DINNERS --- parboiled edamame with star anise and sichuan peppercorn | congee of Japanese new rice | seasoned seaweed and tiny fish from Rice Factory | Chinese you-tiao bread | sauteed fresh soybean with pickled mustard green | pickled bamboo shoots | fermented bean curd | soba noodles with toasted seaweed and lightly pickled cucumber and shisho leaves | zucchini fritter | garlic and fresh oregano soup with fried old baguette and poached egg
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all the new friends showing up after tremendous rain
Sichuan hua jiao
peony
bee balm
mountain laurel
ires
fox gloves
