Typical is a thick pink 14-ounce New York sirloin steak hidden under crisp onions that is accompanied by garlic mashed potatoes with jump-off-the-plate flavor.

Another popular entree is zweibelrostbraten, a paillard of beef topped with crisp onions in a red-wine sauce.

Resoundingly so was the pan-roasted pork loin, served in maple-and-mustard-glazed slices, along with tasty, layered garlic custard potatoes and wisps of crisp fried onions.

A "roasted prime rib of swordfish," an enormous hunk of well-flavored meat, is served, naturally, with creamed spinach, crisp onions and puréed potatoes.

Serve warm, sprinkled with the crisp onions and surrounded with lemon wedges.

One decidedly un-Caribbean dish, roast cod with crisp fried onions and couscous, is compelling.

Freshly made crisp fried onions may be used as garnishes in some restaurants.

Platters of icy cucumbers and red tomatoes and a cut glass tumbler sprouting crisp green onions.

The beef is fine, but it is almost overwhelmed by the fixings - crisp fried onions, thick-cut bacon, a tomato slice and cheese.

A tower of fluffy greens crowned with crisp onion or sweet potato threads arrived on an oversized plate decorated with balsamic syrup.