mushroom soup

2-28-2017 Tue.  


 DINNER --- mushroom soup  with fried tofu skin roll

 

• Tuesday soup day

soup and dumplints

2-27-2017 Mon. 


 DINNER --- steamed dumplings | vegetable soup

•  Taiwan gourd soup, silky texture. 

New Deal Jazz

2-26-2017 Sun.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER-AT-SHOW --- ( at N. D. Cafe)  wine | vegetable dip | tacos 

•  fun time with friends and jazzy music

fish and potato

2-25-2017 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | croissant  | bread and cheese | fruit salad 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
AFTER-CONCERT-DINNER --- fried fish | sauteed pea leaves  | boiled potatoes | wine 

 

• two tone poems by Richard Strauss, heavy duty concert 

mustard green and soy bean

2-24-2017 Fri.



 DINNER --- mustard green and soy beans | Chinese long beans | curry cauliflower | rice 

 

•  a green and green combination.

Feb. is the new March

2-23-2017 Thu.  very warm


 DINNER --- vegetable soup 

 

•  a lot of blooming around the town

humble and famous

2-22-2017 Wed.  


  DINNER --- scrambled eggs with tomato | sauteed pea leaves | rice 

•  this golden and red dish was on NYT 

counting vegetables

2-21-2011 Tue.  

  
 DINNER ---  vegetable and mushroom soup | sweet sour lotus root | sauteed Chinese long beans | rice 

• eight of them together  

they are grilled

2-20-2017 Mon.  


 DINNER ---  grilled Belgian endive | grilled Icelandic lamb chop with homemade spice rub | boiled red potato | sauteed three greens | wine 

 

•  good cut, good rub

bronzino

2-19-2017 Sun. very warm 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | scallion pancake | scrambled egg | fruit  
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
AFTER-CONCERT-DINNER --- baked bronzino with mushroom and cilantro | sauteed lotus root | tonghao porridge | rice | wine 

• Dvořák cello concerto

freshwater shrimp

2-18-2017 Sat.  very warm


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
 DINNER --- freshwater shrimp with ginger rice vinegar dipping sauce | chive flowers and smoked tofu | rice | wine 

•  they are alive. very rare find here. taste like sweet shrimp from Japan, only smaller and tender. 

chinese celery and kong-pao chicken

2-017-2017 Fri.  


  DINNER --- stir-fried Chinese celery and smoked tofu | baked Japanese sweet potato fries | kong-pao chicken | rice | wine
 

 

• Chinese celery has stronger flavor and longer fiber.

weekday cooking rush

2-16-2017 Thu.  


 DINNER ---  tonghao porridge and rice || pasta with roasted red pepper sauce 

• busy evening, music and dance 

favorite vegatble combo

2-15-2017 Wed.  


 DINNER --- tonghao porridge with peanuts | pan-fried lotus root | sauteed bitter melon | rice | wine

•  three winter buddies 

Tuesday the soup day

2-14-2017 Tue.  


 DINNER --- sauteed mustard green | chive flowers and smoked tofu |  vegetable soup 

 

• good soup, winter bamboo, snow peas, wood-ear, shiitake, tofu skin roll.  

tofu skin roll soup and dumplings

2-13-2017 Mon.  


 DINNER --- steamed dumplings | tofu skin roll and pea leave soup 

 

•  soothing

yellowtail and sweet shrimp

2-12-2017 Sun.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- sushi: yellowtail, sweet shrimp, salmon skin rolls | rye bread with smoked salmon | wine 

 

•  nothing better than these sushi from the local Japanese grocery shop and sushi station.

Spanish flavor

2-11-2017 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- sauteed baby octopus with Spanish chorizo and shallots | chive flowers and smoked tofu | rice | wine 

• like tapas in Barcelona

Tuscan grill

2-10-2017 Fri.  


  DINNER --- ( at Drew's) Tuscan grill: shrimp wrapped in bacon | Belgian endive | polenta | beet salad | fruit and sorbet 

 

• a solid good piece of grill fit in fireplace 

kao-fu pot

2-09-2017 Thu.  cold wind


 DINNER --- kao-fu pot: kao-fu, winter bamboo shoot, lily buds, wood-ear, shiitake mushroom, star anise, fresh ginger | sauteed Brussels sprouts | rice | wine 

•  winter delight

simmered eggplant with minced chicken

2-08-2017 Fri.  


 DINNER --- wonton soup | sauteed bitter melon | mustard green and soy bean | simmered eggplant with minced chicken | rice | wine 

 

• a little bit more 

homemade Nordic dark rye bread

2-07-2017 Tue.  


 DINNER --- homemade Nordic dark rye bread |  pea leave soup with celery and okra 

 

•  baked by the housebound one

stuffed lotus root

2-06-2017 Mon.  


 DINNER --- pan-fried stuffed lotus root | vegetable soup 

 

•  less is more these days.

superbowl pizza

2-05-2017 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit
DINNER --- guacamole and chips | homemade pizza , porcini, eggplant, roasted pepper

 

•  a good game