BREAKFAST --- coffee | LU cookie
LUNCH --- rice with sauteed bitter melon ( leftovers )
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- Japanese green tea | apple
DINNER --- tempura of stinky tofu with bonito dipping sauce | warm sake | lightly pickled and sauteed young mustard green and bean sprouts | Shanghai-style short ribs | rice | fennel and pear salad | wine
- the trick to get melt-in-mouth ribs: low heat and slow cooking. braised in rice wine and spiced soy and sugar, it usually takes more than a hour on the stove.