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Uma Thurman and Richard Gere have yet to make an appearance, but the Free Tibet contingent would feel right at home here with the Dalai Lama playing continuously on video. Dumpling connoisseurs will like the momo, the Tibetan take on potstickers served with a sesame-dressed cabbage salad, or la ping, two mung bean cakes drizzled with spicy chile-soy sauce. And the influences of China and India emerge in dishes like chow mein and shogok khatsa, spicy potatoes served, in a double carbo whammy, with steamed rolls. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld