poached chicken

4-07-2017 Fri.  


 DINNER --- Hainan chicken | rice | sauteed greens 

•  below boiling temperature poaching, keep the tenderness.

Hainan chicken rice

5-28-2012 Mon. hot, sunny.

  
WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | scallion pancake | strawberries 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- Hainan style chicken and rice | lightly pickled cucumber | sauteed peas with cubed beef | wine 

 

• a free range and locally grown chicken from Farmer's Market.

Hainan chicken in San Gabriel Valley

4-23-2012 Mon. mild, cloudy.  


BREAKFAST --- yogurt | croissant | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ( at Malibu beach ) chocolate 
DINNER --- ( at F.L. Chinese restaurant, SGV ) Hai-nan style  chicken with seasoned rice | Hong Kong style egg noodles with soup dumplings | stir-fried rice noodles with bean sprouts 

 Eames House at Palisades

 toy seat in the garden, by Eames

 Malibu beach

 Hainan chicken

 egg noodle and dumplings

rice noodles and bean sprouts

• Hainan chicken is on an  average level.  overall Chinese food in NYC is better.

Haiannese chicken, Chinese sous-vide

03-10-2012 Sat. mild, sunny.



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | baguette | Norwegian goat cheese
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( for young French guests) simmered fresh soybeans | okra tempura | pita bread with red pepper hummus | rose || marinated jelly fish salad with pickled radish, young ginger,and chayote | steamed manila clams | pan-fried spring roll with tofu skin wrap and yellow chive filling | Hainannese chicken with green sauce and red sauce, served with with seasoned rice| stir-fried lotus root and snow peas || wine || (in the tea house) green tea | sweet rice mochi with mung bean and sesame filling | almond brittle

• check out D.D.'s Hainannese chicken recipe. it actually is quire time-consuming and labor-intensive. texture turned out rather well, particular the skin part.