DINNER --- steamed homemade dumplings | simmered winter melon with shiitake | stuffed simmered Japanese tofu pockets ( inari age) : mixed grains and egg, pickles with shiso, soba and cucumber with Japanese yam Nagaimo | shrimp wonton in broth with homegrown pea shoots | improvised scallion pancake of green wonton wraps | homemade sweet bean paste sculptured tea dessert: beach stone, sea wave, sea urchin shell, cherry blossom | green tea
it's a birthday!
a BD present to start a new line of work
- all hands involved: chopping, wrapping, stuffing, sculpting.
