A side order of the delicious spatzle ($2.95), miniature flour dumplings served in a minimal herb sauce, make an excellent appetizer.

Sweet lotus root is an excellent appetizer.

An exception to the parade of excellent appetizers: fried squid ($8.95), which is clumsy and heavy.

Mr. Barcelona has created some excellent appetizers, too.

A meal can begin with a choice of excellent appetizers, from tuna marinated in teriyaki to eggplant mixed with feta cheese.

Beef patties and cod fritters are both excellent appetizers, while the soupy rotis are all good.

I have been experimenting; warm salads are excellent appetizers or main courses any time of year.

An extensive menu features excellent cold appetizers that are just right with a basket of puffy Turkish bread.

The extensive menu features excellent cold appetizers, perfect when the going gets steamy and just right with a basket of puffy fresh-baked Turkish bread.

After 5 P.M. the menu expands to include an array of side orders that make excellent appetizers before a bowl of noodles.