careless tapas at Barcelona wine bar

9-13-2019 Fri. 


DINNER --- ( at Barcelona wine bar in Reston )  tapas | sangria 

• bad cooking very popular with suburbians, the place is packed with noise level over the top 

international assembly tapas, in home kitchen

4-07-2019 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- Jamón ibérico from local Butcher Alley | celtuce salad | shrimp wonton xo-style | tartine: home baked sour dough,  avocado, watercress, cucumber, micro greens | homemade matcha panna cotta | cognac 

• better food from home kitchen 

green cake

10-01-2017 Sun. 



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER ---  guacamole | roasted peanuts with seaweed | baked Japanese sweet potato fries | Chinese savory pastry | corn | mini matcha yuzu cake 

• a collection 

tapas

3-02-2013 Sat. cold, windy.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | Norwegian pancake with apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( at Z.) tapas 

 

• take a break from cooking and taking photos of food at restaurant

better than REAL Spanish tapas: Ración in Pasadena

4-24-2012 Tue. mild, sunny.  
BREAKFAST --- (at Langham Huntington, Pasadena) coffee | raspberry scones 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- ( at Ración in Pasadena ) cochinillo : daily pork preparation | setas : white bean puree, wild mushrooms, sweet sherry | soldaditos de pavia: salt cod fritters, lemon dust | Hinojo pasta: salad of spring peas, shaved fennel, chorizo vinaigrette | califlor ahumado : smoked cauliflower steak, almond cream sauce | calamares rellenos: baby squid stuffed with duck sausage | Sangrina  |  Crema Catalana  | espresso

 Langham Huntington , Pasadena

breakfast at Langham Huntington

 Gamble House, Greene & Greene

Oak Knoll neighborhood

tapas at Racion

 amuse bouche

cochinillo 

 soldaditos de pavia

 setas

Hinojo pasta

 calamares rellenos

 califlor ahumado

  Crema Catalana

• food at this young restaurant ( six-week old ) operated by two young ladies is seriously good and creative,  beats all that award-winning bunch in LA.

cool food in a hot day

7-21-2011 Thu. very hot, steamy.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with sauteed young mustard green
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- peach
DINNER --- silky tofu with marinated mackerel, cucumber and cilantro| simmered winter melon and mushroom with dried tiny shrimp and fermented black beans | salad of fennel, lettuce, carrots and cherry tomato | rice | wine
WINE AND TAPAS GATHERING --- ( at Sonia's ) cheese plate | fresh mozzarella and cherry tomato | wheat berry salad | pilaf salad | black born chips with guacamole | fresh figs | blueberry and strawberry salad | Italian sparkling wine | Austrian white wine

• with the temperature approaching 100, calls for various salad types of cool food. had a very nice time in Sonia's new kitchen in sea misty blue and gray.
  

Mediterranean tapas

8-25-2010 Wed. mild, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with sauteed vegetables
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- plums
BEFORE-DINNER-DRINK --- (at Sidney's ) rosé | nuts
DINNER --- ( at C.O. tapas restaurant ) black bean hummus with pita chips | ground beef with polenta | grilled shrimp | pastry stuffed with minced vegetables and yogurt sauce | beer

• tapas every corner, not very good most of time.
  

United nations of small dishes

8-05-2010 Thu. hot, thunder storm


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- peach
DINNER --- boiled summer greens with Japanese vinegar dressing | German cured ham | Spanish goat cheese | tomato confit | pasta with roasted red pepper sauce | Shanghai salsa

• not a meal of "anything goes", these small dish foods from Asia and Europe go well together
  

Tapas for Oslo's white night

6-19-2010 Sat. chilly, shower


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | brown goat cheese | juice
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- coffee | Norwegian boller
DINNER --- (at Champagneria of Oslo) bread and aioli | jamon Serrano ham | oysters with fish roe and pomegranate juice | paella

late evening at Champagneria

Apartment 18, Bygdoy alle

almost midnight

• the oysters are amazingly good. people dress up in evening wear while daylight does not fade away