seafood paella and clamentine tart

12-22-2013 Sun. warm, damp.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee with baileys | apple | tangerine | scallion pancake   AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | homemade almond brittle
DINNER ---  baked japanese sweet potato fries | rice crackers with Icelandic cheese and sliced apple | cava || butternut squash and apple soup | grilled eel and roasted red pepper | onion and carrot lacy tempura with ponzu dipping sauce | shanghai salsa ( smoked tofu, cilantro and roasted peanuts ) | pan-fried Brussels sprouts with lemon juice | seafood paella ( fish, shrimp, squid and green beans) | wine  | homemade clamentine tart | tea

 

•    Sandra and Sara made the heart-shaped tart.

baby taro and eel bowl

12-18-2013 Wed. mild, clouds. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with pork and vegetables
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  apple 
DINNER --- Japanese taro with sesame spices  | celery and shrimp | grilled eel rice bowl and Japanese pickled mountain vegetables | wine

 
• good stuff from the local Japanese shop. baby taro is very creamy.

Kamameshi

12-14-2012 Fri. chilly, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee 
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- ( at Kotobuki ) steamed monkfish liver and pickled cucumber | eel kamameshi | beer

• true neighborhood authentic food

grilled fresh eel

11-24-2012 Sat. cold, clouds.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- ( at Mister Donut, Narita) coffee | doughnuts 
LUNCH --- ( at eel grill house, Narita) rice bento with fresh eel grilled on spot | tea
DINNER --- ( on plane) airline food 

 

• at the eel grill house, the guy was killing and fileting eels one per 30 seconds

grilled eel rice bowl

10-05-2012 Fri. warm, clouds.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH ---( at N.D. cafe) beer | tabouleh | pita bread | hummus
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple 
DINNER --- grilled eel rice bowl with simmered butternut squash, fresh lima beans, pickled pearl onion, and fried tofu | wine 

 

• everything in one rice bowl

early spring

03-14-2012 Wed. warm, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- baked Japanese sweet potato fries | rice bowl with grilled teriyaki eel | spicy cabbage | sauteed snow peas | sauteed bitter melon and beech mushroom | wine

go on a bowl of rice

early blooming

• the spring arrives early this year.
  

a Japanese meal: Tsukune, Donburi

11-18-2011 Fri. chilly, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- empanadas | tea
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- Tsukune: Japanese chicken dumplings and napa cabbage in dashi broth | Donburi: Japanese rice bowl with grilled eel and vegetables | wine

• Japanese chicken dumplings are "naked" meatballs boiled in broth, very light and bouncy.