frozen, seared, and roasted at 170 degree

8-06-2013 Tue. mild, light rain.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with ratatouille 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | nectarine  
DINNER ---  new potatoes sauteed with tomato and onion | seared frozen rib steak  with mushroom sauce | sauteed zucchini and banana pepper | avocado salad | wine

• the steak went through a lot in this modernist cuisine journey

clam and steak

1-12-2013 Sat. mild, sun and clouds. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | limpa bread | Norwegian goat cheese | apple 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- linguini with clam sauce and manila clams | seared frozen rib steak | sauteed bitter melon and okra | wine 

 

• no stir and no fry

a birthday dinner

8-11-2012 Sat. hot, clouds.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | baguette | brie and blue cheese | lachsschinken | water melon | peach and blue berries 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | pan-fried gyoza with dashi dipping sauce
DINNER --- fusilli with fresh pesto sauce, snow peas, red onion, marinated giant white beans and smoked mussels | seared frozen steak , with fresh mission fig and dijion mustard sauce | sauteed fresh fava beans | sauteed fresh sweet corn with roasted red pepper | wine | Grand Marnier orange liqueur cake  

 

• a special birthday dinner, very well done. 

Rib eye steak, frozen, seard, roasted at 170

5-25-2012 Fri. warm, hazy. 


BREAKFAST ---
LUNCH --- ( at H. G. ) kung pao chicken | house noodles 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---apple
DINNER --- rib eye steak, frozen, seared and low-temperature roasted| boiled greens | pan-fried potatoes | fennel and radish salad | wine 

 

•   time-control for rare and tender texture: 1 inch thick,  45 min. in oven.

seared frozen rib steak with mushroom sauce

5-08-2011 Tue. warm, rain and clouds.  


 BREAKFAST --- water 
 LUNCH --- rice with simmered eggplant and biter melon 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
 DINNER --- ( in tea house) chips and dips | wine || Chinese salt-cured fish, spicy simmered fresh peanuts and smoked tofu | Thai hot & sour shrimp with beech mushroom | pan-fried silken tofu with dashi broth | seasoned rice with gingko seeds and leek | seared frozen rib steak with wine-sauteed mushroom and sweet onion sauce | pan-fried baby artichokes with rioasted red pepper and leek | wine 

 

• a progressive dinner for Paul's visit, short preparation time, no pictures. the rib steak has stayed in oven a bit too long. two steaks one with prime price and air aged for weeks, the other one half of the price from local farm. the taste difference is not as big as price.