and tonight's dinner was...

... small bowls of pickled and spicy bamboo shoot that I found in the Chinese grocery store.
... Steamed vegetable buns surrounded with raised rice dough, and a sauce (soy, vinegar, ginger, scallion) by Mr. P.
... Eggplant dip -- roasted eggplant and garlic combined with one clove raw garlic, tahini, lemon, soy. Not quite baba ganoush, but dangerously good.
... fresh rolls -- thin rice paper wrapped around fried tofu, shitake mushrooms, barely cooked baby bok choy, barely cooked scallions, sesame seeds, and rice noodles.

... hot cider and a little chocolate for dessert


The mushroom stroganoff seemed too much of a good thing for tonight, so we're likely to have it tomorrow night.