okra and taro root

1-31-2017 Tue. 



   DINNER --- okra and taro stew with mushroom and red chili 

 

• ballet food 

winter soup

1-30-2017 Mon.  


 DINNER ---taro root and winter bamboo shoot soup |  stir-fried chive flower, pork and red chili | lightly pickled Chinese mustard green and soy bean |  rice | wine 

•  lean and comforting 

a star is born

1-29-2017 Sun.  



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ( at W.S.'s) tea | star bread |  Chinese new year snack food 
DINNER --- Chinese festival food: beef, duck, chicken, seafood, greens. 

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•  Swedish star bread, freshly baked in the morning, to the Chinese New Year gathering a hundred miles away. 

for the Rooster

1-28-2017 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese  | fruit salad | grapefruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- ( for O. and F. )  rice crackers | Japanese sweet potato fries | steamed shao-mai | cava ||  mini hotpot: winter bamboo shoot, baby taro root, king mushroom, clear noodle knot and tofu skin roll, with Shanghai hotpot dipping sauce | hand-torn pan-fried scallion pancake | lightly pickled Chinese mustard greens sauteed with fresh soy bean | sweet and sour louts root |tofu-curd "lion-head" | pan-fried egg noddles with purple cabbage, chive flowers,red chili pepper, beech mushroom, smoked tofu and Thai basil | sake || homemade  star chocolate bread | cognac 

• Chinese new year dinner.

sweet rice dumplings

1-27-2017 Fri.  


LUNCH --- scallion  pancake | fruit salad
DINNER --- baked Japanese sweet potato fries | stir-fried chive flowers and smoked tofu | pea leaves | lotus root | Chinese new year eve sweet rice dumplings with tangerine and lightly fermented rice

 

slow cooking, scalloped potato

1-26-2017 Thu.  


 DINNER ---   scalloped potato and onion | simmered kale | curry cauliflower | wine 

 

•  all worth the time and patience

scallop ceviche

1-25-2017 Wed.  


 DINNER ---smoked tofu, peanuts, cilantro and scallop ceviche | par-boiled pea leaves | stir-fried pork and mustard green | rice 

 

• make a mark here for andy 

xiao-long bao

1-24-2017 Tue.  


  
  DINNER ---  Xiao-long bao | okra and scallop soup 

 

• class and  rehearsal evening 

winter comfort food

1-23-2017 Mon. 


  DINNER --- lotus root | mustard green | rice 

•  simply lean meal 

pan-fried whole fish

1-22-2017 Sun.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | scallion pancake | cheese and bread | fruit salad 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME -- tea
AFTER-CONCERT-DINNER --- pan-fried fish | sauteed bitter melon and wood-ear | rice 

• Brahms Trio, JHU chamber music series

hear the notes from Beethoven

1-21-2017 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  |  homemade limpa bread | cheese | grapefruit apple AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---walking with pink tide
BEFORE-CONCERT-DINNER --- Chinese taco buns with twice-cooked pork and Japanese leek | okra and wood-ear soup

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•  march the march 
•  Beethoven and Brahms, when we need them

LU is the new POCKY

1-20-2017 Fri. 


 DINNER --- leftovers | LU MIKADO pocky

 

• Orange is the new Black. 

Kao-fu pot

1-19-2017 Thu.  


 DINNER --- sauteed mustard greed with chili sauce | kao-fu pot: simmered  kao-fu, winter bamboo shoorts, wood-ear and lily buds with star anise and ginger soy sauce 

 

•  particularly a winter delight

steamed dumplings are back

1-18-2017 Wed.


 DINNER --- steamed dumplings | vegetable soup 

•  back to the basic of basics 

tong-hao porridge

1-17-2017 Tue.  
  

  DINNER ---tong-hao porridge with crushed peanuts | simmered eggplant and onion in ferment fava bean sauce | rice 

 

•  more ballet  in a row

vegetable soup

1-16-2017 Mon. 


DINNER ---vegetable soup | leftovers

 

•  an extra ballet treat

limpa bread

1-15-2017 Sun.  



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade limpa bread | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER ---  hotpot: lamb, pea leaves, tonghao leaves, napa cabbage,  mushrooms, bean sprouts, tofu puff , sha-cha dip | wine

•  winter treat 

baby scallops and Chinese taco buns

1-14-2017 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- Chinese taco buns with caramelized onion, twice cooked pork and cilantro | pea leaves and baby scallop soup | wine

•  a take it easy day 
• baby scallops "ceviched" first, a little poaching in soup, taste delicate and good 

a bit more delicate approach to Chinese cooking

1-13-2017 Fri.  



 DINNER --- ( for C. group) baked Japanese potato fries | smoked tofu salad in endive boat | gyoza || whipped shrimp scallop dumpling soup | steamed eggplant with garlic chili sauce | fish cake | pao-cai cabbage | mustard green with threaded duck and soy beans | cake and ice cream |

• a stressful run with satisfying results. had most of time of removing bones and shells.
• the favored French pastry shop seems to be in decline, bad sign.