Also recommended are entrees of Moroccan chicken with couscous and braised lamb with a tangy yogurt-sesame sauce.

And so, I ordered braised lamb and roasted porcini.

At the mosque's Saturday potluck, Sharifa places a pan of cinnamon-spiced kebabs beside Malaysian glass noodles, Egyptian braised lamb, Pakistani chicken biriani and chocolate brownies baked by an African-American.

During the week of Jan. 12-17 the specials menu featured braised lamb shanks with red wine broth, potato and celery root gratin and shrimp-scallop etoufee one day.

H Map With a white, arched, leafy interior, this prize-winning restaurant offers beautifully cooked rural fare such as braised lamb, and partridge with bacon.

Beyond pasta, Locanda offers a small, changing selection of main courses like tender braised pork ribs ($14), with roasted potatoes, or excellent braised lamb ($16), baked in a small round bread.

Then you should try the braised stuffed lamb.

Both Syreal and Ryalth nod at each other, then lean back as a serving girl offers the braised lamb in lemon sauce, followed by buttered and nutted beans, and grass-rice.

The chef, Paul Zweben, prefers braised lamb shanks as a base for his pie, rather than beef.

The Ghosn brothers' subtle, complex version echoes the finest from Provence but with the power needed to take on braised lamb.