variation of tofu

4-01--06 -2025 

 DINNERS ---  open face sandwich with roasted red pepper, capers, tuna and chives | red wine | Chanhsha style  stinky tofu with chili sauce ( charred, not stinky)  |vegetable  soup with  fried tofu puff | pasta with leek, garlic and asparagus | avocado, cherry tomato and cucumber salad | sauteed Chinese eggplant with fermented fava bean sauce | pan-fried shishito | kao-fu pot | asparagus with scrambled eggs | simmered taro root with scallion and ginger | Chinese celery with smoked tofu 

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 garden first wave of bloom 

this year about ten days late 

out like a lamb, green mango salad and garlic sage soup

3-24--31-2025

 DINNERS ---  Vietnamese pickled green mango salad | French provencal garlic and sage soup with poached egg | Mexican refried black beans and seasoned rice, salsa, homemade tortilla | Shanghai style shao-mai | stir-fried threaded potato with scallion | steamed Brussels sprout | Japanese sweet curry cauliflower | Shanghai style vegetable and bean curd ragu | Korean style grilled beef short rib | baked Japanese sweet potato fries | stir-fired Chinese water celery and smoked tofu | mini apple pie from Bread Furst  

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piant the town pink 

夜来风雨声 花落知多少

Taipei , Shanghai , Suzhou Tai Lake

3-10--23 - 2025

 Taipei ----- yang-ming mountain, dan-shui beach, and the city 

a bakery on the hill

rye imported from Finland 

sourdough

at S &B's mountain base

 

Shawn's bake 

in the city proper

where to run in the evening:

where to get coffee  in the morning 

where to eat at night 

 

Shanghai ----

home neighborhood 

hongkou and suzhou river

Xi-Shan Island in Tai Lake -----