As hot as it gets

9-08-2010 Wed. hot, sunny


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with stir-fried chive flowers and smoked tofu (leftovers)
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | apple
DINNER --- Korean noddles with hot chili paste, zucchini, and wood-ear | pan-roasted stuffed jalapeno | sake

• Korean hot chili paste made jalapeno taste rather mild.
  

Some Like it Hot

8-15-2010 Sun. humid, rain

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | watermelon | peaches | raspberries | scallion pancake AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- mojito | guacamole || mong bean noddle salad with Thai hot chili peppers, in lime and coconut milk sauce | steamed bun with fillings of mustard green and Sichuan chili sauce| pan-roasted jalapeno peppers stuffed with minced tofu skin and flat leave chives | hot and spicy stew of kaofu (wheat gluten), wood-ear, king mushroom, bamboo shoot and day lily buds | jasmine rice | sake || peaches, raspberries with Grand Marnier flavored whipped cream | green tea

Thai chili mong bean noddle salad

pan-roasted stuffed jalapeno


spicy stew Kaofu (wheat gluten)

• a collection of chili peppers from Mexico, Thailand and China provides a variety of hotness and flavors for the Latin-Asian dinner with vegetarian friends.