a little clam, a little octopus

9-05-2021 Sun. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | blueberry scone |  fruits 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | plum 

DINNER ---  pasta alle vongole | Chinese water celery with octopus | salad 

Japanese plum, Italian plum 

my favorite color combination

• ultimately simple and delicious food 

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 

steamed manila clams with curry leaves

5-23-2020 Sat. 


 DINNER ---  steamed manila clams with curry leaves, ginger, shallot and white wine | stir-fried Chinese celery and carrots | baked bronzino | pan-fried plantain 

• fragrant, delicious , cooked in a set of perfectly designed Japanese pot and stove 

a whole bronzino and a pile of manila clams

12-27-2019 Fri. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee |  bread | cheese | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER ---  baked bronzino with lemon and ginger | baby napa cabbage, gingko seeds, and snap peas simmered in clam broth | manila clams | rice 

• all fresh and delicious. best of home kitchen 

shucking oysters

9-27-2019 Fri. 


 DINNER ---   oysters | winter melon and beech mushroom soup | curry taro root | pan-fried shishito peppers | smoked tofu, cilantro and  crushed roasted peanuts | salad | homemade matcha cake 

• oysters from local seafood truck stand, the oyster shucking knife from Maine. the technique learned in San Juan islands region . 

If it is Saturday, it must be seafood

1-26-2019 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | home baked toast | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER ---  pasta with shallot and manila clams | baked whole fish with fennels and dills | sauteed mustard greens and red pepper 

• have it when fresh 

scallop crudo and pasta with clams

6-16-2018 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | scallion pancake | cheery | lychee | mango | raspberry 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- salad of broiled corn, blue berry and basil | sea scallop crudo with jalapeno, grapefruit, avocado and pickled shallot | pasta alle vongole | sauteed fresh peas and garlic scape | grapefruit mint  drink 
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• best quality seafood  with best way of cooking 

blue crabs and rock fish

2-10-2018 Sat. 


DINNER --- steamed blue crabs | guacamole | steamed rock fish | sauteed Chinese winter green with mustard seeds 

• they are good in the winter time 

donuts, gnocchi and etc.

10-21-2017 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | donuts | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- steamed  fresh sweet shrimp
DINNER ---  homemade gnocchi  with manila clam in herb garlic broth  | pan-fried lotus root | sauteed pea shoots | mini cake 

• selection of donuts from 202 Donuts, pretty popular little store. too sweet.
• fresh  little sweet shrimp showed up in season, catch them when you can. 
• homemade pasta with clams, delicious.
• mini cakes from LP, this time too dry and too dense