in the mood for fried noodles

2-24-2011 Thu. not as cold, cloudy.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with chicken curry ( leftovers )
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- pan-fried egg noodles with red pepper and scallion | sauteed asparagus | broiled cod fillet with mustard and soy sauce | puffy bread | wine

• fresh thin egg noodles suitable for crispy fried noodle dish in Cantonese style
  

Chinese food in Chinatown NYC

2-19-2011 Sat. cold wind, cloudy.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | apple | walnut bread
BEFORE-CONCERT DINNER ---( at X.O. Chinese restaurant, NYC) fried bread twist | congee | sauteed razor clams in scallion and ginger sauce | pan-fried daikon cake | Cantonese egg noddle and shrimp wonton soup | pork dumplings | winter greens in oyster sauce
AFTER-CONCERT DRINK --- warm sake | pan-fried pressed tofu | pan-fried vegetable spring rolls

razor clams with ginger and scallion sauce

dim sum at X.O. in Chinatown


Alexander Wang new store in SoHo

Zankel Hall beneath Carnegie Hall

• X.O. in NYC Chinatown never fails to deliver excellent Cantonese dim sum style food, consistently, efficiently. Wonton noodle soup is outstanding particular in texture, razor clams are delicate and sweet.
  
• the concert of Anne-Sofie von Otter recitals at Zankel Hall underground beneath Carnegie Hall. when subway trains roam nearby, some sound vibration adds to the music.
  

What did jellyfish say to chayote?

2-16-2011 Wed. chilly, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with pork chop and cabbage
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple | kumquats
DINNER --- salad of threaded jelly fish and chayote with yuzu ( Japanese citrus ) dressing | sauteed baby bok choy and shiitake | pan-fried baby potatoes | broiled chicken drumettes with Korean B.B.Q. sauce | wine

meet you in the salad bowl!


baby bok choy

• the combination of jelly fish and chayote works very well, delicate and refreshing
  

a winter wonderland

1-28-2011 Fri. cold, light snow.

BREAKFAST --- nothing
LUNCH --- ( at A.J ) wonton soup | chicken and mung bean noodle in sesame and mustard sauce | fresh soybean and lightly pickled mustard green | fried pancake with fillings of vegetables and beef
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- Chai | kumquatsDINNER --- ( at F. Afghan restaurant ) house salad | flat bread| Bulanee: leek turnovers | Pakowray Kachalu: sweet potato fritters | Aushak: tender and slippery leek dumplings smothered in ground beef, yogurt, and spices | Sabsi Goushti: lamb shank simmered with minced spinach| basmati rice | red wine

• wandering among restaurants when still no power in the kitchen. kumquats from the Chinese market are very fresh.

an array of little lunch spots in Shanghai

10-18-2010 Mon. warm, hazy


BREAKFAST --- coffee | yogurt | fruit
LUNCH --- ( at J.G Lu neighborhood lunch corner ) soup dumplings ( Shanghai xiao-long bao) | Nanjing duck-blood tofu soup | dumplings with three kinds of fillings: chive, cabbage, seafood (Northern Chinese jiao-zi)| mung bean wide noodle salad with sesame sauce ( Manchurian la-pi ) | hot pot of veggies and meat (Si-chuan ma-la tang)
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- scrambled eggs with green peppers | sauteed Roma beans | sauteed purple leaf spinach

lanes

lunch collection

• an array of hole-in-the wall lunch places in the old neighborhood, fresh made to order food at very low price but high quality, a collection of food from different Chinese regional cooking