BREAKFAST ---homemade sweet rice dumpling in fermented sweet rice broth (酒釀湯圓)｜ oat porridge with seasoned kombu and bonito | fruit
DINNER --- grilled shishito pepper and leek | lightly pickled cucumber |steamed and pan-seared Korean sticky rice blood sausage | pan-fried gyoza | a pot of "eight delights" : mushroom, kombu roll, mountain yam noodle bundle, tofu, gingko seeds, pounded rice cake stick, daikon, chrysanthemum greens, simmered in dashi | rice
the year of the ox
homemade sweet rice dumpling
in fermented sweet rice broth
oat porridge
with homemade seasoned kelp and bonito flakes
afternoon snacks and tea
grilled shishito pepper and leek
lightly pickled cucumber
steamed and pan-seared Korean sticky rice sausage
a simmering pot of "eight delights"
- a lot of food, vegetables mostly.
- a quiet new year.