Crab, Mango & Avocado Salad with Citrus Dressing

3 TBSP orange juice
1 TBSP fresh lime juice
1 TBSP honey
1 tsp grated orange peel

3 TBSP olive oil
1/2 red onion, sliced paper thin
1 lb. fresh lump crabmeat
1 large mango (15-16 oz), peeled, pitted, cubed
Boston Lettuce / or hears of romaine lettuce

I.  Combine first 4 ingredients in a small bowl.  Whisk in oil; season with salt & pepper.
Mix in onion, and let marinate for at least 15 minutes.

II.  Combine crabmeat, mango and avocado in a large bowl.  Gently mix in the dressing.  Overlap ends of 3 lettuce leaves in center of each plate forming a bowl.  Mound salad in lettuce bowls and serve.

Grilled Miso-flavored Eggplant with Salmon Roe

1. Cut the eggplant into half.
2. Mix white miso with equal amount of sake and mirin.
3. Brush some miso mixture on open side of eggplant.Go easy, a little goes a long way.
   
4. Grill the eggplant or broil it.
5. When it’s done, put some raw salmon roe on top of it.

Chicken & Cucumber with Spicy Sesame Sauce

Ingredients :
- 3 pieces of chicken thighs
- 2 persian cucumbers
- some sesames

Sauce (stir together and taste):
- sesame sauce
- sugar
- soy sauce
- sesame oil
- chili sauce & chili oil
- tiny amount of vinegar

1. Season chicken thighs with some salt, black pepper powder and cooking wine.
2. Cook chicken thighs (3 pieces) in microwave in high heat for 6 min
3. Tear cooked chicken into thin stripes
4. Cut cucumber into thin stripes
5. Stir chicken and cucumber together with the sauce
6. Add some sesame on top. Serve cold.

Fried Oyster Cake

Ingredients :

- 1 bag of frozen oyster (thaw before use). Add some cornstarch and wait for 10 min. Rinse it. You can chop up the oyster or have it whole.
- a few springs of cilantro, chopped
- 2 green onion, chopped
- 2 eggs
- a handful of chopped sweet turnip
- 2 tbsp sweet potato starch
- fish sauce
- white pepper powder

Mix the ingredients together. Don't overmix. Pan-fry or deep-fry the mixture until it's done.

Korean Style Cold Soy Bean

- Cook soy bean in hot boiling water till it's cooked.
- Rinse with cold water
- Pat dry
- Stir in light soy sauce, red pepper powder, seasame oil and seasame. Ready to serve.

Korean Style Cold Spinach Side Dish

Had a Korean dinner night with the small group members. Bought the beef short ribs and bulgogi from Korean supermarkets. I've also made some side dish to go with it. This one is the cold spinach.

- Cook spinach in boiling water.
- Soak it with cold water to stop the cooking once it's done
- Squeeze water out of the spinach and cut them.
- Stir with light soy sauce, red pepper powder, sugar, seasame oil and some seasame.
- Ready to serve as side dish, or with rice.

Escargot in Brioche

Bought this appetizer from Trader Joe's for our French dinner. It's good though not as good as the fresh escargots... but who can get the fresh ones?! This is good enough for me, very delicious.

Clams in Butter Herb Sauce

First course for our anniversary dinner - clams in butter herb sauce. I bought the clam from Trader Joe's and cook them frozen. I add some butter and italian parsley to give it flavor.