Japanese Shishito peppers

9-19-2011 Tue. cool, cloudy.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with chive flowers and smoked tofu
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- English tea
DINNER --- tempura of shishito peppers | Provencal garlic soup with poached egg | sauteed eggplant with shiitake | rice | fennel and lettuce salad | wine

• late crop of shishito peppers from local Japanese market, the size, the flavor, and the thin-walled texture all reminds me the little Padron peppers in Spain.