148442 Thu Jul 01 13:25:05 -0700 2004 1 12 Boston Area 0 796064 A special of "braised fish fillets in spicy sauce," if I'm remembering correctly, was really chunks of bone-in fish (no idea what kind) and tofu cubes in a bowl of spicy (dried red chili) brown soupy sauce, over napa cabbage. The fish version of steamed beef w/napa, I guess. Very enjoyable but not life-altering. Better when I gave up on chopsticks and just spooned it in. The specials board also had a sour fish soup, kinda wish I'd ordered that. So maybe they're offering more fish choices lately? At 7:30 p.m. on a Wednesday I had no trouble getting a table, in fact I had a whole 4-top to myself. Several folks wandered in for take-out, one of whom introduced himself as Zatan (how was the pork with cumin?). They showed me the chef's portfolio of food pictures. Very cool. I can see a small chow-dinner in my future, later this month maybe. Thu Jul 01 13:25:05 -0700 2004 0 Aromatherapy 1 796150 BTW, the steamed pork with rice powder we preordered is now on that specials menu with the fish fillets. And they no longer have a Chinese only menu -- that menu has English translations now. There's a Chinese menu at the back of the portfolio -- it looks like the chef digs vegetarian cooking -- there's a substantial list of vegetarian dishes, probably a series of 30-40 dishes in all. Fri Jul 02 22:11:26 -0700 2004 796064 0 Limster