Janpanese night

1-07-2016 Thu. cold, mist. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed vegetable buns
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- pressed sushi ( saba ) | sushi ( sweet shrimp, mackerel, eel )  | baked Japanese sweet potato fries | simmered Japanese pumpkin, grilled rice cake, snow peas, napa cabbage and taro toot in dashi broth | sauteed Chinese string beans with sausage | wine 

• got chance to use all the nice serving pieces. 

kamamashi and oshizushi

8-17-2015 Mon. hot, sunny.

 
BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- leftovers 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- peach
DINNER --- ( at Kotobuki )  pressed sushi ( mackerel ) |  kamamashi ( eel, vegetables, seasoned rice ) 

 

• good old place, Beatles forever

a parade of dumplings and sushi

4-18-2015 Sat. warm, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | grapefruit | grapes | apple AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- beer
DINNER ---  soup wonton ( shrimp, fresh ginger and scallion) with dashi broth and beech mushroom) |  steamed dumplings ( lamb, flat leaf chives, celery, roasted red pepper )  with spicy soy dipping sauce | pan-fried gyoza ( mixed vegetables) | steamed shao-mai ( admounte and fish paste ) | pressed sushi ( grilled eel, avocado, shiso ) | pickled seaweed | pickled young ginger | sauteed Japanese spring greens | white wine 

 

• for Jan's new adventure soon to start

pressed sushi and shochu

4-17-2015 Fri. warm, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- potato and spicy cabbage  
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- slightly pickled cucumber | pan-fried goyza | baked Japanese sweet potato fries | pressed sushi ( pickled seaweed, shiso, marinated sliced octopus) | shochu 

 very fine spring morning light

 

• too late to get sushi form local sushi bar, making Japanese meal at home instead with the grocery from there.

matsutake mushroom and saba fish

10-26-2014 Sun. mild, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | pate and crackers
DINNER ---broiled matsutake mushrooms | boiled fresh soybeans | sauteed Japanese greens | pan-fried goyza | pressed sushi with soba | wine 

matsutake

 pressed saba sushi

• finally a matsutake feast.

pressed sushi at home

10-17-2014 Fri. mild, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- steamed shao-mai | pressed sushi with grilled eel | vegetable soup | Shanghai salsa | wine 

 

• pressed sushi impressed Philippe