Creative Eating For Chinese New Year

Killing 2 birds with one meal...or what you do with no room to cook.

Chinese New Year "feast" was a celebrating of bizarre-fusion-asian.
The guidelines/parameters were set by the pantry, Rachel Ray's time allotment and serious lack of counter space.

We had no fresh veggies beyond onion and garlic and really no meat beyond frozen hamburger so pretty much any regular Chinese options were out
We did have a container of leftover dumplings from a previous Chinese themed dinner and a lot of Japanese stuff to go with the New Year's Resolution to make more sushi (not doing so well there). Re-Resolved with this meal which included sushi variants.

There are no process photos so...WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH

A platter of Inari, Onigiri and fake fish "sashimi" - sushi rice made in the steamer on the right side of the sink, the pan comes out when it is done. Rice seasoned in a small bowl for various purposes. Onigiri mold makes 2 at a time, inari wrappers in a small can ready to fill, 1/4 Nori sheets in a small package. All fit on the right side of sink as well. But that was it for space.










Steamed dumpling, fish cake, fish balls and shrimp - steamed in serving containers in a double decker pan on the stove
Tempura/panko shrimp and onions - prep on left side of stove, cooked in enamel apple roaster because it is so narrow at the bottom- saves oil(we only had "workhorse" olive oil) served on the lovely paper plates we have been using.

We still had half a bottle of that La Vielle Ferme from a couple days back, and it needed drinking, so we gave it a shot. I'll admit to 1/2 a glass to try it with everything, but the other half was still there later that evening after we worked downstairs. "nuff said.



PS - If you live in the Boston area and know of any places selling Kewpie mayonnaise, PLEASE let me know.
Dave works in Chinatown and can't find it anymore, Super 88 in Malden and Dorchester came up lame as well. Porter exchange is probably going to be our only hope, but they are sooo expensive and I was hoping for something closer.