April 23, 2022 Lunch - Fried Potstickers. Dinner - Steamed Kyozo and Shrimp Chow Mein with Bok Choy

April 23,  2022 Lunch - Fried Potstickers. Dinner - Steamed Kyozo and Shrimp Chow Mein with Bok Choy 

Today unexpectedly turned into an all Asian Cuisine day.

Breakfast was granola, blueberries, yogurt, and milk.

For lunch at 1:00 I sautéed 9 potstickers and made a dipping sauce with soy, garlic and chili paste, and sliced green onion ringlets.  I drank green tea.

I rested and Suzette came home around 3:30. At 4:30 we received a phone call from Nancy as we were resting in bed asking us if we were coming to their house for dinner after the symphony.

We apologized that both their dinner invitation and the symphony had slipped our memory.

We immediately got dressed and arrived at Popejoy about 5:50.

The concert was fabulous. The first half featured Michelle Cann, an African American, who played a concerto by Florence Price, an African American, and then the best rendition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue I have ever heard.  Everyone loved it.

After the Symphony we drove to the Blaugrund’s.

Nancy had prepared steamed Kyoto with a lovely Trader Joe’s dipping sauce for appetizers.  We opened the new 2021 Chloe New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc that was elegantly dry and mild without any citrus.

For the entree Nancy made rice bowls of sautéed shrimp and bok Choy with chow Mein noodles spiced with a dash of Sriracha that were very delicious.  

Dessert was even more interesting.  Nancy filled ramekins with mango sorbet and mango ice cream and garnished the top with slices of candied mango.

It is hard to create an interesting dessert for Asian dinners and this was one of the best accompaniments I have ever seen.

We were served small shot glasses of lemincello with dessert to make the dessert experience even more pleasant.

We talked and talked until well past 10:30, about all manner of things and went home bleary eyed and happy.

We could not believe that we were so lucky to have gotten the call from Nancy because it spontaneously created a wonderful evening of music and food that was completely unexpected.

Bon Appetit