He chose an array of small servings, a tasting menu, graced by foie gras, sweetbreads, shrimp ravioli, truffle and onion pie and caramelized cream.

Or shrimp ravioli, deep-fried to the texture of a bad bar snack?

We weren't asked how we wanted properly fatty king salmon, and it arrived a tad overdone, but its garnish of shrimp ravioli was a knockout.

A shrimp ravioli ($15) entree also yielded plump, pasta-wrapped shrimp in an herb-flecked cream sauce.

Soup lovers should try the lobster bisque, a flavorful mahogany-hued brew floating one large shrimp ravioli and a splash of cream.

Dishes such as cinnamon-orange braised veal cheeks with shrimp ravioli and shiitake mushrooms.

Gingered beef carpaccio or Oriental shrimp ravioli are among appetizers.

If bouillabaisse was Theodore's at its top, shrimp ravioli was Theodore's at its nadir.

Ravioli alla Alba - shrimp ravioli in a green basil cream sauce - was underdone.

Perhaps the least Mexican dish of all was a special of half-moon-shaped shrimp ravioli ($6) in a creamy white wine sauce.