BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- pasta with ragu sauce | kumquats
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- Japanese green tea | clementine
DINNER --- Shanghai new year stew: rice cake (年糕 nian-gao) with fried tofu, egg dumplings (蛋饺 dan-jiao) , shittake and vegetable sauce | pan-fried dumplings ( 饺子jaio-zi) | scrambled eggs with Chinese flat-leaf chives | wine
Chinese character Rabbit drawing by Paul
Chinese New Year special: rice cake, dumplings, firecrackers- New Year Day of the year of Rabbit. though no big feast today, wish the rabbit will bring good luck 万事如意
