Variety of Chinese dumplings for the lunar new year

1-16--22-2023 

 

 DINNERS --- pan fried homemade Chinese empanadas with flat leave chive and egg fillings | steamed homemade dumplings with mushroom and fermented cabbage fillings | steamed xiao long bao | sweet rice dumplings with peanut butter fillings | bok choy and diakon soup with mushroom and mountain yam noodles | roasted vegetables | butternut squash and apple soup | broiled lamb chop | baked bronzino | broiled Korean style beef short ribs || homemade apple scones | homemade puff pastry with wiped cream 

 

 

 

 

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• chinese chive pocket: 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhOq_9fHdIY&t=188s
  

for the Rooster

1-28-2017 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese  | fruit salad | grapefruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- ( for O. and F. )  rice crackers | Japanese sweet potato fries | steamed shao-mai | cava ||  mini hotpot: winter bamboo shoot, baby taro root, king mushroom, clear noodle knot and tofu skin roll, with Shanghai hotpot dipping sauce | hand-torn pan-fried scallion pancake | lightly pickled Chinese mustard greens sauteed with fresh soy bean | sweet and sour louts root |tofu-curd "lion-head" | pan-fried egg noddles with purple cabbage, chive flowers,red chili pepper, beech mushroom, smoked tofu and Thai basil | sake || homemade  star chocolate bread | cognac 

• Chinese new year dinner.

sweet rice dumplings

1-27-2017 Fri.  


LUNCH --- scallion  pancake | fruit salad
DINNER --- baked Japanese sweet potato fries | stir-fried chive flowers and smoked tofu | pea leaves | lotus root | Chinese new year eve sweet rice dumplings with tangerine and lightly fermented rice

 

spring rolls before Metamorphoses

02-17-2013 Sun. cold, windy.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | grapefruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
BEFORE-THEATER-DINNER --- fried spring rolls ( filling of bamboo shoots, shiitake, smoked tofu, yellow chive, snow pea, twice-cooked pork, dried shrimp  and napa cabbage ) | congee 

 

• the spring roll filling is terrific with eight ingredients cooked separately and mixed at final stage. the wrap is  too thick, a wrong brand this time. 

• Metamorphoses  at Arena Stage, a good show with a good deal of water splashing.