midnight toast with Italians

12-31-2016 Sun. clouds and sun.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade orange bread | orange juice | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( at O. and F.'s )

New Year's Eve Menu:

Appetizer

Pizzette

Cocktail: `Barbossa' Martini (White Rum, Amontillado, Dry Vermouth)

First First Course:

Risotto agli Spinaci

Spinach Risotto, a central and northern Italian recipe.

Wine: Est Est Est

Second First Course

Rigatoni alla Contadina, traditional central Italian hearty pasta dish

Wine: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Main Course

Crespelle al Radicchio e Camembert

Wine: Gran Passione Rosso

(a spectacular and hard-to-find red from the Veneto region)

Dessert

Panettone

Dessert Sparkling Wine (Asti) for the midnight toast!

•  free flowing drinks with a pirate ship backdrop  

12.30.

12-30-2016 Fri.  cold, flurry 



BREAKFAST --- coffee | scallion pancake | ji-cai soup wonton | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- winter bamboo shoot and silk gourd soup | baked bronzini | par-boiled pea leaves | rice | wine

•  the year is ending, search "in search for lost time"

cranberry, rosemary and thyme

12-29-2016 Thu.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade cranberry scone | potato pancake | grapefruit AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- homemade rosemary thyme bread | tea 
DINNER --- French onion soup | clam rice omelet with homemade tomato sauce | zucchini fritters | wine 

• whole set of work by d.d.

stew

12-28-2016 Wed. 


 DINNER --- roasted delicata squash | fish and tofu stew with napa cabbage and mushroom 

 

• jet lag 

takikomi gohan

12-27-2016 Tue.  


 BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | grapefruit | apple 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
 DINNER --- boiled baby taro root | steamed Brussels sprouts | takikomi gohan ( shiso, gobo, carrot and smoked herring ) | wine 

• taro roots are much better from  the local Japanese shop. 
• canned fish apparently are good at Trade Joe's 

Filipino chicken rice soup

12-26-2016 Mon. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | grapefruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- Filipino chicken rice soup 

 

• too sick to taste much, chicken rice soup for the body and soul. 

above clouds

12-25-2016 Sun.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee |street food, xiao-long bao 
LUNCH --- street food, xiao-long bao   
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ( at airport )  latte 
DINNER ---  tea and dried fruit

•   back home

celtuce, editable jade

12-24-2016 Sat. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee | street food
LUNCH --- (at X.Z.)  Chinese celery |  celtuce | bok choy | taro root |  purple cabbage with wood ear | cloves with bai-jiu  | fried fish
DINNER --- steamed fish | dumplings 

 

• very good celtuce, won't find it back in the US. 

more vegetables please

12-23-2016 Fri.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee  | street food
LUNCH --- ( at X.Z.) vegetables, three kinds of leaves  | fish | rice
DINNER --- dumplings 

•  settled one more. running out of steam 

cold-cuts from slow-braising

12-22-2016 Thu. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH ---  ( at X.Z.) vegetables | pork| fish | rice
DINNER --- rice soup | vegetables | spice-braised  beef 

•  left early and got one thing done at least. 

spicy frog pot

12-21-2016 Wed. shower



BREAKFAST --- coffee  | street food
LUNCH --- (at Shanghai A-Po restaurant )  spicy frog pot  |  pickled radish | fish filet and mustard green soup |  bamboo shoots in chicken broth | lightly cured fish and meat |  Chinese celery | stewed pork belly 
DINNER ---dumplings


 

• a down-to-earth place, some dishes well done.

so many fresh vegetables

12-20-2016 Tue. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee | street food
LUNCH  --- ( at  X.Z.) vegetables | pork | rice
DINNER ---sauteed fresh peas with cured tofu and cured pork | scrambled eggs with yellow chives | rice | winter bamboo and silk gourd soup 

 

•  great collection of fresh vegetables.

homecooking by the maid

12-19-2016 Mon. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee | street food
LUNCH --- ( at X.Z.)  vegetables | fish | rice 
DINNER --- leftovers 

• a street corner turning the century 

good small dishes in a banquet hall

12-18-2016 Sun. 



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( at Hengshan hotel restaurant ) Shanghai style banquet food 
DINNER ---rice soup 


 

• nice place, foodwise, can't do any meat or fish right, but made good  small dishes of fresh mustard green with fresh soy beans, and pickled cabbage.

eating and chating at a gathering

12-17-2016 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee
Party Brunch --- various bread with butter and jam | chocolate truffle | Chinese snacks || Shanghai-style borscht | cream mushroom soup | smoked and grilled promet fish | potato salad | sauteed winter greens with lily bulb | Brooklyn-style pizza | cakes | macarons | wine | fruit
DINNER --- leftovers

 

• done pretty well considering this is so far from the home turf

steamed whole fish

12-16-2016 Fri. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee
BREAKFAST---  street food, xiao-long bao
LUNCH --- ( at X.Z.) vegetables | steamed rock fish | dumplings 
DINNER --- leftovers 

• routine formally starts 

old neighborhood, old street

12-15-2016 Thu.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- street food 
DINNER --- stir-fried garlic scape and cured pork | sauteed winter greens with lily bulb | seamed stinky tofu | sauteed flat beans | rice 

 view from the window 

• move to Yu-Qing residence. all party arrived. 

Element mumbo jumbo

12-14-2014 Wed.  cold wind


BREAKFAST --- coffee  
LUNCH --- ( at Element Fresh ) Chinese-mex taco | Chinese-Japanese miso soup  
DINNER --- vegetables and soup 

 a view from the window

 

• a visit to a tiny US territory among the mall jungle

Shanghai breakfast set

12-13-2016 Tue.  



BREAKFAST --- coffee
BREAKFAST --- street food:  dou-hua tofu soup | you-tiao fried bread
DINNER --- ( at X.Z.) vegetables | chicken | homemade dumplings 

•  subway trip