We also liked the Indonesian pancake: flat bread spread with a sweet filling and ground peanuts, then folded in half, and the Chinese standby, chicken soong - a flavorful mélange of stir-fried chicken, tofu, onions and water chestnuts accompanied by lettuce cups.

It's fun for an appetizer- fabulous with crackers or tucked into lettuce cups.

Use in sandwiches, roll-ups, lettuce cups.

Among the many popular appetizers is minced chicken in a lettuce cup ($6), and main courses include fresh fish sautéed in a spicy sesame sauce with asparagus ($15).

To serve, spoon into lettuce cups or on top of endive leaves; garnish and serve.

Do-it-yourself lettuce wraps, hailing from Hong Kong, featured cool crunchy lettuce cups and an especially flavorful hot minced pork filling.

We love: Carb-free vegetarian lettuce wraps wok-seared tofu, red onions, and water chestnuts with mint and lime, set in lettuce cups.

Divide the mixture into the lettuce cups.

Recipes that call for a leaf of radicchio in the presentation are hauntingly reminiscent of the lettuce cups of yesteryear.

Spoon into lettuce cups, and place three cups on each of 4 plates.