eel kamameshi

6-06-2020 Sat. 


DINNER --- ( for I. & A. ) wine | eggplant relish with bread | guacamole with crackers | pan-fried vegetable goyza | eel kamameshi  | stir-fried carrot, celery and shiitake | green beans with mustard | fennel and blueberry salad | homemade cream puff | tea

• guests are very satisfied 

Japanese green tea and eel bowl

11-24-2018 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade orange dates bread | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- pan-fried goyza | Japanese eel bowl : rice, parboiled mustard green, green gourd pickles, pickled shiso, pickled seaweed,  teriyake eel, with Japanese new green tea | simmered Japanese squash 

  

new green tea sent from a Japanese tea farm 

• so good 

Japanese night

3-17-2017 Fri.  


DINNER --- goyza | sushi  ( yellow tail, mackerel, tuna, sweet shrimp, salmon skin roll ) | baked Japanese sweet potato fries | wine 

•   a treat 

out of norm

7-27-2015 Mon. hot, clouds.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- leftovers
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- sauteed Chinese silk gourd and egg | steamed Chinese eggplant with garlic sauce | rice | salad | wine
( for  late-arrival guests : Chinese taco buns with BBQ pork and onion, pan-fried goyza ) 

 

• we gave up a car in the morning, we lost water in the evening, what a day

goyza and herb soup

5-30--2014 Fri. warm, cloudy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed ji-cai buns 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- herb soup with poached egg and tomato | pan-fried goyza | salad | wine 

 

• simple and satisfying

Swedish cuisine in West Village

10-29-2011 Sat. cold, snow/rain/thunder/wind.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- cappuccino | croissant
LUNCH --- ( at D.D.'s ) pan-fried baby artichokes | pan-fried gyoza with fillings of Japanese greens and shiso
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- ( at Smorgas Chef West Village ) Aquavit | MAPLE FENNEL CURED BEEF | HERRING QUARTET | GOAT CHEESE FRITTER & BEETS | BLUE SHELL MUSSELS & FRIES | ICELANDIC COD | wine

home cooking at D.D.'s

at Smogas Chef

• this chef must have tried ( maybe not hard enough or too hard ) to ride the new wave of Nordic New Cuisine.
• home cooked lunch was excellent at D.D.'s