The scent of hot beef and potato wafted up.

Just now I walked by a decent-looking restaurant that advertises a meal of hot beef "cut from the joint," bread, pickles and potatoes for seventy-five cents.

Order a hot corned beef or pastrami sandwich, plain or as a combination with other meats.

The hot dried beef, lavishly topped with chili and Sichuan pepper, had a warning - two red pepper symbols.

Frybread can be eaten alone or with various toppings such as honey, jam, or hot beef.

Try the chicken with kailan, or hot and sour beef.

(Diners wrap hot beef in lettuce leaves with grilled garlic, kimchi and a dab of doenjang, or bean paste.)

Over hot beef and more mulled ale, the two comrades exchanged stories.

Who needs a so-so hot and spicy shredded beef when a superb sizzling sable fish (salmon) with black bean sauce is available?

Try the Goan (hot beef) or the Malabar (prawns in mild coconut).