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2-16-2020 Sun.
WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- manila clams steamed in white wine broth with curry leaves, ginger, shallot and jalapeno | bread | parboiled pea shoots | guacamole and crackers
- the best way to have fresh clams. with bread dipping in the clam broth afterwards
4-20-2019 Sat. a glorious spring day
WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ginger tea
DINNER --- manila clams steamed with wine broth in table top tagine | pan fried silver pomfret | cucumber salad | fresh peas with smoked tofu, leek and bamboo shoot
around the garden
- bright sunshine, garden vegetation changes by day.
3-09-2019 Sat.
WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | home baked rye bread and cheese | scallion pancake | grapefruit | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ginger tea
DINNER --- tabletop cooking: steamed clams | tofu, needle mushroom and celtuce leaves in clam broth | purple shiso and lemon drink
celtuce
- the base of steaming liquid : white wine, water, garlic, ginger, shallot
1-27-2018 Sat.
WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | grapefruit |apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- prosciutto , salami | guacamole | Linguine con le Vongole | wine
- Linguine con le Vongole, Mario Batali recipe
9-14-2013 Sat. mild, sunny.
WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee
| croissant | bread and jam | concord grapes | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- steamed crab with ginger vinegar dipping sauce
DINNER --- steamed manila clams with lemon | pan-fried dove sole filet | sauteed okra | sauteed sweet corn with onion jalapeno | quinoa | salad | wine
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seafood day. dove sole is too fragile to move or turn over in the pan, and its texture is too soft. crabs are not good this time.
8-28-2012. Tue. warm, some clouds.
BREAKFAST --- coffee | oatmeal | blackberries
LUNCH --- bread with hummus and berry preserve
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( made at Baldwin house on V. Island ) hummus and guacamole with pita | shrimp dumpling soup | spaghetti alla vongole | ice cream with Florentine lace cookies | wine
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vongole is very very good on the island.
10-25-2010 Mon. cool, cloudy.
BREAKFAST --- coffee | jian bin | yogurt
LUNCH --- clear soup bowl: clams, tong-hao leaves, two kinds of mushrooms, silky-gourd, cilantro, tofu-skin rolls and sautéed leek | steamed buns
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- lake Ji fish soup with silky tofu | sautéed lotus root with leek | laced-leaf tong-hao salad in rice vinegar dressing | stir-fried green peppers with tofu-skin rolls | scrambled eggs with tomato | rice - the clear soup bowl made for lunch is perfumed with tender tong-hao leaves, sweetened by the juice from fresh yangzi bay marble clams. silky-gourd adds soothing texture and sauteed leek gives broth a depth of flavor. only the freshest materials can yield such a fantastic bowl of clear soup
10-16-2010. warm, hazy
WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- ( at G.Y. neighborhood breakfast corner) pan-fried dumplings | mustard green filling wonton soup | yogurt
LUNCH --- ( cooking at G.Y. Lu house ) wine poached Yangzi-Bay marble clams | sauteed "sea seeds" tiny clams with ginger and scallions | mong bean tofu salad with ginger and rice vinegar dressing | Tong-Hao and egg porridge | stir-fried Roma beans
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- scrambled eggs with green peppers | stir-fried onions with potatoes | clove sprouts in wine sauce | rice
at the breakfast corner
good food made simple- the market and breakfast corner in the old neighborhood are amazingly good. the raw materials are so fresh and high quality and huge selection on everything from tenderest greens to juiciest clams
