The sweet-pea risotto cake with poached oysters and corn is a fine choice among the starters.

The risotto cakes are still dense but tasty.

One of the more interesting combinations was fresh salmon soaked in molasses and grilled, served with a crunchy jalapeño-ginger risotto cakes.

On our last night, we had risotto cakes with a little ball of mozzarella ingeniously buried inside that melts when it's cooked.

Another night the juicy, rare meat arrived with a crisp risotto cake and sauteed wild mushrooms.

A better choice was roasted baby chicken served off the bone with mustard greens and crusty risotto cakes.

Slide the risotto cake onto a serving plate and keep warm until all the cakes are done.

Mushroom soup was wonderfully dense and dark, and it gained crunch from truffled risotto cakes.

With the fish came a crunchy-edged lemon risotto cake that was pure ambrosia.

Sliced leg of lamb ($17) is tender and delicious, with sweet corn and a crunchy risotto cake.