Lunar New Year: Chinese Vegetarian Tablée

Dear friends,

Some time ago, we got in touch because I shared my wish to organise a Chinese vegetarian food gathering, and many of you expressed interest. And now the date and venue are confirmed:

Chinese Vegetarian Food Gathering

Date & time: Sunday 15/02, 12:00–14:00

Location: GC Ten Noey, Rue de la Commune 25, 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode


After the meal, there will be a tea gathering guided by me, hosted by the Dutch cultural center in our commune, GC Ten Noey.

Chinese Tea Gathering with Wenwei

Date & time: Sunday 15/02, 14:30–16:30
Sign up via GC Ten Noey: sign up link ( this link is in Dutch - but the languages will be French and English for this experience )

This will be a small and intimate food gathering to celebrate Chinese New Year, with around 8 participants.

Please read the details below — if this resonates with you and you’d like to celebrate together, you’re very welcome to join us.

About the food gathering

• The meal will be fully vegetarian
• I’ll be cooking comfortable food with nostalgic flavours - dishes that feel good for my body after eating
• This is not fine dining, and I’m not professionally trained as a cook - Think of it as a tablée experience, where we consciously share food together
• I’ll be using mushrooms and soy products, so please keep this in mind if you have allergies

Why I do this
• As a vegetarian, I often get bored with the very few vegetarian options in restaurants, so I wanted to create an experience I personally would enjoy
• I love making people discover new flavours, this is one of the reasons why i host tea gatherings as well

Drinks included
• One comforting Chinese herbal drink that I’ll prepare
• One aged tea ( either an aged pu er tea, or aged white, or aged dark tea ) to finish the meal
• Feel free to bring your own drinks if you like, alcohol or non alcohol

Menu
To be honest, I’m still playing with different ideas, there’s a lot I’d love to try. The menu below is is a reference:

• Marinated tomatoes with shiso and salted plum
• Sour and spicy crunchy wood ear mushroom ”salad“
• Sautéed tofu skin with vegetables (40g protein per 100g in this tofu skin ) - or Hakka style stuffed tofu ?
• Sautéed Potatoes with Lao Gan Ma sauce
• Greek black rice (or maybe “multigrain rice”)
• Daikon, shiitake mushroom and ginger soup
• Dessert: Cantonese sweet soup with silver ear mushroom, red dates, lily bulbs, lotus seeds and goji berries.
• Both soups are very warming and nourishing , esp. the sweet one, which is almost like a ”beauty soup“ in China.

Price: 39€ / person

Warmly,

Wenwei Zhang

0032 456 17 56 35