something from Mediterranean

6-30-2017 Fri.  


LUNCH ---scallion pancake | wonton soup
DINNER ---  salami | pastrami  | guacamole | stir-fried kale | French lentils with roasted red pepper, chili, roasted carrot and dill | salad | wine

•  good silami, good lentils 

tea house drink party

6-29-2017 Thu.  


 DINNER --- chopped mackerel sashimi  fresh corn | sauteed green beans | pulled pork
AFTER-DINNER-drink party ( in Tea House ) ---  Rose, white wine | parboiled soybeans | smoked tofu salad | roasted and marinated beet with kiwi | carrot pastrami | pulled pork with Japanese Tonkatsu sauce, with raisins, grape, green olive, cherry, chili, roasted almond, and fried capers | mini fruit tarts  

 

• farewell party for marilu

sweets from Columbia

6-28-2017 Wed.  


 DINNER --- simmered baby octopus with silk gorud and beech mushroom | sauteed mustard green | rice | salad | wine || Columbia sweets

•  d.d. carried back the condensed milk sweets 

asparagus and egg

6-27-2017 Tue.  


 DINNER --- ji-cai wonton soup with roasted seaweed  | pasta with asparagus sauce, asparagus tips and fried egg | salad 

•  nice combination

summer vegetables

6-26-2017 Mon. 



DINNER --- salad | summer root vegetable soup | sauteed Chinese ling beans 

•  additional ballet evening 

take it easy summer dinner

6-25-2017 Sun.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- lychee 
 DINNER ---parboiled soybeans | guacamole | broiled  promfret whole fish | salad | wine 

•  causal bday

Old Town charm

6-24-2017 Sat.  



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
BEFORE-CONCERT-DINNER --- ( at  Volas Dockside)  beer | smoked fish dip | old bay fries | Canadian oysters || (after concert at Dolci Gelati ) gelato  

• old streets filled with crowds.

reconstruction of leftovers

6-23-2017 Fri.


 DINNER --- curry rice with potato and peas | Chinese greens | Shanghai salsa | salad |wine

• finishing up all the leftovers

fresh green beans first bunch in summer

6-22-2017 Thu.  


 DINNER ---new potatoes | fresh green beans | vegetable and yi-mi soup

 

• summer is here

homemade banana cream pie

6-21-2017   Wed.  


 DINNER --- lamb-stuffed eggplant | curry cauliflower | sauteed pea leaves | salad | wine   || homemade banana cream pie

 

• d.d.'s banana pie,  super ripe banana.

bitter melon and kale

6-20-2017 Tue.  


DINNER --- kale with smoked tofu | bitter melon | vegetable soup | salad 
 

 

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dill chicken dumpllings

6-19-2017 Mon.  


 DINNER --- steamed dumplings | mushroom soup

 

• dumplings with a lot of fresh dill in filling 

pretty Chinese greens locally grown

6-18-2017 Sun.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | bread and cheese | fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- cocktail | oysters
DINNER --- Chinese spinach | stir-fried chive flowers, smoked tofu, egg-white threads and sliced flat bread | salad 

•  Chinese greens are from a Chinese lady who grows them herself and sells them outside the market 

carrot pastrami for vegetarians

6-17-2017 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( for O. and F.) || in tea house:  cava | mojito | guacamole and wasa | takoyaki (vegetarian version with smoked bean curd and smoked cheese) || salad: Persian cucumber, radish, feta, walnut and pomegranate | roasted and marinated beet with kiwi and smoked sheep cheese | carrot pastrami with pickled shallot, dill and radish sprouts | kale with Persian yogurt, honey-pickled lemon, roasted peanut, fresh soy beans, and pomegranate | curry Japanese pumpkin and cauliflower | rice | rose || homemade cream puff with raspberry 

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•  very elaborate cooking and baking,  probably more than 100 ingredients, everything from scratch.