fried rice

5-31-2019 Fri. 


 DINNER --- fried rice with chorizo, celery, onion, green onion and egg | salad 

• collecting what are left in the fridge  

sofrito sauce

5-30-2019 Thu. 


DINNER --- pasta with sofrito sauce and red pepper, artichoke heart 

• sauce made a week ago,  good for all purpose 

fresh peas and Italian bacon

5-29-2019 Wed. 


DINNER --- sauteed fresh peas with mushroom and Italian bacon | rice | salad 

• an early summer treat 

si-chuan style chicken

5-28-2019 Tue. 


DINNER ---  si-chuan style stir-fried chicken with celery and red pepper | fennel salad | rice 

• down to one dish dinner 

pan-fried skate fin

5-27-2019 Mon. 


LONG-WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- watermelon | tea 
DINNER ---  mini fingering potatoes with mustard | sauteed silky gourd with needle mushroom and Chinese yam | pan-fried skate fin | steamed artichoke | fennel salad 

•  salted and peppered, skate fin pan-fried to crispy edge, served with lemon. 

seafood paella according to Jose Andreas

5-26-2019 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- paella:  sofrito, stock from dried shrimp, mushroom, garlic and herbs, fresh squid, bomba rice, saffron | steamed artichoke | fennel salad | cocktail 

sofrito 

• it becomes a Spanish cooking weekend. 
• garden is doing very well this season,  perennials come back profusely. 

cooking and baking in Spanish

5-25-2019  Sat. 

DINNER ---  mojito | cheese | marinated olives |Jamón Ibérico | bell pepper and broccoli  salad | Spanish flat bread with topping anchovy, roasted red pepper, caramelized onion, beech mushroom, manchego | crudo: grouper, sea scallop, blood orange, cucumber, radish, mango, avocado, jalapeno | 

Spanish chef Jose Andreas 

in our neighborhood crab house this afternoon

• The flat bread is from Jose Andreas'  first cookbook, all ingredients are from the neighborhood Spanish store. Serendipitously, Jose Andreas was walking down the street and settled in a corner at next door the crab house. 

Rakumi downstairs form Kotobuki

5-24-2019 Fri. 


 DINNER --- (at Rakumi)  saki | beer | yakitori skewers: eggplant, asparagus, chicken, beff tongue | sukiyaki: beef, mushroom, vegetables, yam noodles | Kuro-buta Tonkatsu:  fried pork chop | rice | chawanmushi egg custard  | miso 

• food is authentic. still prefer the upstairs ,  infinite loop of Beatles for decades. 

rainbow of vegetables

5-23-2019 Thu. 


DINNER ---  vegetable salad : broccoli, bell peppers, pea shoots | pasta with roasted red pepper and marinated artichoke hearts 

afternoon storm