chilled soba with pickled seaweed and shiso

8-11-2020 Tue. 


DINNER ---  grilled yellow crocker | sauteed zucchini and corn with roasted red pepper | parboiled baby Tuscan kale | chilled soba with pickled seaweed seasoning, shiso leaves and cucumber| burrata and avocado salad 

• noodles are good for summer cooking 

dipping soba

8-11-2018 Fri. 


DINNER ---  oysters | burrata salad | gyoza  | burdock and carrots | shishito peppers | soba noodles with dashi citrus dipping sauce and threaded cucumber || home baking collection of breads and cookies 

more dd's experimental breads 

home baked LU cookies 

• hot and cool, all in one kitchen 

soba and sushi

7-21-2017 Fri.  


DINNER --- guacamole | chilled soba with dashi dipping, cucumber and green onion | sushi | beer

 

•  very hot,  time to chill

soba noddles

1-04-2017 Wed.  


 DINNER --- sauteed bitter melons | soba noodle with cucumber and beech mushroom | fried chicken 

 

• ate very little, still sick

soba and fritter

8-15-2016 Mon.  


 DINNER --- vegetable fritter | pickled watermelon rind | bean sprouts, red pepper and smoked mussels | soba and cucumber | wine

• all in similar shape like threads

soba and shishito

7-10-2015 Sat. hot, clouds

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese |cherries
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- chilled soba noodles | mussels in white wine and shallot broth | bread | pan-fried shishito pepper | salad | wine 

 

• now we are in Japan

random pick: soba, burrata

8-03-2014 Sun. warm, storm.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | watermelon 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  champagne grapes | tea 
DINNER --- chilled soba noodles | pan-fried shishito peppers |  burrata salad | wine 

 

• quiet moment
  

zucchini two ways

8-09-2013 Fri. warm, cloudy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee 
LUNCH --- green tea soba with cucumber and shiso dipping sauce | sliced steak AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- zucchini fritter | zucchini and shiso tempura| stir-fried fresh fava beans and Chinese sausage | sauteed fresh corn with banana pepper and shallot | sauteed new potatoes with parsley and mustard | wine 

• fresh vegetables are the leading characters 

soba, corn and steamed buns

7-14-2013 Sun. hot, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | pate | water melon | raspberries 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  beer | simmered fresh peanuts 
DINNER --- Chinese taco buns with pork and caramelized onion | soba noddles with cucumber and dashi | sauteed fresh corn with onion and roasted red pepper | salad if cherry tomatoes and fennel | wine 

 

• soba noddles are of good quality with green tea flavor and right amount of firmness, made in Australia

sushi from the shop around the corner

7-12-2013 Fri. cool, rain.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- potato and cream sauce chicken 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- plum
DINNER --- sushi | green tea soba with threaded cucumber | white miso soup 


 

• another farewell dinner in the week,  a beautiful sushi spread and excellent soba

Nijo Castle and art book store

11-19-2012 Mon. cool, sunny.



BREAKFAST --- coffee | Japanese pastry | tangerine 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ( at a local soba house, Kyoto ) soba noodles with fu (gluten)
DINNER --- ( cooked at Gion house) lightly marinated octopus salad |  stir-fried eggplant | stir-fried Roma green beans | nabe hot pot | sake | rice 

Nijo Castle

tea house in the castle garden 

 

 used book store (art)

• very impressive castle, the inside space is  open and huge, with bird-chipping sound built in the floor in the corridors. 
• vintage book store is full of big art volumes and specializing textile designs