Chinese taco buns with pork and onion

10-13-2015 Tue. mild, clouds. 


 BREAKFAST --- coffee
 LUNCH --- leftovers
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
 DINNER ---Steamed Chinese taco buns with twice-cooked pork shoulder and caramelized onion, cilantro | salad | wine

 

• special version of fast food, slow-cooked in the first round.

easy meal

10-08-2015 mild, sunny. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings  
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- sauteed cauliflowers and twice-cooked pork | sauteed green beans | boiled potatoes | salad | wine 

• they practically cook themselves.

one bowl meal

7-17-2015 Fri. hot, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---water melon
DINNER --- ramen noodles with twice-cooked pork shoulder and spinach | salad | wine 

 

•   at home, totally

a route from oven to stove

10-05-2014 Wed. mild, clouds.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with okra stew 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER ---  sauteed bitter melon and tomato | twice-cooked pork shoulder and leek | sauteed baby spinach with garlic | rice | wine 

• pork shoulder special treatment

garlic scape and twice-cooked pork

6-09-2014 Mon. warm, cloudy.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with bitter melon 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- nectarine 
DINNER --- stir-fried twice-coked pork, mushroom and garlic scape | sauteed mustard greens | simmered Chinese eggplants with fermented fava bean sauce | rice | salad |wine

 

• homey Chinese

something old something new

5-22-2013 Wed. hot, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with baby artichokes
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- mango | apple
DINNER --- Shanghai salsa | pan-seared sea scallops | stir-fried twice-cooked pork and spring onion | sauteed beech mushroom and okra | rice | wine 

• new poppy looks scary. 
• each dish has something old ( leftover) and something new ( fresh ingredients)

one plate for all

9-18-2012 Tue. warm, stormy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH ---apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- pan-fried dumplings |  pasta with okra and radicchio  | twice-cooked pork shoulder and shiitake mushroom| fennel and lettuce salad | wine 

 

• on the edge to lose power

twice-cooked pork

4-03-2012 Tue. mild, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice and curry taro roots
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- mango
DINNER ---twice-cooked pork with string beans | sauteed chard | rice | wine

• Sichuan style twice-cooked pork. roasted first, stir-fry second.
  

good appetite under the blossoms

4-18-2011 Mon. warm, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- cracked wheat with eggplant relish ( leftovers)
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- scrambled egg with Chinese flat-leaf chives and smoked tofu | green curry cauliflowers | twice-cooked pork and beech mushroom with cauliflower puree | rice | wine

• a nice spring scene with dogwood and cherry flowers.
  

a Full table gathering

2-21-2010 Sun. mild, sunny

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea | dried fruit | seaweed crackers
DINNER --- (at Wansu's) giant hot pot of assorted meat, seafood, tofu, winter greens and egg dumplings with sha-cha dipping sauce | twice-cooked pork in sweet soy and rice wine sauce | steamed sea bass | riesling wine | cream pear cake and white chocolate cake

• We gathered at Wansu's and had a full table of family of eleven. Two hot pots were boiling. There were sliced lamb or beef, shrimp with shell or not, tofu in fried golden or snow white, winter greens and egg dumplings. Wansu's twice-cooked pork was a hit, it was finished to the bone.