Ease cod cakes into the hot fat and cook about 15 minutes to a side, turning once.

Adjust heat so cod cakes do not burn, but become golden all over.

I'm not crazy about the cod cakes, although I think they're traditional (very bready); baked beans are not too sweet and taste of molasses.

Plump cod cakes, crisp and golden, rest on a fresh celery-root slaw, creamy and not harshly vinegared, with a lavish truffled tartar sauce.

Shrimp in garlic sauce is also good, as are the cod cakes.

She served fried eels, cod cakes on the house.

They follow artichoke vinaigrette; grilled quail and tabbouleh salad; or cod cakes with a tomato coulis.

Among main courses, recommended are the crunchy, rough-textured cod cakes in a faintly sweet orange-basil vinaigrette ($17).

But looking at the menu, we saw that the entrées - lobster rolls, cod cakes, steak frites - were almost all at least $20.

Goods made on the premises each morning include sweet breads, pudim de pão (Portuguese bread pudding) and bolinhos de bacalhau (salted cod cakes).