precious gift from the earth: matsutake

10-01-2011 Sat. chilly, rain.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade Swedish limpa bread | orange cranberry marmalade | apple | Asian pear | orange juice
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- white wine | baguette | Spanish Serrano ham: Navidul (aged 15 months), Jamondor ( 12months), (from Despana in SoHo) , Surryano ( Viginia Surry Farm, Spanish style) | concord grapes | tea
DINNER --- shishito tempura | roasted matsutake soup with mizuna | linguine with manila clams | steamed baby spinach with mocha foam and tempura drops | rock fish in ginger and scallion sauce | bread | wine || Japanese soft pastry | green tea

matsutake (Japanese pine mushroom)

limpa bread with orange marmalade and butter


Spanish Serrano ham

shishito tempura

matsutake soup, served in tea cup

Manila clam linguini

spinach with mocha foam

ginger scallion rock fish

Japanese pastry

• a day of cooking feasting on great food from different continents: Swedish bread ( homemade), Spanish ham ( brought by D.D.) , Japanese shishito peppers and precious wild pine mushroom matsutake just coming in its short season ( from local Japanese store).
  

Kiosko food at Boqueria market

9-01-2011 Thu. warm, sunny, shower.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LATE-LUNCH ---( at Kiosko Universal, in Marcat de la Boqueria, Barcelona) grilled vegetables | grilled mushrooms | grilled razor clams | beer | bread
DINNER --- ( ad hoc picnic on the balcony with food from local market ) Iberian cured ham | baguette | cheese | grapes | plums | wine

Marcat de la Buqueria

lunch at Kiosko Universal

quirky Barcelona

local market food for picnic on balcony

• joined the crowds at kiosko universal, simply grilled everything, lots of olive oil.
  
• local supermarket has good selection of fresh food, and incredibly low price: a bottle of wine ( 2 euros) , 100g super quality cured ham ( 1.5 euros), baguette ( 0.5 euro), cheese ( 1 euro) , 1 kg grapes ( 1 euro). living like a Barcelonian with a good relaxed picnic on the balcony, watching a family having dinner on their balcony across from us.