rainbow of vegetables

4-30-2012 Mon. mild, cloudy.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with sauteed bok choy
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- curry threaded potato | sauteed baby spinach with new garlic | stir-fried bean sprouts, shittake and red pepper | rice | wine | avocado and fennel salad 

 

•   all taste good and interesting mixture of textures.

Provencal soup with fresh sage and new garlic

4-29-2012 Sun. mild, sunny.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- chai | scone | scrambled eggs with cilantro | Italian bread and cheese | mango 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea 
 DINNER ---  Provencal garlic  soup with poached egg and toasted bread |  broiled cauliflower steak  | rice | avocado and tomato salad | wine

 afternoon in tea house

 new bamboo shoot near tea house

 fresh sage and new garlic for Provencal garlic soup

 

• a beautiful spring day after a night of rain, perfect time to do garden work  and get fresh vegetables and fresh flowers

Shanghai soup wonton

4-28-2012 Sat. chilly, clouds and rain.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- chai | croissant | Italian bread and cheese | mango 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- chai 
BEFORE-CONCERT-DINNER --- Shanghai wonton soup
AFTER-CONCERT-DRINK  --- ( at Sonia's)  wine | chips and salsa 

•   soup wonton with shrimp + lemon zest as filling, pickled gourd and seaweed in broth.

an all veggie day

4-27-2012 Fri. chilly, cloudy.  


BREAKFAST --- chai 
LUNCH --- mung bean noodle soup with cauliflowers 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- chai 
DINNER --- sauteed bok choy | Turkish clam rice | fennel and lettuce salad

 

• bok choy is harvested from C. garden fresh before dinner, sweet and tender. 
 

 

spring peas and cucumbers

4-26-2012 Thu. chilly, cloudy. 

  
 BREAKFAST --- ( at Arroyo Vista)  coffee | quiche | fruit plate | orange juice
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
 DINNER --- mung bean noodle soup with mushroom and cucumber | sauteed fresh peas with smoked tofu | avocado salad 

old oak tree at Arroyo Vista

 

• back to home cooking

comtemporary spin on Bibimbap and SAAM

4-25-2012 Wed. warm, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- ( at Arroyo Vista, Pasadena ) coffee |  huevos rancheros | orange juice DINNER --- ( at Cham, Pasadena) tofu pocket: with blue crab and seasoned rice | three steamed buns: spicy yuzu pork bulgogi , panko tandoori chicken, beef bulgogi | SSAM : beef kalbi, butter lettuce, radish pickles, buckwheat noodles, sesame leaves | California bibimbap : brown rice, seared tuna, raw vegetables |  beer 

 breakfast at Arroyo Vista 

 a house by Frank Lloyd Wright

 Japanese tea house at Huntington Library and Garden 

 Chinese garden

 Australian bottle trees

 desert garden

 humming bird 

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 contemporary Korean bistro Cham 

 tofu pocket

 steamed buns

 

 

 bibimbap

 SAAM

 

• Huntington botanic garden has an incredible collection of trees and flowers on a huge ground, with the tallest magnolia tree I have ever seen, and more than a dozen of humming birds flying among desert flowers.
• Cham has its charm, for a young crowd and a happy meal

better than REAL Spanish tapas: Ración in Pasadena

4-24-2012 Tue. mild, sunny.  
BREAKFAST --- (at Langham Huntington, Pasadena) coffee | raspberry scones 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- ( at Ración in Pasadena ) cochinillo : daily pork preparation | setas : white bean puree, wild mushrooms, sweet sherry | soldaditos de pavia: salt cod fritters, lemon dust | Hinojo pasta: salad of spring peas, shaved fennel, chorizo vinaigrette | califlor ahumado : smoked cauliflower steak, almond cream sauce | calamares rellenos: baby squid stuffed with duck sausage | Sangrina  |  Crema Catalana  | espresso

 Langham Huntington , Pasadena

breakfast at Langham Huntington

 Gamble House, Greene & Greene

Oak Knoll neighborhood

tapas at Racion

 amuse bouche

cochinillo 

 soldaditos de pavia

 setas

Hinojo pasta

 calamares rellenos

 califlor ahumado

  Crema Catalana

• food at this young restaurant ( six-week old ) operated by two young ladies is seriously good and creative,  beats all that award-winning bunch in LA.

Hainan chicken in San Gabriel Valley

4-23-2012 Mon. mild, cloudy.  


BREAKFAST --- yogurt | croissant | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ( at Malibu beach ) chocolate 
DINNER --- ( at F.L. Chinese restaurant, SGV ) Hai-nan style  chicken with seasoned rice | Hong Kong style egg noodles with soup dumplings | stir-fried rice noodles with bean sprouts 

 Eames House at Palisades

 toy seat in the garden, by Eames

 Malibu beach

 Hainan chicken

 egg noodle and dumplings

rice noodles and bean sprouts

• Hainan chicken is on an  average level.  overall Chinese food in NYC is better.

Bloody clam ceviche and Kimchi Soojaebi

4-22-2012 Sun. chilly, fog to sun.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST ---  ( at Getty Center) coffee
LUNCH --- ( at La Cevicheria, LA ) peruano: red snapper ceviche with potatoes| concha negra: bloody clams ceviche with tomato salsa 
DINNER --- (at Korean House of Noodles, LA) Kimchi Soojaebi (수제비): house made soup dumpling noodles |  steamed dumplings

Getty Center in morning fog


an illuminated music script at Getty gallery

 

lunch at La Cevicheira, LA

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supper at Korean House of Noodles

• Getty Center sits impressively up on the hill,  the art collection is not as impressive. 
• Latin American ceviches of rare bloody clams. not as delicious as in the lost memory of old Shanghai style liquor-marinated version. 
• Korean soup dumpling noodles with pungent broth and chewy texture.