Sunday, January 23, 2011

fresh pasta made from rice

1-23-2011 Sun. very cold, sunny.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | scallion pancake | apple | pear | sweet rice dumplings
AFTERNOON-TEATIME
--- Fujian green tea | roasted wild mountain walnuts
DINNER --- baked Japanese sweet potato | lotus root sandwich tempura with filling of tofu skin, shitake and shallots | stir-fried Shanghai style rice cake with B.B.Q. pork, snow peas and young mustard greens | wine


lotus root sandwich tempura

shanghai rice cake

  • rice cake ( 年糕 ) is like fresh pasta, made from rice in certain elaborate process, a bit sticky and chewy, a special food for the lunar new year holidays in southeast China.