a mossy Buche de Noel for a merry Christmas

12-25-2011 Sun. cold, sunny.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee with baileys | homemade orange bread | cheese | grape fruit AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- Thai-style scallop fritters | Shanghai-style pan fried lotus root with shrimp paste | pita chips with hummus dip | beer
DINNER --- fried silky tofu and shishito peppers with dashi and ginger blossom | saffron seafood stew | homemade fan tan bread | broiled red pepper, garlic, shallots and baby carrots with rosemary | sauteed green chard with garlic and pomegranate | saffron rice | duck confit | wine || Buche de Noel ( homemade Mossy Yule log with matcha Japanese green tea powder and caramelized kumquat ) | cognac

Thai-style scallop fritters with kaffir lime leaves

Japanese fried silky tofu and shishito peppers


Mediterranean saffron seafood stew


duck confit, saffron rice and vegetables

chocolate yule log, green tea moss, kumquat mushrooms





the real mossy log in BC forest




cognac

• the holiday dinner marathon started from Thailand, to China and Japan, then went around Mediterranean , ended in France with some Asian fusion.