Saturday, May 7, 2011

Fava beans and scallops

5-07-2011 Sat. mild, some clouds.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST
--- coffee | coconut cream bread | apple | Persian grapes | yogurt drink
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
PRE-CONCERT-DINNER --- Persian flat bread with goose liver pate | salad of lettuce, fennel, radish and tomato | pan-seared scallops with leek | sauteed fresh fava beans and spring bamboo shoots with fermented fava bean sauce | mojito




  • fresh fava beans from the local Persian market, they are in season right now thousands of miles away in Shanghai as well.
  • Mahler's magnificent " Das Lied von der Erde " (Song of the Earth) , based on ancient Chinese poems.