dumplings and wontons for Lunar New Year

2-09-17-2026

DINNERS ---  welcome  the Year of Horse 

northern Shui Jiao 

sweet rice balls Tang Yuan 

southern Ji Cai Wonton 

bok choy

stew Kao-fu pot 

braised pork short rib

sichuan style spicy eggplant 

ramen with braised beef and pea shoots 

zucchini fritter

black beans with homemade sofrito 

pan-fried plantain 

chickpeas with vegetable ragu 

roasted vegetables 

******** 

the remains of the snow day

Lunar New Year Day Special, home cooking tradition

1-27--2-02 -2025 

DINNERS ---  Lunar New Year Day :  fermented sweet rice broth with sweet rice dumplings | Kao-fu stew pot | quail eggs | winter bamboo shoots with Chinese celery and red pepper | okra with cherry tomato | Chinese hot pot:  sliced lamb, napa cabbage, fried tofu puff, mountain yam noddles , wood-ear, needle mushroom || stir-fried garlic scape with smoked tofu | Sichuan pickled cabbage | Japanese style panfried pork chop | Korean style broiled beef short ribs | opera cake 

• BSO concert : Prokofiev violin concerto +  Revel deconstructed Waltz 

Bitter sweet

2-5-2011 Sat. cold, drizzle.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | apple | coconut cream bread | scallion pancake
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea | clementine
DINNER --- ( a vegetarian Chinese New Year dinner for friends ) plum wine | fried dough twist with sea-moss seasoning | wild mountain walnuts | baked Japanese sweet potato fries || warm Sake | bitter melon and sweet lily bulbs ( with sauce of marinated mushroom and yuzu juice )| lotus root sandwich tempura | Xiao-long-bao ( Shanghai soup dumplings ) | Shanghai fried spring rolls ( with filling of napa cabbage, smoked tofu, shiitake, winter bamboo shoots, green onion ) | chilled Sake | Si-Chuan style vegetable hot pot ( ma-la tang 麻辣烫) with Chinese steamed rolls | Shanghai rice melange ( with bamboo shoots, green peas, and king mushroom ) || Shanghai sweet rice dumpling with fermented rice broth

bitter melon and sweet lily bulb

ma-la hot pot

Chinese steamed roll

• the dinner started with a delicate bitter taste of bitter melon, went through a wild ride of spicy, hot, savory tastes, ended with soothing sweetness of sweet rice dumplings. wish the Rabbit year progress like this as well
  

the Year of Rabbit

2-03-2011 Thu. clod, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- pasta with ragu sauce | kumquats
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- Japanese green tea | clementine
DINNER --- Shanghai new year stew: rice cake (年糕 nian-gao) with fried tofu, egg dumplings (蛋饺 dan-jiao) , shittake and vegetable sauce | pan-fried dumplings ( 饺子jaio-zi) | scrambled eggs with Chinese flat-leaf chives | wine

Chinese character Rabbit drawing by Paul


Chinese New Year special: rice cake, dumplings, firecrackers

• New Year Day of the year of Rabbit. though no big feast today, wish the rabbit will bring good luck 万事如意
  

Lunar New Year dinner

1-30-2011 Sun. not as cold, sunny.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade focaccia bread | kumquats
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- ( a Lunar New Year Dinner for family and friends ) sparkling wine | adamame | dried-moss-seasoned fried bread dough twist | baked Japanese sweet potato fries | lotus root sandwich tempura | grilled rice cake with dashi broth and grated daikon | Shanghai salsa ( smoked bean curd, cilantro, and roasted peanuts with chili sauce ) | Shanghai fried spring roll ( with fillings of threaded napa cabbage, shiitake, snow pea and smoked bean curd ) | wonton soup ( shrimp, mustard green, kumquat zest, needle mushroom, radish sprouts ) | sauteed butterfly-cut shrimp and snow peas, king mushroom confit, soba noodles with white miso and shiso dressing | Teriyaki eel and rice with pickled vegetables | white wine and red wine || sweet rice dumplings ( in fermented rice broth with Goji berry and kumquat zest )

grilled rice cake with dashi


Shanghai spring roll, Shanghai salsa


wonton soup


soba, king mushroom, shrimp and snow peas


eel rice bowl

• power is back. had great time cooking and shared our lunar new year dinner with friends.