Tuesday, November 16, 2010

an early 20th century fusion food

11-16-2010 Tue. cool, rain


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with sauteed bean sprouts | steamed dumplings
AFTERNOON-TEATIME
---
green tea | sesame cookie
DINNER
--- Tonkatsu ( pan-fried breaded pork chop) | sauteed bitter melon and mushroom with fermented black bean sauce | rice | baked Japanese sweet potato fries





  • a fried pork chop top of a steamed rice bowl is a popular quick meal, Da-pai Fan in China, or Tonkatsu in Japan. it is a fusion food in the early days of western influence to the far east.