COVID Cooking Week Fifteen

Week Fifteen

Monday 22 June - Sunday 28 June 2020

Monday

Asparagus Frittata with Smoked Gouda and Cherry Tomatoes

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Misfit Market Delivery

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Beef Burger with Mole Sauce

Grilled Potato Salad

Tuesday

Turkey Chili over Potatoes

Garden Red Leaf Lettuce Salad

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Garden Arugala Salad with Egg Salad

Wednesday

Happy Birthday, Amy!!

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Chen's Garden Chinese Takeout

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Chinese Food on Indian Wells Beach

Sweet and Sour Shrimp

Hunan Chicken

Egg Rolls

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Free Starbucks Birthday Drink

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Stuart's Seafood Market

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Clams on the Halfshell

Softshell Crabs with Capers

"Bake Me a Wish" Black Forest Cheesecake

Prosecco

Thursday

More of the Chinese Takeout

MooShu Beef

Kung Po Shrimp

Friday

Garden Arugala Salad with Egg Salad

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Planked BBQ Salmon

Caesar Salad

Clams on the Halfshell

Saturday

Leftover Chinese Food

Leftover Leftovers

Sunday

Spinach and Goat Cheese Frittata

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Steak with Chimichurri

Grilled Onions

Garlic Kale Chips

Our First Non-Home Meal in 103 Days

and we went to:
Chen's Garden Chinese Take Out

478 Montauk Highway

East Hampton, NY 11937

It is Amy's Birthday.  Suffolk County is entering Phase Three of Reopening (meaning nail salons, spas, massage parlors, spa services, and tanning salons are back in business).  And we had decided to have our first meal outside the home since 13 March.  and Amy selected Chinese Food.

Notes

Lunch in Chinatown, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Bairan - Shuka

There are four Bairan Restaurants in Chinatown.

This is a Shanghainese restaurant with over 30 years of history.

Soy Sauce and other flavorings

Dumplings

Spicy Shrimp in Chili Sauce

This is made of Chow Mein noodles tossed with egg and then placed in a skillet to create a hard shell on the bottom.  Then to get the result, I would put the Chow Mein vegetables and protein in the center of a plate, and then turn the noodles on top, crispy shell up.

The restaurant is said to sell 5,000 orders of the Bairan yakisoba each day.

Birthday Dinner in NYC Chinatown: The Peking Duck House

The Peking Duck House

The Peking Duck House, 28 Mott St # A, New York, NY 10013

The restaurant I chose for my birthday. I haven't been to Chinatown in many years and felt I wanted to have a Chinese dinner that didn't come out of a paper box!

I haven't been to Chinatown in many years and felt I wanted to have a Chinese dinner that didn't come out of a paper box!

This white tablecloth restaurant in the heart of Chinatown is obviously known for their Peking duck. There's not as much meat on a duck as you might imagine. BYOB. Beer available.

Soy, Duck, and Hoisin Sauces

Shrimp Soup with crispy rice

Assorted Apps

The Actual Peking Duck... delivered sliced with pancakes and scallions

Crispy Fish Entree

Fresh Fruit for dessert

Some reviews state that the duck is butchered tableside. Certainly, ours was not, it came from the kitchen already sliced and off the bone. Maybe this is because we had the half duck and not a full duck. Through observation, I can tell you that the full duck is not butchered "at the table" it is carved at a table in the middle of the restaurant and then brought to the table.

Here is an excellent YouTube video posted by "Mike&Yayee’s Travel and Cooking" posted a week before our visit.