Possible Clues:

• Dumpling dish
• Legend gets no initial comfort from Greek letter produced in Italian restaurant
• Italian potato dumplings
• Italian dish
• Italian dumplings some Vietnamese returned to Greek character
• Trattoria dish
• Starchy food providing vital energy, endless line of dancers flipping over it
• Turns up, no good commanding officer has Greek letter from Italian restaurant
• A course in Rome ultimately rivalling Cochin, perhaps
• Small Italian dumplings