belt fish and green dumplings

12-20-2019 Fri. 

BREAKFAST --- coffee | rice cake cookies | fruit 
LUNCH --- yellow chives with eggs | fried belt fish | spinach with garlic | rice 
DINNER --- handmade green and pork dumplings | stir-fried bean curd and jiao-bai 

old neighborhood park 

a design studio window display 

rice cake snack

• all meals from home cooking 

dried shrimp and napa cabbage

1-30-2019 Wed. 


DINNER ---  simmered Chinese eggplant with fermented fava bean sauce |simmered napa cabbage, smoked tofu, shiitake, yam noodle with dried shrimp | rice 

• it is a traditional paring in Shanghai cooking: dried shrimp and napa cabbage 

soy braised short rib

12-25-2018 Tue. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( ayi's home cooking)  soy braised short rib | greens | celtuce | rice 

• looking for pictures... 

shanghai local vegetables

12-19-2018 Wed. 


BREAKFAST --- ( local bakery on TianPing)   bread | coffee | fruit
LUNCH --- taro root with chives | tonghao greens
DINNER --- (ayi's home cooking)  celtuce | various local vegetables 

• settle in 

shanghai food all samples

12-18-2018 Tue. 


BREAKFAST --- ( at Local xiaolong bao joint) xiaolong bao | ji-cai wonton soup 
LUNCH --- ( ayi's home cooking)  fresh water shrimp | stir-fry chao-jiang | spinach | yellow crocker | rice 
DINNER --- ( at Gong-de-ling across the street) vegan duck | buda's delight shanghai style 

＊＊功德林＊＊

• home cooking is great, restaurant is so-so. xiaolong bao is the best as always 

xiao long bao

5-26-2017 Fri.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee  | xiao long bao
LUNCH --- ( at Mei Long Zheng restaurant)  traditional shanghai fare
DINNER --- congee | salted fish 

• this xiao long bao place is the best found in the old neighborhood  
• Mei Long Zheng is an old institution,  food is so-so. 

rice bundled in reed leaves

5-25-2017 Thu. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee | xiao long bao
LUNCH  --- okra | salted fish | ma-lan green and bean curd salad
DINNER --- zong-zi | vegetable soup 

 

•  exhausted.

good small dishes in a banquet hall

12-18-2016 Sun. 



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( at Hengshan hotel restaurant ) Shanghai style banquet food 
DINNER ---rice soup 


 

• nice place, foodwise, can't do any meat or fish right, but made good  small dishes of fresh mustard green with fresh soy beans, and pickled cabbage.

Shanghai breakfast set

12-13-2016 Tue.  



BREAKFAST --- coffee
BREAKFAST --- street food:  dou-hua tofu soup | you-tiao fried bread
DINNER --- ( at X.Z.) vegetables | chicken | homemade dumplings 

•  subway trip 

cooking in Shanghai

12-10-2016 Sat. mild



 WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- street food Chinese crepe
 DINNER ---  winter three-treasure soup: jing-hua ham, winter bamboo, lotus root and winter greens | stir-fried flat beans | sauteed lotus root | sauteed tong-hao leaves | rice 

• it is great to be close to a great food market.  

banquet food, chat about homecooking

12-23-2015 Wed. chilly, rainy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( at S. F. restaurant , Shanghai)  banquet
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- leftovers 

•  good conversation , more about home cooking, such as stewed noodle or egg stir-fried rice