curry cauliflowers

4-23-2014 Wed. chilly, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with spicy cabbage 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- lettuce and fennel salad | curry cauliflowers | sauteed mustard green | stir-fried spicy chicken | rice | wine

 

• vegetables have more interesting  taste  than meat

quintessential Chinese meal

2-19-2014 Wed.  mild, cloudy. 


 BREAKFAST --- coffee
 LUNCH --- rice with tong-hao porridge 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
 DINNER --- kung-pao chicken | simmered spicy eggplant | Shanghai salsa | Ji-cai wonton soup | stir-fried winter bamboo shoot, bitter melon and shiitake | rice | sweet rice dumplings | wine 


 

• a Chinese weekday meal for Z  who can write traditional Chinese

Kung Pao chicken

1-9-2014 Thu. cold, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with carrots 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---apple
DINNER --- kung pao chicken | scrambled eggs with tomato | shanghai style sauteed napa cabbage, shiitake and smoked tofu with white pepper sauce | rice | wine 

 

• a good kung-pao should not see chicken soaked in a gooey sauce

kung pao chicken

7-24-2012 Tue. hot, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- noodles with canton sausage and green onion 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- nectarine 
DINNER ---  kung-pao chicken | spicy cabbage | cherry tomato and lettuce salad | rice | wine 

 

• getting familiar with the new routine

kung-pao chicken

5-11-2012 Fri. mild, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- pasta with sauteed field mustard 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple 
DINNER --- kung pao chicken with simmered fresh peanuts |  curried eggplant with cilantro | rice | wine 

 

• typical Chinese

as Chinese as it gets

02-09-2011 Thu. cold, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with baked winter squash
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tangerine
DINNER --- stir-fried chive flowers and smoked tofu | Sichuan style kung-pao chicken with celery, sweet onion and roasted peanuts | tomato and egg drop soup | rice | wine

• easy and tasty
  

Kung Pao chicken

3-29-2011 Tue. chilly, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with sauteed snow peas and shrimp
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- Kung pao chicken | sauteed young mustard green | rice | wine

• the kung pao chicken did not fair well this time, meat was a bit dry and bland, the whole dish somehow tasted too salty the same time. sauce is off, plus chicken breasts not as good as chicken legs