onion sat next to her ashtray.
I helped start a sauce for the black bass entree with a pan of sliced garlic, shallots, lemon, green peppercorns and Iberian ham.
But if you'd rather leave it out, toss a small spoonful of drained, brined capers or sliced olives into the pan to make up for the missing tang.
Here's how: sauté the liver in a tablespoon of olive oil until it is lightly browned but still has its pink blush, then sauté a small sliced onion in the pan.
