rock fish two ways

3-31-2019 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit | yogurt 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER ---   steamed rock fish filet on bed of vegetables and bamboo leave and wrapped in baking paper | fish head tail and tofu soup in clay pot |  seared marianted duck breast with watercress | celtuce | rice | wine 

vegetables and mushrooms prepared for steam fish 

 unwrapped and served 

try out new MUJI rice cooker 

• b-day feast 

cherry blossom and Kotobuki

3-30-2019 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee |  home baked  toast  |  fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ginger and chili stir-fried stone snails | spinach roots | tea 
DINNER --- ( at Kotobuki )  oshizushi (pressed sushi saba)  | salmon sushi with charred top | eel Kamameshi (Vegetable or meat cooked in a traditional iron pot) | saki 

try new MUJI toaster 

dc sakura fest 

Kotobuki

• a very festive day,  unusually warm 

clay pot ocongee

3-29-2019 Fri. 


DINNER --- ( at coco's party)  Thai food |  congee  with chicken and thousand-year-old egg 

• coco is 10. 

ramen noodles in a rush

3-28-2019 Thu. 


DINNER ---  Ramen noodle bowls with wood-ear, smoked tofu and greens | sauteed bean sprouts and kimchee 

• used broth from mussel pot

amazing fresh curry leaves

3-27-2019 Wed. 


DINNER ---  cauliflower with curry leaves | sauteed bitter melon with leek and wood-ear  

• leafy herb with natural "curry"  flavor.  fry in cooking oil for a minute before adding cauliflower in the pan. simmered with milk. 

kao-fu

3-26-2019 Tue. 


 DINNER --- sauteed bean sprouts, silk gourd, Chinese yam, and jalapeno |  simmered kao-fu with wood-ear, dried day-lily buds, bamboo shoot and shiitake mushroom | rice 

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• contrast of color and texture, flavor . 

taro root, dandelion, and whole fish

3-25-2019 Mon. 



 DINNER --- baked bronzino | simmered taro root | parboiled dandelion 

• interesting combination 

mussels, baguette and white wine

3-24-2019 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  |  bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- mussels in garlic and white wine broth with ginger and green onion | baguette | parboiled pea shoots 

• think of west coast of France 

Beijing yogurt and homemade green cookie

3-23-2019 Sat. 



WEEKEND BREAKFAST ---  coffee | Beijing yogurt | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea |homemade green cookie
DINNER --- leftovers  cabbage roll 

• Beijing yogurt is street food locally. 

cabbage meat roll and egg roll

3-22-2019 Fri. 


 DINNER ---  home baked sourdough | cabbage roll with minced pork simmered in tomato based vegetable and herb broth | Japanese egg roll |  ratatouille stew | radish, cucumber and dill salad  

• beauty contest in a tray 

very geen

3-21-2019 Thu.  flood rain 


 DINNER --- homemade zongzi | homemade tofu and green pot |smoked mussels 

• tofu took a different form and  firmer texture than that of yesterday