But Lhasa does place a little dish of mildly peppery sauce on the table for spicing things up.

These are fat noodles, shining with a coat of delicately peppery sauce, served in a small bowl.

A better option is the deftly grilled tuna steak slathered with onions and in a peppery sauce.

Poulet maison ($6.50), small pieces of chicken on the bone in an extraordinarily peppery sauce, is just as big.

Both go well with dosai podi ($1.25), a peppery sauce also known as red gunpowder.

Venison, though, came out gray and bland, although the peppery sauce with roasted chestnuts was invigorating.

The oysters were heavenly, and so was the velvety, peppery sauce.

Around them are rock shrimp in a peppery sauce that Mr. Joseph refers to as "lava."

They were enhanced by a sweet peppery dipping sauce sprinkled with red-hot pepper seeds.

Scallops are so delicate that you would not want to make a very aggressive, peppery sauce for them.