BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with sauteed bitter melon | shrimp shao-mai
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- Russian red soup ( Borscht : red cabbage, red beets, black mushrooms, green onion ,with Chinese variation: + fried tofu cubes, winter bamboo shoots, napa cabbage ) | homemade Russian black bread ( Rye, burnt-sugar syrup, coco powder, caraway seeds ) | red wine

- a Russian dinner, hearty and warm. the black bread tasted very good with subtle sweetness and soft moist texture.