fresh seafood, blue crabs and silver bronzino

6-21-2020 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- steamed blue crabs with ginger vinegar dip
DINNER --- baked bronzino | sauteed fresh peas and bean curd | salad of radish, radish leaves and cucumber | steamed artichoke with olive oil and lemon dip | green tea mochi with green tea 

• fresh is precious 

talbot fish, sword fish

11-03-2018 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER ---  Russian smoked fish | bread | spicy cabbage | lightly picked cucumber | grilled sward fish skewers 

Tilapia

6-19-2013 Wed. mild, rain. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- pasta  with olives and pickled pepper
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- peach
DINNER --- pan-fried  tilapia filet | simmered silken tofu and mushroom | Shanghai salsa | rice | fennel and cherry tomato salad | wine 

 

• tilapia filet is all flesh no flavor

a Dinner party

3-20-2010 Fri. warm, sunny

BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- white wine | stuffed lotus root tempura | cilantro and smoked dried tofu salad | roasted red pepper and king mushroom | chayote and white fish pickled by rice vinegar and sake | noodle soup with mushroom, bamboo shoots, dried shrimp, and radish sprouts | red wine | kale sauteed with caramelized onion | baked Yukon potatoes with anise seed and sea salt | osso bucco braised in spiced wine | strawberry Bavarian cream | green tea | almond brittle

• The dinner is for the cooking group friends. the pace was good, cold dishes were prepared ahead, hot dishes were cooked just before serving.
  

Fish and potato stew

2-16-2010 Tue. cold, cloudy

BREAKFAST --- coffee | Pocky pretzel sticks
LUNCH --- rice with boiled winter greens and roasted red pepper
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea | apple
DINNER --- roasted long green chili glazed with caramel sugar and rice vinegar | sauteed napa cabbage, shiitake, and dried tofu thread | fish and potato stew with the Catalan-style tomato sauce | rice | red wine

• The rest of the sea bass (with fish bones and skin) made into a hearty stew with potatoes and tomato sauce.