filet mignon for Sunday

3-29-2020 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | scallion pancake | berries | apple | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- boiled baby potatoes with mustard sauce | lightly pickled daikon and cucumber with pickled seaweed | pan-seared filet mignon with red wine mushroom sauce | sauteed long beans |  red wine 

collected the first spring blues from back garden 

tree-spotting:  a very old cherry tree 

tree-spotting:  an uniquely proportioned spruce

•  two sessions of ballet, one long walk. 

Provencal garlic and sage soup

11-24-2019 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- provencal garlic and sage soup with poached egg and fried bread | sauteed snap peas | rice with soybeans and gingko seeds 

• soup of the day for many years 

mussels, baguette and white wine

3-24-2019 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  |  bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- mussels in garlic and white wine broth with ginger and green onion | baguette | parboiled pea shoots 

• think of west coast of France 

quiche with grated potato crust

1-06-2019 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese |  fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER ---   quiche with brussels sprouts,  cabbage , leek , cured salmon in grated potato crust | fresh green peas with winter bamboo shoots 

• the potato crust has more interesting taste and texture than conventional flour based kind

duck cassoulet

11-22-2018 Thu. cold 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee and Irish cream  | homemade orange dates bread | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | candied fresh cranberries  
DINNER ---   wine | duck confit and sausage cassoulet | steamed and fried Brussels sprouts | simmered Japanese squash | homemade apple pie 

• long cooking process for the cassoulet. beans socked 12h,  cooked with vegetables+ herbs broth  for 2h. duck confit salt cured for 2 days, low  temperature baking in fat (uncovered, 170d ) for 8 h. final assemble with layers of fried bacon, sausage, beans, duck, herb, vegetable bean broth+sofrito+mustard,  bake uncovered 350d for 2 h.  

Provencal summer

7-11-2018 Wed. 


DINNER ---  home baked  Provencal herb bread | Provencal slow-simmered vegetable soup | roasted beet, dried strawberry salad with seasoned butter milk  | sauteed okra, zucchini and shiitake mushroom 

• cool and beautiful 

chicken in white wine and sour cream sauce

12-30-2017 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea | roasted sunflower seeds 
DINNER --- roasted delicata squash and fennel | chicken in white wine and sour cream sauce | rice | wine 

• white and golden French hue 

On the bank of Vltava

6-30-2015 Tue. hot, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant 
LUNCH --- ( at Lemon Leaf,  Prague ) pumpkin soup | tom yum soup | fried prawn with almond casing | pasta with beef ragu 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER ---  ( at Renomme, Prague )  wine | pickled salmon | duck breast | pikeperch | chocolate mouse and raspberry sorbet | Creme Brulee | espresso 

morning

noon

evening

 

• Most restaurants have hard time to fill tables here. Renomme has solid French cooking, but it remains  quiet the whole evening

tomato confit, spinach souffle

12-13-2014 Sat. chilly, cloudy.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | grapefruit | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- tomato confit | simmered turnip with herbs and chicken meat balls | spinach souffle | rice | wine 

 

• simmer, braise and bake,  fun to cook these beautiful vegetables