The dumplings were much lighter than usual, and at the middle of each was a baby shrimp.

It tastes like its Chinese cousin, but with the additional lure of baby shrimp and other tidbits from the deep.

Served us fried baby shrimps with the staff eating family style.

These crisply fried baby shrimp are tender and greaseless.

By this time, the sad-eyed man was eating baby shrimps on a bed of polenta.

Next we had baby shrimp and a black caviar in a lemon sauce.

So, too, is an appetizer of baby shrimp and shallots in a mellow butter sauce.

For one person it was the small plop of risotto with baby shrimp listed as a "starter" for $25.

Forgettable were the mushroom caps stuffed with baby shrimp.

Mushrooms stuffed with scallops and baby shrimp are even better.