auld lang syne

12-31-2018 Mon. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade mini scone with cranberry and seeds | grapefruit | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | pomegranate 
DINNER --- champaign | cognac | baked Japanese sweet potato fries | spinach, cherry tomato  and tuna salad | steamed eggplant with spicy garlic ginger sauce | stewed chicken and pre-roasted chestnuts in wine, soy with star anise and garlic | parboiled and seasoned okra | tea | homemade chocolate macaron 

• passed the year mark 

congee with thousand-year-old egg

12-30-2018 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | grapefruit | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  congee with thousand-year-old egg and pickles | tea 
DINNER --- baked bronzino | sauteed fresh green peas with smoked tofu, shiitake mushroom and winter bamboo shoots 

• very good quality of thousand-year-old egg from Taiwan 

soy braised yellow crocker

12-29-2018 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | grapefruit | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- scrambled eggs with yellow chives | soy braised yellow crocker | parboiled okra | rice 

• stay home after all 

kimchi and napa cabbage

12-28-2018 Fri. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | grapefruit | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- soup wonton 
DINNER --- kimchi and napa cabbage | pan-fried scalloped potato and onion | simmered Japanese squash 

• flight to south is canceled 

yangzhou fried rice

12-27-2018 Thu. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ( at airport)  tea | yangzhou fried rice 
DINNER --- ( airline food) 

• airline food gets worse and worse 

seasonal stewed short rib and small chestnuts

12-26-2018 Wed. 


BREAKFAST --- xiao-long bao 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | Chinese snacks | fruit
DINNER --- fried tofu | stir-fried garlic scape | greens | celtuce | stewed short rib and small chestnuts | rice 

• those small chestnuts are quite different from the usual bigger ones, more flavor and nuttier. 

soy braised short rib

12-25-2018 Tue. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( ayi's home cooking)  soy braised short rib | greens | celtuce | rice 

• looking for pictures... 

shanghai special: fried beltfish

12-24-2018 Mon. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER ---  fried beltfish | greens | steamed egg custard 

• very good home cooking from ayi 

random walk in Shanghai old French quarter

12-23-2018 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- xiao-long bao | wonton soup 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- coffee and danish 
DINNER ---  greens | mushrooms | tofu and clam soup | rice 

• a random walk in the second old neighborhood 

fantastic homemade dumplings

12-22-2018 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- ( local xiao-long bao joint)  xiao-long bao | ji-cai wonton | jian-bing 
LUNCH --- celtuce | greens 
DINNER --- ( ayi's home cooking) ji-cai dumplings 

• the jicai green filling has such fresh green musky flavors and the texture that  can  only be from hand mincing and mixing 

canton soup and rice pot

12-21-2018 Fri. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | fruit 
LUNCH --- ( at Hengshang Xiaoguan )  Canton soup |  bitter melon | fried fresh water eel fish | Canton rice pot   
DINNER--- greens | celtuce | rice 

• a walk in the old neighborhood 

Chartres Garden in Shanghai

12-20-2018 Thu. 


LUNCH -- ( at Chartres Garden Shanghai )  Italian Lunch: bread and spread , salad, seafood pasta, pork chop and potato, dessert , espresso 
DINNER --- greens | stir-fry of bamboo shoots, fried tofu, roma beans , mushroom | rice

• party of 12

shanghai local vegetables

12-19-2018 Wed. 


BREAKFAST --- ( local bakery on TianPing)   bread | coffee | fruit
LUNCH --- taro root with chives | tonghao greens
DINNER --- (ayi's home cooking)  celtuce | various local vegetables 

• settle in 

shanghai food all samples

12-18-2018 Tue. 


BREAKFAST --- ( at Local xiaolong bao joint) xiaolong bao | ji-cai wonton soup 
LUNCH --- ( ayi's home cooking)  fresh water shrimp | stir-fry chao-jiang | spinach | yellow crocker | rice 
DINNER --- ( at Gong-de-ling across the street) vegan duck | buda's delight shanghai style 

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• home cooking is great, restaurant is so-so. xiaolong bao is the best as always