Praia, Dominican Republic Space-age furniture creates a mod setting at this popular Santo Domingo restaurant, which serves Latin-Asian dishes such as rum-spiked shrimp seviche with mango and Korean barbecued beef satay with cured cucumber salad. Regulars keep favorite bottles of wine in private lockers. DETAILS Gustavo Mejia Ricart 78; 809-540-8753 or www.praia.com.do.
Sal y Fuego, Mexico This new restaurant at the Esencia hotel near Tulum, on Mexico's Caribbean coast, specializes in Meso-american-style cuisine. Formerly at Quattro at the Four Seasons in Houston, chef Alejandro Rojas creates dishes like Chilean sea bass wrapped in banana leaves and cooked under hot stones. DETAILS Playa es XPU-HA KM 264, Cancún Tulum; 877-528-3490 or www.hotelesencia.com.
Zen, Barbados High above Crane Beach, this new restaurant at the Crane resort has a sleek sushi bar with gorgeous views and a menu that highlights Thai and Japanese cuisines (two of the chefs are Thai). DETAILS Crane, St. Philip; 246-423-6220 or www.thecrane.com.



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