tea chat and house ramen

8-30-2015 Sun. hot, clouds


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | watermelon 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ( in the tea house) gazpacho | bread and pate | Persian grapes |  | figs and Serrano ham  |  raspberry tart | apple tart | preserved plums | tea
DINNER ---  ramen noddles in spiced beef broth with braised beef and beech mushroom | sauteed mustard green | salad | wine 

 

• good tea gathering, red and green tea. 

tea time in the tea house, fireflies blinking

6-23-2013 Sun. warm, rain and sun.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | water melon | mango | cherries 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- steamed artichoke with lemon butt dipping | sauteed sweet corn with roasted red pepper | sauteed fresh peas with garlic scape | boiled new potatoes | wine 
AFTER-DINNER-TEATIME --- ( in the tea house with friends )  Long-jing green tea | Tie-guang-ying fermented tea  |  tea quail eggs  |  fresh lychee and coconut milk jello | pan-fried shrimp lollypop | almond brittle | tea cookies |  mango cheese on crackers 

 
 

• finally we made it a tea party in the tea house, good time with friends, tea light, full moon, and fireflies blinking around.