The major growth vegetable remains potatoes - deep-fried, of course.

The scallops, although rich and flavorful, come surrounded by a nimbus of finely shredded deep-fried potato that makes them look like two tumbleweeds on a plate.

That meant no mashed potatoes and no deep-fried potatoes.

No deep-fried potatoes?

Soft tortillas are stuffed with chorizo and mashed potato, then deep-fried and topped with chunky guacamole.

Tarragon was used to better effect with a special of roasted baby chicken served with tasty little slivers of deep-fried potatoes and roasted shallots.

Served with the liver were truffle oil-laced mashed potatoes stacked inside a lattice of crisp deep-fried potato.

Earthy snails were winners, too, served in hollowed-out potatoes and topped with a gnarl of deep-fried potatoes and wild garlic.

Oven frying delivers a dish different from deep-fried potatoes.

(At Paradise, "pop" means soda, and "pan fries" are deep-fried potatoes sliced like pickles.)