BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- pasta with ragu sauce
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- earl gray tea | apple
DINNER --- shabu shabu ( hot pot ) : thin sliced lamb | chicken and scallion meat balls | napa cabbage | cilantro | winter mushrooms | young mustard green | tahini and sha-cha dipping sauce | wine


- "shabu shabu" in Japanese ( or "shuan" 涮 in Chinese) is the sound of swishing ingredients in the boiling broth of the hot pot on the table.