Nordic cookies and etc

11-30-2019 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee with Irish cream | toast | orange bread | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea | homemade Nordic cookie cone 
DINNER --- parboiled celtuce leaves | simmered taro roots with cilantro and garlic | stir-fried daikon threads with chives | fried and braised rock fish with homemade hot and sour sauce | rice  || home baked sweet chocolate rolls  

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• fresh supply of food, fresh batch of baking and cooking 

the best Chinese food in town

11-29-2019 Fri. 


 BREAKFAST --- coffee | toast | orange-dates bread | orange juice | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- ( at A&J)  northern dim sum ( a dozen ) 

• delightful and reliable 

a busy and festive day in kitchen

11-28-2019 Thu. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee baileys  | home baked toast | home baked orange&dates bread | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | roasted sunflower seeds 
DINNER ---  skewers of sword fish, nagaimo, shiitake, gingko seeds, negi, green chili | caramelized  sliced kabocha | warm salad of baby kale, radicchio and beech mushroom | roasted red pepper sauce | saffron butter | country bread | braised and roasted lamb leg with spices and caramelized onion | steamed vegetables fennel root, carrots, and eggplant | wine  ||  homemade five-layer chocolate and butter cream cake with homemade honeycomb candy | homemade candy cranberries | cognac  

• most of things made from scratch,  festive in process. 

Japanese gin and chinese soy chicken pot

11-27-2019  Wed


DINNER--- Japanese gin and tonic | steamed eggplant with shiso | curry cauliflower | parboiled baby spinach | soy and wine braided chicken with fresh chestnuts | rice 

• chicken pot is not as good as the short rib version 

peas and beans , eggs and tofu

11-26-2019 Tue. 


 DINNER ---  sauteed green peas with shallot, cured tofu and ham |  steamed egg custard | sauteed Chinese long beans | rice | Japanese cake 

• homey Shanghai style  

Korean style grilled beef short ribs

11-25-2019 Mon. 


 DINNER ---  braised kaofu with lotus root, wood ear, and shiitake | Korean style grilled beef short ribs | sauteed Chinese greens 

• starting the week of major holidays 

Provencal garlic and sage soup

11-24-2019 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- provencal garlic and sage soup with poached egg and fried bread | sauteed snap peas | rice with soybeans and gingko seeds 

• soup of the day for many years 

a preview of holiday dinner table

11-22-2019 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | toast | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER ---  ( for Inger couple ) wine |  cold cuts and cheese board |  home baked bread | sage butter | butternut squash apple soup | seared and baked rockfish with homemade tomato-mustard sauce | pan-fried lotus root | simmered eggplant with roasted red pepper and leek | rice with steamed fresh soybean and gingko seeds | mini apple and pecan pies| tea 

set with handmade Nordic style table cloth 

the little viking 

• after the visit to Finnish Holiday Bazaar