a big soup bowl with everything

3-22-2011 Tue. mild, cloudy.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- a big bowl of soup dumplings and egg noodles, with shrimp, chicken, bok choy, bean sprouts, taro roots, Thai sweet basil, and Cantonese sausage | wine

• very homey and satisfying big bowl soup with everything
  

Xiao Long Bao in Chinatown, S.F.

12-17-2010 Fri. chilly, rain storm


BREAKFAST --- coffee
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- (at Blue Bottle, Ferry Building, S.F.) cappuccino
DINNER --- ( at Bund Shanghai, Chinatown, S.F. ) Ma-lan leaves and smoked tofu salad with sesame oil dressing | sauteed silk gourd with dried shrimp | sweet soy and rice wine braised fish belly | mung bean noddle soup with fried tofu and greens | Shanghai soup dumplings with crab meat mixture ( Xiao Long Bao )| Shanghai stir-fried rice cake ( Chao Nian Gao ) | Shanghai spring roll | rice

the market in Ferry Building

Shanghai specials at Shanghai Bund

• got some plates from Japan, a design called Shiratama at the Gardener in Ferry Building, tried the coffee from Blue Bottle, and had a good selection of Shanghai specials at Shanghai Bund in Chinatown.