March 10, dinner for 10

A late winter menu celebrating a visit to the bay area from Toronto by an old friend.

Monday, March 10
7 pm
Limited seating for 10
$40/person
byob
for more information or to register, vegshaku8@gmail.com

Appetizer plate
Fried wontons with chili oil
Apple Smoked tofu wrapped in yuba with homemade mustard
Dandelion greens with walnut miso dressing

Soup
Rice Noodles and greens in tamarind broth

Entree
Tempeh and choy Sum with orange sauce.
Gai Lan with black bean sauce.
Lotus root pickles
Jade Pearl Rice, Akitakomashi Rice

Dessert
Cashew Cheesecake with dried blueberries, chocolate sauce, candied tangerine

Indian cooking class, March 2, 2014

Sunday, March 2, 2014
noon
limited space for 8
$50/person

Hands on cooking class exploring some of the wonderful flavors from India, one of the worlds amazing vegetarian cuisines.

We will be preparing:
simple dal soup
a very unique and flavorful mustard greens dish
potatoes with fenugreek leaves
vegetable pakoras (chickpea flour batter, thus gluten free)
asparagus with cumin seeds

Tofu making class February 23, 2014

We will be learning how to make homemade tofu in this class and numerous dishes with tofu.

Limited space for 8
$50/person
Sunday, February 23, 2014
noon
for more information or to register, vegshaku8 at gmail

In this hands on class we will be preparing the following dishes:
-homemade silken tofu with wakame and homemade mustard in dashi.
-homemade firm tofu

-Fried tofu with brocolli and orange sauce
-tofu frittata
-Thai red curry with tofu with pumpkin

Winter Soups class February 16, 2014

Sunday February 16, 2014
noon
limited space for 8
$50/person
for more information, or to register, vegshaku8 at gmail

These classes are always hands on. You will be actively making all the dishes with the other students in a very friendly, fun atmosphere!

We will make a few soups including
vegetable stock
seaweed/mushroom stock
(Japanese) basic miso soup
(sichuan) tofu/watercress soup
(Spanish) garbanzo soup with kale and saffron
(Mexico) Pozole

Winter Italian foods class, February 9, 2014

Sunday February 9, 2014

noon

Limited space for 8

$50/person
for more information or to register vegshaku8 at gmail


Hands on class


menu includes


Wild Mushroom Risotto

Rappini with olives and capers

Tempeh cutlets with marsala wine

sun dried tomato pesto

White bean and vegetable soup

Bread baking class, Sunday Feb 2, 2014

Warm up your homes in the winter, crank up the oven and bake your own breads.

Part of our ongoing series of hands on classes.

In this class we will make a variety of breads;  learning a variety of techniques including: kneading, rolling, rounding and of course baking.

basic Whole Wheat bread
Rye bread
multi grain bread

Limited space for 8
$50/person
Sunday February 2
noon
loft in West Oakland
for more information or to register, vegshaku8 at gmail

Valentines dinner underground restaurant event, feb 14, 2014

Continuing in our 8 plus years of underground dining events in Oakland.

Friday, February 14
8 pm
limited space for 10 couples
$110/couple $140 with drink pairings
For more information or to make reservations, vegshaku8 at gmail

Menu still being developed but will include:

Salad
Blood oranges, fennel, watercress, olives, pecans with blood orange dressing

appetizer plate
Orange tofu
asparagus puree
smoked mushroom pate
yuba with chili oil
green onion pancake

Entree
Thai hot pot; (each couple will have their own  hot pot at their table)
Spicy lemongrass coconut broth with tempeh, kabocha, gai lan
Sticky rice steamed in lotus leaf

dessert
cashew cheese cake
chocolate sauce
dried cherry coulis
candied cara cara orange
maple pecans