BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with stir-fried chive flowers and chicken
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- Japanese green tea | clementine
DINNER --- baked fries of Japanese sweet potato | sauteed tong-hao leaves, silky tofu and shrimp | clay pot stew of winter bamboo shoots, shiitake, leek, cured tofu and wood-ear | rice | fennel salad | wine
fresh winter bamboo shoots
eats shoots and...
... leaves 
Japanese sweet potato fries without frying- first of the season: fresh winter bamboo shoots arrive at the local market, and a fresh selection of winter greens
