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 

NYE dinner in an Italian castle

12-31-2017 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee |  Norwegian pancake with apple | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | steamed  fresh water shrimp 

DINNER --- ( at O. & F. 's castle ) 
A light egg-based savory snack
with a light cocktail (Adonis) 

Tagliatelle alla Contadina, Sardinian Recipe.

Wine: Cannonau di Sardegna (a Sardinian red)

Tacchino arrosto, con contorno di patate.

Quorn based roast, with baked potatoes, Abruzzo recipe,

Wine: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Panettone 

Wine: Marsala 

• O. & F. 's dinner in a fantasy castle at a real Italian marble table and a liquor cabinet of two century old. 

midnight toast with Italians

12-31-2016 Sun. clouds and sun.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade orange bread | orange juice | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( at O. and F.'s )

New Year's Eve Menu:

Appetizer

Pizzette

Cocktail: `Barbossa' Martini (White Rum, Amontillado, Dry Vermouth)

First First Course:

Risotto agli Spinaci

Spinach Risotto, a central and northern Italian recipe.

Wine: Est Est Est

Second First Course

Rigatoni alla Contadina, traditional central Italian hearty pasta dish

Wine: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Main Course

Crespelle al Radicchio e Camembert

Wine: Gran Passione Rosso

(a spectacular and hard-to-find red from the Veneto region)

Dessert

Panettone

Dessert Sparkling Wine (Asti) for the midnight toast!

•  free flowing drinks with a pirate ship backdrop  

New Year Eve

12-31-2012 Mon. chilly, cloudy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee | Norwegian pancake with apples 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- ( at Sonia's New Year Eve dinner party ) orange liquor | champagne | wine | dessert wine | espresso | cheese and bread | chips and salsa | persimmon and cucumber salad | winter bamboo shoot and mushroom salad | pita bread with pulled roasted pork , lettuce,  yogurt sauce and Harissa sauce | roasted root vegetables and sweet pepper | orange cake | holiday cookies 

 

• a new year has began

There is no place like New York

12-31-2010 Fri. mild, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee | apple
LUNCH --- ( at Onya Japanese Noodle, NYC ) tempura: eggplant, shrimp, smelt, squash | chicken wings | udon noodle: Sanuki Kake udon, curry udon, chicken udon, cold Kijyoyu udon
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- coffee
DINNER --- (at Sichuan Chili restaurant, NYC) Dan Dan noodle | Sichuan chilled mong bean tofu | poached chicken with Sichuan peppercorn and chili sauce | braised thin sliced pork belly with garlic paste || spicy fish and tofu | Hunan chicken | Chengdu shrimp and cucumber | cumin lamb chop | deep fried lotus root | rice
Count-down NEW YEAR --- (at M.M.'s) champagne | chocolate | Japanese sweets

lunch at a Japanese corner


Alexander McQueen's swan song


AB.EX.NY at MOMA


waiting for the New Year

• only on this island one can find all of these within a few city street blocks.