the Year of Rooster

Sara's Chinese home cooking showcase: Shanghai salsa in endive leaves, pan-fried dumplings, baked Japanese sweet potato fries, "naked"  shrimp scallop wonton soup, steamed Chinese eggplant with rice vinegar chili sauce,  five-spice fish cake, Si-Chuan style pickled cabbage, sauteed Chinese mustard green with duck confit and fresh soy beans,  layered cream cake and ice cream

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beginning of a new year

Like around a kitchen table in Shanghai

Sara makes a Chinese family meal with bamboo skewers and bamboo steamers

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baked sweet potato fries 

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seaweed seasoned rice crackers

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moss flavored fried twist 

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candied walnuts 

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rice noodle  salad  with bean sprouts, herbs and peanuts

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pan-fried shrimp patty on bamboo skewer

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steamed Manila clams with lime and ginger juice

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sauteed bitter melon 

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 Chinese eggplant simmered with

 fermented fava bean sauce

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pork short ribs steamed with

 toasted crushed rice and Chinese five-spices

Chinese almond brittle

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Napoleon (with Chinese interpretation)

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Dragon-Well green tea

newly arrived

Sara's Shanghai style dinner

some ingredients

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stuffed lotus root tempura

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Shanghai smoked tofu salad

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roasted red pepper and king mushroom

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White fish and chayote

marinated with rice wine and lime juice

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noodle soup

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Shanghai style wine-braised osso bucco

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roasted Yukon potatoes

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simmered kale

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daffodils from Susann's garden

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