jazz up fall vegetables

10-23-2013 Wed. chilly, sunny. 


 BREAKFAST --- coffee
 LUNCH --- rice with silken tofu 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---tea
BEFORE-CONCERT-DINNER --- sauteed spinach with garlic |  cauliflower in sofrito sauce   | scrambled eggs with tomato | rice | wine
AFTER-CONCERT --- (at Jaleo)  Spanish red pepper stuffed with goat cheese 

 

• Simone's modern Jazz concert

olives

10-04-2011 Tue. mild, sunny.


BREAKFAST ---
WORK-LUNCH --- ( at C.B. ) stir-fried green beans | chicken skewer | fried rice noddles | Chinese donuts | tea
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- coffee
WORK-DINNER --- ( at Jaleo ) fried chroizo wrapped in crispy potato | stuffed green olives | Canary Island style rabbit confit with apricot puree | fried baby artichokes with black olive and anchovy sauce | wine

• a guest at the table never ate olives. Another story about green olives: a guy at the dinner table of potential in-laws mistook green olives as giant green grapes, and had to spat it out when he put one in mouth, because he never had green olives before.
  

Valencia fizz before going to Clybourne Park

7-28-2011 Thur. hot, hazy.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- stew of new potato and chorizo
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- nectarine
BEFORE-THEATER-DINNER --- (at Jaleo 7th) Valencia fizz | Selection of all cheeses (six kinds of sheep and goat cheese ) | Ajo blanco con cangrejo (Chilled almond and garlic soup with crabmeat and green grapes ) | Lomo Ibérico de bellota con manzanas (Fresh loin from the legendary, acorn-fed,black-footed Ibérico pigs of Spain served with roasted apples) |Espinacas a la catalana (Sautéed spinach, pine nuts,raisins and apples) | Croquetas de Jamón Serrano (Traditional Serrano ham fritters) | Bacalao con salsa verde (Slow cooked cod loin with a parsley sauce and black garlic) | Alcachofas salteadas con ‘Tapenade’ ( Fried baby artichokes with a black olive and anchovy sauce ) | Papas arrugas (Canary Island-style wrinkled baby potatoes served with mojo verde (cilantro, cumin, garlic,Sherry vinegar and olive oil sauce) | Chistorra envuelta en patata frita (Slightly spicy chorizo wrapped in a crispy potato) | white wine

• Valencia fizz, a creamy nutty cocktail : Plymouth Gin, Benedictine, Chufra Horchata , bitters, lemon and egg white
• "Fresh loin from the legendary, acorn-fed,black-footed Ibérico pig" does not taste anything special and it is pretty tough in texture.
  
• outstanding sauces: the green sauce for baby potatoes ( cilantro, cumin,garlic, sherry vinegar and olive oil) , the black sauce for artichokes: ( black olive and anchovy )
  

the good old Jaleo

7-10-2011 Sat. hot, sunny.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | Italian country bread | lychee
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- ( at Jaleo ) sangría roja | watermelon tomato salad w. goat cheese & pistachio | ajo blanco con cangrejo (chilled almond and garlic soup w. crabmeat, raisins, sliced almonds, & green grapes) | chistorra envuelta en patata frita (slightly spicy chorizo wrapped in slice of crispy potato) | lomo ibérico de bellota ‘fermin’ (smoked acorn-fed cured pork loin) w. pan con tomate | erizos de mar con pipirrana (a spoonful of sea urchin w. diced peppers, tomatoes & cucumbers) | sauteed squid w. raisins in pinenut praline sauce | medium rare pork chop (black iberian pig) w. fried fingerling potatoes | raw octopus salad | smoked sausage w. mashed potatoes | arroz mediterraneo (paella w. porcini mushrooms, asparagus, eggplant, green & black olives & thyme) | flan w. whipped cream, orange fillets & mint

• this time the food is well-prepared with excellent ingredients at Jaleo, Jose Andres' first restaurant.