He was talking with a mouthful of Philadelphia cream cheese and salmon roe to an optometrist's wife.

Delicacies like oyster, sea urchin and salmon roe often cost extra, if they are available at all.

Place on a serving dish, and spoon a little salmon roe on each yolk.

Spoon some taramosalata on top of each round and top with salmon roe.

Set on a bed of green noodles, the fish was adorned with oyster mushrooms and salmon roe.

The salmon roe scattered across the top glitters like jewels.

Blini with salmon roe ($14) are just as good as I remember, buttery and fresh.

Of our four first courses I particularly liked the tuna tartar with salmon roe and pistachio sauce.

Zabar's charges $9.95 for six ounces of salmon roe (www.zabars.com).

This ruled out many of today's popular materials such as salmon roe (ikura; イクラ).