Posted in Fish, Food, Lunch, Vegetables, tagged Fish, Food, Grape tomatoes, Salad, Turnip Greens, Vegetables on January 14, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Onion (diced)
Grape tomatoes (halved)
Turnip greens
Canned tuna (packed in water)
Prunes
Dried cranberries
Kimchi
No salad dressing
Lunch
You may not think the flavors work together (worked for me). Spicy, sweet, tart, salty, bitter, all in one dish. :)
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
Posted in Dinner, Fish, Food, Fruit, Vegetables, tagged Fish, Food, Soup on January 9, 2015 | 1 Comment »
Even for me. Post holiday trying to get back to “normal”. Doctor’s appointment today, results not bad, could be better. Tells me to eat more fruits and vegetables, cut back on salt and sugar. Grumble grumble okay okay.
Dinner was a mixed bag.
Canned Tuna (packed in water) with Kinchi, Prunes, Sweet Potato
Asian Pear
Fig Bars (toasted)
Has to be toasted, crunchy on the outside, still chewy on the inside.
For The Cat, tried some new ingredients (or ingredients I haven’t used in a long time).
Dried Mung Beans
Dried Shrimp
Fish Head Soup
Fish head soup with Napa cabbage, dried mung beans, dried shrimp, dried wakame seaweed, fish head (of course), and whiskey/Shao Xing wine.
One of those throw everything together and hope for the best soups (turned out okay).
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
Posted in Celebration, Dinner, Fish, Food, French, Mushrooms, tagged Fish, Food, Mushroom on December 25, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Also known as Christmas Eve dinner. Fortunate enough to be invited by one of our mentors to sup with her family.
Location
Sold Out
Azami Quartet
Too bad we were situated in a private room, not much chance of listening to the live music.
Menu
A rare event, both The Cat and The Mouse picked the same choices.
Appetizer
Medley of mushrooms and Burgundy escargot, “Vole Au Vent”, truffle cream sauce. Wonderful. In a puff pastry. For me, a side of rice would have been perfect.
Intermezzo
Cranberry sorbet, very tart, reminded me of li hing mui.
Seared Chilean Sea Bass, Kabocha Squash Puree, “Keiki Portabello Persillades”, Creamy Leeks
The sea bass was excellent, however, the squash puree was “to kill for”, highpoint of the dish for me.
Sterling Silver Beef Tenderloin, Béarnaise Sauce, Pomme Parisienne, Braised Endive, Provencal Zucchini
My neighbor’s plate. She said beef was cooked to perfection, medium rare.
Chocolate Haupia Gâteau
The little red dots with white dots on the whipped cream? Tiny little mushrooms.
See? Cute Yeah?
Hope y’all had an enjoyable Christmas. Happy Christmas from The Cat and The Mouse.
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
Posted in Dinner, Eggs, Fish, Food, Vegetables, tagged Fish, Food, scrambled eggs, Stir-Fried Cucumber, Vegetable on December 22, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Kinda snuck up on us this year. Part of the day shopping for presents (have to go back tomorrow too). Sigh. Dinner was kinda unplanned, even more so than usual. Stuff I could do quickly (except for some prep time).
Stir-Fried Cucumber
Stir-Fried/Braised Lotus Root
Scrambled Eggs
Chinese style, not Gordon Ramsey style.
Steamed Salmon Tail with Lemon
How’s your shopping coming along? Double sigh.
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
Posted in Fish, Food, Salads, tagged canned salmon, Fish, Food, Lomi lomi salmon, Lomi salmon, Salad on November 6, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Or, lomi salmon, the poor Mouse version.
Lomi lomi salmon, a luau staple. I have no archaeological nor anthropological evidence, just a feeling that lomi salmon is a westernized version of poké.
The Mouse loves both poké and lomi salmon
Anyway, salted salmon (main ingredient of lomi salmon) and poké are luxury items rarely seen, if at all, at our house. When I have the munchies for lomi salmon, have to make do with the Mouse canned version.
Chopped onions, green onions, diced tomato, and canned salmon.
Mouse Version
Mix to incorporate.
Tah Dah!
Pink salmon, this time around. A distant relative of real lomi salmon, but, close your eyes and it kinda works. Now, if I only had poi. Hee hee.
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
