homemade bread and hot pot

2-28-2015 Sat. cold, cloudy.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | grapefruit  | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- ( with Inger & ) homemade bread | pate | cheese | shao-mai | hot pot | wine 

 

•   1st act American 2nd act Chinese

in the name of Remen

2-27-2015 Fri. cold, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( at DW workshop)  vegetable wrap 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple 
DINNER --- ramen noodles with vegetables and sausage | steamed dumplings | wine

 

• popping hot soup noodles with all sorts of things in for a good topping
•  quantum machine for the day, Turing machine for the evening

steamed dumplings

2-26-2015 Thu. cold, light snow, clouds.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( at DW workshop)  tuna fish wrap 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple 
DINNER --- steamed dumplings | lightly pickled radish | wine 

 

• good routine, routinely good

crunchy bunch

2-25-2015 Wed. cold, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with chive flowers and smoked tofu 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- sauteed lotus root, snow pea, pickled daikon, wood-ear and frozen tofu | sauteed mustard green | rice | wine 

 

• rediscover pickled daikon,  savoy Shanghai style

chawanmushi

2-24-2015 Tue. cold, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice and sauteed vegetables 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- steamed egg with seaweed and dried shrimp | stir-fried chive flowers and smoked tofu | sauteed mustard green | rice | wine 

 

• fall-back meal

hearty soup and bread, hommade

2-23-2015 Mon. cold, snow.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- leftovers 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- homemade no-knead bread | vegetable  soup | fried tofu skin rolls with shiitake mushroom filling  | wine 

•   winter keeps going.

to the year of sheep

2-22-2015 Sun. chilly, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | apple | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | tangerine | pomelo  
DINNER --- ( with O. and F.) Homemade no-knead bread | Portuguese buttery sheep cheese ( Ovelha Amanteigado Mitica ) | shao-mai || cava || takoyaki  Japanese pumpkin balls | winter vegie and tofu tagine | clay pot melange | Chinese flat-leaf chives with beech mushrooms | rice | | sake || Beijing yogurt with candied nuts |  lapsang souchong tea  

 

•   The homemade no-knead bread and pumpkin balls are particularly good and well received

snowed in again

2-21-2015 Sat. cold, snow.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | grapefruit | oats and milk
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | apple 
DINNER --- barley minestrone soup | bread | sauteed baby squid | sauteed mustard green | wine 

 

• market is mobbed, low in fish supply, TG squid is pretty fresh today. 

Quabili Pilau

2-20-2015 Fri. very cold, sunny. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee | egg milk custard | pomelo  
LUNCH --- leftovers 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tangerine | tea 
DINNER --- Quabili Pilau ( Afghan lamb shank and rice ) | sauteed bitter melon | wine 

 new record low for us this morning

• braising and baking to keep warm

Lamb chop and French lentils

2-19-2015 Thu. very cold, sunny, windy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee  | oats and milk 
LUNCH --- ji-cai wonton soup 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple | tea
DINNER ---  baked Japanese sweet potato fries | French green lentils and ragu | broiled lamb chop | sauteed mustard green | wine 

• NZ lamb is second best to Icelandic ones.

gluten loaded

2-18-2015 Wed. very cold, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with Shanghai ragu
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- pasta with roasted garlic and tomato sauce, parmesan cheese | homemade bread | wine 

 

• quick meal

let hot pot boil when snowed in

2-17-2015 Tue. very cold, sunny. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee | Beijing-style yogurt | oats and milk | bread and cheese | apple AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | apple 
DINNER --- hot pot ( green leaf vegetables, rolled tofu skin, frozen fermented tofu, fried tofu, lamb, needle mushroom, shiitake mushroom, wood-ear,dried shrimp), sha-cha and tahini dipping sauce  | wine 

 

• the  frozen slightly "stinky" tofu  has pretty good sponge-like texture, absorbing hot-pot broth flavor well.

no-knead bread in dutch oven

2-16-2015 Mon. very cold, cloudy to snow.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee | oats and yogurt  | scallion pancake | apple | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- tom yum soup ( mushroom, snow peas, chopped clam, lotus root, shallots, green chili, winter bamboo shoots,cilantro) | homemade no-knead bread | wine 

 

• a success of no-knead bread of Jim Lahey's approach.
• a good tom tum soup too,  Thai base with some special Chinese winter  ingredients.

baby it is cold out there

2-15-2015 Sun. very cold, high wind, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | scallion pancake | bread and cheese | apple | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | tangerine
DINNER --- steamed short rib with spicy roasted rice and Japanese winter squash | sauteed snow pea | rice | wine

black and white

 

• thermometer went down to 9 F , and a layer of snow there with howling wind. 

dark duck casserole

2-14-2015 Sat. cold, high wind and snow.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | grapefruit   
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- casserole of duck, chorizo  and black bean | sauteed knot-stem mustard green | wine 

• a simplified duck casserole:  3-hour stove-top braising duck and simmering black bean, separately .  assemble them with garlic, shallots, and chorizo in casserole and bake open-lid  in oven 250 degree for 40 minutes

Kimchi hot pot

2-13-2015 Fri. cold, windy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- office pizza 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---apple
DINNER --- hot pot ( kimchi broth, lamb, pea shoots, napa cabbage, cilantro,  fried tofu, spicy dipping sauce) | wine 

•  
  temperature goes down to teens.

mochi rice cake

2-12-2015 Thu. chilly, clouds.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice and Shanghai ragu 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- mochi rice cake in miso broth with braised beef shank, winter bamboo shoot and mustard green

 

• some tradition in winter season approaching lunar new year

kong-pao chicken

2-11-2015 Wed. mild, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee  
LUNCH ---( at Chinese restaurant) kong-pao chicken | tofu 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---apple
DINNER --- steamed dumplings | wine 


 

• a gathering for T.L. coming back to work

sweet sour lotus root

2-10-2015 Tue. chilly, cloudy and rain 



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  
LUNCH --- rice and Shanghai ragu
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tangerine 
DINNER --- pan-fried pork chop | spicy cabbage | sweet and sour lotus root | rice
 wine 

• 30-minute cooking for Tuesday evening rush

a lot of slicing and cutting

2-09-2011 Mon.chilly, cloudy. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- homemade pizza leek and lamb sausage 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---apple|
DINNER ---  fresh mozzarella |  seared sea scallop | sauteed mustard green | Shanghai ragu | rice | wine 

 

• scallop has been marinated and color turns dark, texture turns firmer. 
• a good collaborated  cutting work to make eight ingredient Shanghai ragu