Crispy duck, a house specialty, arrived as a plate of crisp-skinned fowl, cut into segments, tossed with tomato, carrots and pineapple cubes.

Panang curry was a mild coconut stew with chicken (other options were shrimp or scallops), vegetables, pineapple cubes and a lime leaf or two, but little character.

Kashmiri pulao was an unfortunate combination of basmati rice, canned pineapple cubes, raisins and maraschino cherries.

Provided you have a system which avoids burning your flesh with the skewers, pineapple cubes are invaluable on any kebab, even with fish and shellfish.

A specially good recipe within my family is the combination of fresh pineapple cubes with fruit mincemeat.

There are none other than refreshing complimentary pineapple cubes.

Dessert was perfunctory: complimentary canned pineapple cubes and fortune cookies, delivered with the check.

Thinly slice the pineapple cubes.

Canned rambutan (similar to lichees), stuffed with pineapple cubes, were refreshing.

He had a wire basket in his left hand, in which he had placed two tins of pineapple cubes.