Friday, September 30, 2011

a five-course dinner at home

9-30-2011 Fri. mild, some sun.


BREAKFAST
--- coffee

LUNCH --- rice with sauteed vegetables
AFTERNOON-TEATIME
---apple
DINNER --- sweet shrimp sashimi | lightly pickled eggplant | mizuna and pickled beet | simmered eggplant, zucchini, tomato and Japanese leek | wine and soy braised short ribs | rice | wine || herbal liqueur | Marcano almonds



sweet shrimp


pickled and pan-roasted eggplant

pickled beet and mizuna





  • sweet shrimp back in season, truly sweet and tender.
  • DD's lightly pickled eggplant by D.D. has silky and slightly crunchy texture, not easy to get from eggplant. ( 24h pickling: Japanese thin eggplant cut in length, salt, rice vinegar, fish sauce, lime juice, shallot, garlic. 5min pan-roasting: skillet medium to high heat. )