WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | apple | walnut bread
BEFORE-CONCERT DINNER ---( at X.O. Chinese restaurant, NYC) fried bread twist | congee | sauteed razor clams in scallion and ginger sauce | pan-fried daikon cake | Cantonese egg noddle and shrimp wonton soup | pork dumplings | winter greens in oyster sauce
AFTER-CONCERT DRINK --- warm sake | pan-fried pressed tofu | pan-fried vegetable spring rolls
- X.O. in NYC Chinatown never fails to deliver excellent Cantonese dim sum style food, consistently, efficiently. Wonton noodle soup is outstanding particular in texture, razor clams are delicate and sweet.
- the concert of Anne-Sofie von Otter recitals at Zankel Hall underground beneath Carnegie Hall. when subway trains roam nearby, some sound vibration adds to the music.