two Thai chili took care of a cold day

3-05-2012 Mon. cold, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( at H.T. Chinese restaurant) kung-pao chicken | rice
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- Thai-style seafood stew over rice | sauteed Swiss chard | wine

• simple one bowl meal, full of the hotness of Thai chile and the scent of lemongrass, Thai basil and kaffir lime leaves
  

Thai coconut green curry

4-11-2011 Mon. very warm, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with sauteed chive flowers and smoked tofu
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- salad of chayote and jellyfish with citrus dressing | Thai coconut curry cauliflower with Thai basil | sauteed bean sprouts and shittake | rice | wine

• Thai green curry uses fresh Thai green hot chili with its hot index almost 10, coconut milk makes the dish richer and milder, some sugar also helps.
  

green curry

3-02-2011 Wed. not as cold, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with B.B.Q. chicken wings and eggplant
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- green curry shrimp with Thai basil | stir-fried chive flowers and smoked tofu with fermented black beans | sauteed bean sprouts and jalapeno | rice | wine

• try out green curry of Thai food, Thai green chili, shallots, garlic, and a handful spices of the usual suspects of curry family. it is hot, intense, and flavorful, and somehow tastes totally the opposite of Japanese curry.
  

In like a lion

3-01-2011 Tue. cold, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with sauteed mustard green and tofu | lemon plum
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER ---broiled spiced chicken drumlettes | stir-fried Asian eggplant and shiitake with Thai basil and chili sauce | Mexican rice with mole adobo | wine

lemon plum

• all spiced up to warm up, the first evening of March.
  

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.