01-14-2011 Sat. cold, sunny.
WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | apple | homemade orange bread
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- steamed manila clams with ginger and cilantro sauce | sauteed pea shoots | steamed short ribs with grounded roasted rice and carrots | rice | wine


- this is another Shanghai special, short ribs coated with seasoned, roasted and grounded rice ( coarser than bread crumbs) and steamed in bamboo steamer for about two hours. the results are extremely tender, juicy meat on the bone with the grounded rice and carrots ( as the bottom layer under the meat in the steamer) soaked with meat juice and full of flavor.