steamed dumplings

2-28-2018 Wed. 



 DINNER --- steamed dumplings | vegetable soup 

• totally at home 

red and green

2-27-2018 Tue. 


DINNER --- rice | sweet sour red pepper | sauteed mustard greens 

• back to class evenings 

leave in a jet plane

2-26-2018 Mon. 


 DINNER --- airline food 

• homebound 

canton soup

2-25-2018 Sun. 


LUNCH  --- ( at Hengshan little cafe )  Canton soup | dumplings | chicken | stuffed vegetables 

• for caveman's sake 

the good old places

2-24-2018 Sat. 



LUNCH  --- ( at Gaga Shanghai) coffee | duck confit | salad 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  ( at old high school cafe ) coffee | croissant 
DINNER --- leftovers 

• lunch in the old faculty house redone as a modern cafe 
• walking tour of the neighborhood full of lanes 
• coffee in the cafe across the old high school 

back to the cave

2-23-2018 Fri. 


 DINNER --- cucumber and apple | red pepper | steamed eggs | potato and carrots 

• market reopens 

handcrafted coffee in hidden tiny houses

2-22-2018 Thu. 

BREAKFAST --- (in old neighborhood) handcrafted coffee 
LUNCH --- ( sichuan restaurant in old neighborhood)  Chengdu style pork liver | wonton in hot sauce 
AFTERNOON --- (in old neighborhood) handcrafted coffee 

• some interesting small coffee houses in a random walk in the old neighborhood

nothing to report

2-21-2018 Wed. 


DINNER ---  vegetables 

• caveman day

a day like a year

2-20-2018. Tue.


DINNER --- zucchini fritter |  threaded potato with seaweed 

• fritters american style 

flower market in Shanghai

2-19-2018 Mon. rain


DINNER --- peas | slow cooked pork and eggs |broccoli | rice 

• a trip to IKEA in Shanghai, impressive cheerful crowds 
• a visit to local flower market. 

total vegan

2-18-2018 Sun. 


 DINNER ---  apple | cucumber | peas | okra 

• good cucumber and peas here 

leftovers

2-17-2018 Sat. 


 DINNER --- leftovers 

• time goes very slow here.

Chinese New Year Lunch

2-16-2018 Fri. 


NEW YEAR LUNCH  --- braised beef | devil eggs | lightly pickled cucumber | toast with avocado and ham | chicken |  pork stew | New Year sweet rice dumplings 

• for a little bigger crowds than the eve, mixed east and west 

Chinese New Yer eve

2-15-2018 Thu. 


DINNER --- salted and fried little yellow crocker | short ribs in two ways : Shanghai style braised in soy and wine, slow cooked in broth  with daikon and carrots | Chinese celery and carrots | broccoli  | rice 

• small family eve dinner 

fresh peas in winter

2-14-2018 Wed. 


Dinner ---- ( shanghai kitchen )  arugula, pear and walnut salad | homemade dumplings | stir-fried fresh peas with ham | rice 

• markets are closing for the holidays in Shanghai 

solo flight

2-13-2018 Tue. 


DINNER --- airline food

• to Shanghai, lone ranger 

Shanghai prelude

2-12-2018 Mon. 


DINNER --- steamed egg | stir-fried chive flowers and smoked tofu | rice 

• home cooking 

all about rice

2-11-2018 Sun. 


DINNER --- stir-fried Korean rice sticks with Chinese leek, Chinese BBQ pork and kimchi | sweet rice dumplings in fermented rice broth with pomegranate seeds 

• hundred ways to use rice 

blue crabs and rock fish

2-10-2018 Sat. 


DINNER --- steamed blue crabs | guacamole | steamed rock fish | sauteed Chinese winter green with mustard seeds 

• they are good in the winter time