BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with stir-fried shrimp and vegetables ( leftover from yesterday's dinner)
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---green tea | Mandarin orange | Pocky chocolate pretzel stick
DINNER --- steamed Brussels sprouts | sauteed five-spice eggplant | Afghan baked rice with braised lamb shank (Qabili Pilau)| wine
- The lamb shank was braised in wine till the meat separated from the bone. Basmati rice was mixed with meat juice, then baked in the oven with lamb meat embedded in the rice. Qabili Pilau has most of the distinguishing characteristics of Central Asian cooking.