a feast with two-course homemade desserts "rhapsody in blue"

6-27-2020 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  |  bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER ---  ( for I. & . A.)  burrata salad | guacamole and rye crackers | grilled sword fish and cod skewers | grilled sweet corn | grilled Korean style shot ribs  | five-vegetable soup and  French boule bread |  homemade cake with blue berry, kiwi, grapefruit, and white beach | Parfait of berries with homemade macaron ( filling of fresh blue berry compote and blue berries ) and Swiss meringue shards | tea 

• super high-end desserts with super high cost labor 

all vegie + cake roll

9-01-2016 Thu. 


DINNER --- steamed eggplant with minced garlic and rice vinegar | stir-fired chive flower and smoked tofu | chilled rice noodles with cucumber and chili topping | sweet and sour lotus root | rice | salad | wine || homemade rolled cake

 

• dd's baking experiment, rolling  

Homemade chocolate cake

12-30-2012 Sun. cold, windy. 



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | orange bread | apple | scallion pancake 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | pomegranate 
DINNER --- Champagne | baked Japanese sweet potato fries || fresh persimmon and grated cucumber salad |  simmered tofu duck with roasted red pepper | stir-fried eggplant and green chili with miso | sauteed lotus root |chive flower and chickpea flour pancake |  Shanghai-style fried rice with winter bamboo shoots, winter mushroom and young mustard green | steamed Japanese winter squash with seasoned crushed rice | sauteed spinach with spices | shochu|| homemade nutty chocolate cake | homemade orange ice cream | rum

 

• 8-dish dinner, the highlight is the nutty chocolate cake with orange ice cream, d.d.'s work.

Miso-yuzu cake

12-25-2012 Tue. cold, cloudy.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade orange bread | apple  
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- ( at M.M.'s)  cheese and bread | marinated broiled pork shoulder | spiced braised beef | cocktail shrimp | butternut squash and apple soup | green salad | spicy tofu salad | mussels in white wine and shallot broth | spinach pasta with tomato sauce  |  homemade miso yuzu 4-layer cake ( miso sponge cake base, persimmon mousse, apple tea jelly, yozu mousse, topped with dark chocolate twig ) | chocolate mousse cake | champagne and wine 

 

• it is a 7-hour cake!  it went fast so fast there is no time for pictures.