Kitchen Dish

THAI KING Taweewat Hurapan is now the chef of Asiana Restaurant & Bar (120 E. 34th St., between Park and Lexington avenues, 212-725-7666). Mr. Hurapan is a native of Thailand, and was on that country's Olympic fencing team in 1972 and 1976. He later became a fencing coach at City College of New York before changing careers. He has been in and out of the kitchens of Rain over the past decade, and also had a restaurant of his own, Hurapan Kitchen in the West Village, which opened in late 2006 and closed about a year later.

Asiana's menu is mostly pan-Asian, with some of the chef's old standbys, such as goat cheese wontons and crispy duck with spicy green mango salad. It also has a traditional Thai section.

DINE BY DELIVERY Mia Dona (206 E. 58th St, between Second and Third avenues, 212-750-5508), chef Michael Psilakis's mostly Italian restaurant, now delivers between 48th Street and 68th Street, from Park Avenue to the East River. There is a $20 minimum per order.

SUNDAY MEAL Baldoria (249 W. 49th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, 212-582-0460) starts serving brunch this Saturday. Menu items include burgers and panini, smoked salmon on toast with a poached egg, various frittatas, and French toast.

WINNING KOSHER The 92nd Street Y is holding a kosher recipe contest. The winning entry will be featured in that organization's 2009-10 Jewish Calendar and Cookbook, which is distributed to more than 14,000 New Yorkers, and the person who submits it will win round-trip travel for two from JetBlue Airways to any destination they serve, plus a two-night weekend stay at an Affinia Hotel in New York or Chicago.

The recipes must be original, and do not have to be Jewish in origin, but they do have to be cooked in an hour or less. They will be judged by Landmarc chef Marc Murphy, chef and TV and radio personality Mike Colameco, and food writers Gael Greene, Arthur Schwartz, and Rozanne Gold. For full details, visit 92Y.org/megabites.

GALLIC FUN France celebrates the 1789 storming of the Bastille, and subsequent revolution, this Monday, and so are New York's French restaurants. Gavroche (212 W. 14th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-647-8553) is celebrating with musical entertainment by Joseph and His Group, starting at 7 p.m. Paris Commune (99 Bank St. at Greenwich Street, 212-929-0509) is also celebrating with live music and a $45 fixed-price, three-course menu, including crêpes Suzette for dessert. Payard Bistro (1032 Lexington Ave. at 73rd Street, 212-717-5252) is also offering a $45 three-course meal, with vanilla and raspberry baked Alaska with blueberry sauce as dessert.

Brooklyn is celebrating a day early, at 11 a.m. on Sunday, with a pétanque tournament near the intersection of Smith and Dean streets. Some 80 teams are expected to compete in the French version of boccie while enjoying drink specials sponsored by the French liqueur Ricard Pastis.

The event was dreamed up by Bernard de Canolli, owner of Robin de Bois (195 Smith St., between Warren and Baltic streets, 718-596-1608), but will be held near Bar Tabac (128 Smith St. at Dean Street, 718-923-0918).