WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- ( at Northern Dumpling House) northern Chinese style dumplings | spicy lamb on skewer | spicy cold wide mung bean noddle
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- coffee | pear
DINNER --- roasted matsutake Japanese pine mushroom with dashi tea broth| pan-fried shishito Japanese thin-skin pepper | sauteed fresh sweet corn with shallots and green chili | simmered Chinese gluten with bamboo shoot, shiitake, wood-ear and day lily buds | salad | wine
- finding seasonal pine mushrooms in the local Japanese store, along with fresh shishito peppers. what a treat today.