all the pretty vegetables

8-21-2018 Tue. 


DINNER ---  simmered Japanese squash with okra | sauteed pea shoots | stir-fried red pepper with shiitake mushroom | rice 

carrot pastrami for vegetarians

6-17-2017 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( for O. and F.) || in tea house:  cava | mojito | guacamole and wasa | takoyaki (vegetarian version with smoked bean curd and smoked cheese) || salad: Persian cucumber, radish, feta, walnut and pomegranate | roasted and marinated beet with kiwi and smoked sheep cheese | carrot pastrami with pickled shallot, dill and radish sprouts | kale with Persian yogurt, honey-pickled lemon, roasted peanut, fresh soy beans, and pomegranate | curry Japanese pumpkin and cauliflower | rice | rose || homemade cream puff with raspberry 

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•  very elaborate cooking and baking,  probably more than 100 ingredients, everything from scratch.

almost temple food

3-08-2017 Wed.


  DINNER --- pan-fried lotus root | kao-fu pot | sauteed mustard green | rice 

 

•  like what they serve in those temples in mountains

homey and fancy together

11-11-2016 Fri. 


DINNER ---  ( for O&F, M.M.) cava | baked Japanese sweet potato fries | pan-fried gyoza || sake | Ji-cai wonton soup | steamed Chinese eggplant with sauce of minced garlic,rice vinegar, sesame oil and pickled Thai chili, Thai basil | pan-fried stuffed lotus root | sauteed snap peas | simmered kao-fu pot: kao-fu, tofu skin rolls, shittake mushroom, day lily buds, wood ear, roasted red pepper, star anise, fresh ginger, and nagaimo yam | rice || scotch whisky | French pastry | rambutan fruit

•  a good combination

lean meal in a rush evening

9-22-2016 Thu.  warm like still in summer


DINNER --- boiled baby potatoes | pan-fried Brussels spouts | shanghai salsa | salad | wine 

 

• works well with the schedule 

Vegetarian Nordic Midsummer Feast

6-25-2016 Sat. warm, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | Croissant | bread and cheese | mango | strawberries 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( Nordic midsummer dinner for O and F ) peach schnapps | elderflower Swedish whiskey cocktail | Norwegian brown goat cheese | Jarlsberg | roasted and smoked red pepper walnut  spread | mustard pickled mini eggplants | smoked and pickled tofu curd | roasted and pickled golden red peppers and king mushroom | pickled cabbage and sour apple with almond and seaweed dressing || mead |roasted beet culture milk soup with strawberries | simmered new potatoes with rosemary and garlic | three-mushroom vegan meat balls | creme fraiche and dill sauce |  wheat berry with sauteed fresh peas and garlic scape | strawberries | Swedish almond and chocolate cake 

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• it is a pretty successful  Nordic Midsummer feast,  vegetarian version, no fish and and no meat.

zen food up in the hill of Yang Min Shan

12-18-2015 Fri. chilly, fine rain. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( at yang min shan ) vegetarian cuisine
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- ( at a neighborhood restaurant ) chicken | cured fish | seasoned rice | rice wine 

• up to yang min shan hill, a zen retreat place.