A lining of sponge cake or lady fingers can take a chilled mousse filling.

The meal also comes with assorted side vegetables - cabbage, long beans and "lady fingers" (an Asian vegetable with a texture similar to okra).

Steamed lady fingers ($4.25) are delicate shrimp dumplings served with a sweet red sauce.

Don't miss the authentic tiramisu, in which the slightly tart mascarpone cheese plays off the sweetness of espresso-soaked lady fingers and chocolate ($5).

A martini glass held an opulent concoction of lady fingers, berries, mascarpone and cream.

Steamed lady fingers - spicy shrimp dumplings - were tasty, though their name was disconcertingly descriptive of their appearance.

They come nothing close to the real deal and are comparable to lady fingers.

Line bottom with lady fingers.

I'll make the pies and lady fingers tomorrow and do up my white muslin dress.

So was a substantial, rich, rewarding, pudding-like tiramisu ($3.25) bordered with lady fingers.