hot pot and hot jazz after the last sunset of the 2010's

12-31-2019 Tue. 


BEFORE-GALA-DINNER ---  hot pot : lamb, napa cabbage, tofu, yam noodle, cilantro, pea shoots, shiitake mushroom , with sha-cha dipping sauce 

the last sunset of the 2010's 

Gala

• counting the tens 

no-knead bread and hot pot

2-03-2018 Sat. 



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade  34h-no-knead bread | cheese | croissant | grapefruit  apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER ---  hot pot 

• low low temperature out there. 

hot pot and bread baking

1-06-2018 Sat. 


 DINNER --- homemade no-knead bread | Chinese hot pot ( lamb, tofu, seafood, leafy vegetables) 

• for  a very cold day 

hotpot

1-18-2016 Mon. cold, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade orange bread | grapefruit | apple
LUNCH --- soup wonton
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- hotpot : mushroom, vegetables, mung bean noodles, tofu, lamb and shrimp | wine 

 

•  special treat for a  cold day

end of year melancholy

12-31-2015 Fri. chilly, cloudy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee | toast
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | roasted seeds 
DINNER --- ( at M.M.'s ) hot pot : seafood, lamb, tofu, and vegetables | wine 

**

•  say goodbye to the year, around central park 

let hot pot boil when snowed in

2-17-2015 Tue. very cold, sunny. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee | Beijing-style yogurt | oats and milk | bread and cheese | apple AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | apple 
DINNER --- hot pot ( green leaf vegetables, rolled tofu skin, frozen fermented tofu, fried tofu, lamb, needle mushroom, shiitake mushroom, wood-ear,dried shrimp), sha-cha and tahini dipping sauce  | wine 

 

• the  frozen slightly "stinky" tofu  has pretty good sponge-like texture, absorbing hot-pot broth flavor well.

Kimchi hot pot

2-13-2015 Fri. cold, windy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- office pizza 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---apple
DINNER --- hot pot ( kimchi broth, lamb, pea shoots, napa cabbage, cilantro,  fried tofu, spicy dipping sauce) | wine 

•  
  temperature goes down to teens.

Hot pot

12-28-2014 Sun. mild, rain.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | pineapple | scallion pancake | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- hot pot : lamb, napa cabbage, pea shoots, glass noodle bundle, egg dumpling, scallion, leek , with sha-cha dipping sauce | wine

• a good  round conclusion

bring it on , hot pot

3-01-2014 Sat. chilly, sunny. 



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | croissant | bread and cheese | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea 
DINNER --- hot pot: lamb,  sea scallop, shiitake, fried tofu, napa cabbage, pea shoots, Sichan dipping sauce | wine 

 

• hot pot is the best way to cook fresh pea shoots and thin lamb cuts

see the flame and steam

2-09-2014 Sun. cold, snow. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | Chinese sweet rice dumpling soup | scallion pancake | grapefruit| apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- hot pot of lamb, pea shoots, napa cabbage, tofu puff, shiitake mushroom and mung bean noodles, with Si-chuan spicy dipping sauce | wine 

• hot pot and winter game

lamb hot pot

1-26-2014 Sun. cold, cloudy.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | limpa bread | Chinese sweet rice dumplings | grapefruit  |apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea | tea egg 
DINNER ---  Chinese hot pot of lamb, tofu and vegetables | wine 

 

• more hot pot to keep  warm in this cold winter

lamb shabu shabu

1-18-2014 Sat. cold, cloudy.  


 BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | baguette and brie | egg and milk | grapefruit
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | tangerine 
 DINNER --- Chinese spicy hot pot with lamb, fried tofu, vegetables and mung bean noodles | wine 

 

•  Si-chuan spices  add warmth and depth to the broth and dipping sauce