bamboo shoots and leaves

2-06-2019 Wed. 


DINNER --- Boddha's delight shanghai style: simmered kao-fu with wood ear, bamboo shoots, dried day lily buds | simmered Chinese eggplant with fermented fava bean sauce | zong-zi: homemade rice and chestnut bundle in bamboo leaves 

• everyone is delighted, including Buddha.

table for one

8-07-2014 warm, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( Cazbar Turkish restaurant Baltimore) Döner Kebap 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- coffee
DINNER ---  scrambled egg with bitter melon and cilantro | steamed zong-zi | wine 


 

•  comforting and homey 

unformed terrine and formed burrata

5-26-2014 Mon. warm, sunny.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | scallion pancake |  bread and cheese | raspberries | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- burrata cheese with beefsteak tomato |  unformed terrine of braised lamb shank |Shanghai salsa | steamed zong-zi ( seasoned rice bundle with braised pork) | stir-fried spring bamboo shoots, mustard green and tofu skin | salad | wine || cognac and French chocolate  

 

• the end note of the holiday: Port and Cognac. a food and drink tour started in Portugal, then to Italy, jumped to Shanghai, looped back to France.

steamed dumplings

5-29-2013 Wed. warm, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with sauteed mustard greens and bamboo shoots 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple 
DINNER --- steamed dumplings | steamed zong-zi | wine 

• getting into summer zone

fresh almond and zong-zi festival

6-23-2012 Sat. hot, sunny. 

  
 WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | Afghan sweet bread ( with cardamon and rose water) | mango | raspberries | watermelon 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  mojito | Afghan flat bread with humus 
 DINNER --- steamed shrimp shaomai | steamed zong-zi | stir-fried fresh fava beans with fermented fava bean sauce | avocado and radish salad with fresh almonds | wine 

 

fresh almonds from Persian market

 zong-zi, shaomai, fresh fava beans

•   Duan-Wu festival today. it is the season of fresh almond and zong-zi.

seasoned rice in leaf wrap

6-20-2012 Wed. hot, hazy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rotini with pesto sauce and cucumber
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- peach 
DINNER ---  cucumber and Belgian endive salad | hot and sour soup with zucchini and needle mushroom | Zong-zi ( Chinese seasoned rice with pork in leaf wrap ) 

 

• zong-zi, a traditional food for Duan-wu festival

Seasoned rice wrapped in reed leaves

6-10-2010 Thu. warm, sunny


BREAKFAST --- coffee | Pocky
LUNCH --- seasoned rice with cured pork wrapped in reed leaves (棕子)
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- cherries
DINNER --- sauteed fresh peas with garlic scape and cured pork | new potato and fish stew in roasted red pepper sauce | red wine

• the rice leaf bundle (棕子) is for the Chinese Duan Wu festival (or Dragon Boat Festival), a tradition of a couple of thousand years.