郑晴 /Angie Zheng / angy (b.2000)
2025
all little dishes
小菜一碟littledishes is a shanghainese pop-up project
focused on storytelling, nostalgia, cooking and eating from memory
through design and dinner
we have done 8 dinners so far, and they are documented chronologically below
currently on break, to prioritize other projects, but little dishes has been the core, heart and basis for so many of the other see/eat projects.
5.5 小菜一碟littledishes vol.1
for vol.1 i felt like i had to introduce dishes that felt like shanghai at its core, 醉鸡，葱油拌面，凉拌木耳
menu
wood ear yuba celtuce salad 凉拌木耳
drunken chicken 醉鸡
scallion oil noodles 葱油拌面
6.2 小菜一碟littledishes vol.2 (dinner)
vol.2 was all about spring, and my favorite green things to eat
蚕豆，腌笃鲜，菜饭
ginger scallion fava beans 葱油蚕豆
plum lime ribs 糖醋排骨
bamboo pork soup 腌笃鲜
veggie rice 菜饭
7.14 小菜一碟littledishes vol.3 (dinner)
menu
cold veg trio, potato, celery tofu, ma lan tou
soy braised veg plate
pig ear terrine + belly ssam
fish cake mustard green duck egg soup
sweet corn black rice mango sticky rice parfait (eggontheweb69)
8.4 小菜一碟littledishes vol.4
nam jim pork jowl focaccia
arroz de verano
mung bean jelly
pork belly + sea grass crispy rice
gochujang snack mix
che bap cake
9.1 小菜一碟littledishes vol.5(dinner)
10.6 小菜一碟littledishes vol.6
honored to have had isa join me!! isa is an LA native trained in her mom’s kitchen deseeding chiles charring tomatillos and frying tacos dorados. She tastes costillitas adobadas in a plate of char siu and the comfort of menudo in a bowl of pho. She loves nothing more than a table crowded with salsas fresh fixings and loved ones.
In Shanghai, there was a tex-mex restaurant we frequented in middle school with fried ice cream, bbq pork chimichangas and blue corn tortillas. Later, in high school one of my all time favorite restaurants, Mamacita opened for around three years before closing, with frozen passion fruit margaritas, table-side guac and i’ll never forget having mole for the first time there. I moved to LA from Shanghai for college where Mexican food was quickly cemented alongside Korean and Chinese food in terms of shaping my understanding of flavor, eating, and produce.
this was also extra special because it was vol.6 and 66 / 六六 was the name of my childhood dog :)
also it was mid-autumn festival!!! 中秋节
i had so much fun creating/testing this menu and also prepping and serving everything (:
11.3 小菜一碟littledishes vol.7
click here to see the sf chronicle article!
one of the most special nights ever!!!
chris and i had the best making you all an adorable little shanghainese/taiwanese dinner
12.14 小菜一碟littledishes vol.8 x bar turtle
the coziest end of year dinner to wrap up little dishes in 2025!!
chris and i served over 100 of you in one night, thank you for letting us cook you our takes on shanghainese-taiwanese food
this was the most perfect way to wrap up the year, and the monthly frequencies of littledishes小菜一碟
thank you to my little dishes team <3
georgia, davey, harry, fern, yuxi, monica, jeff, katie
ravi for the loveliest wine list
kevin and rowan for letting me in your beautiful homeee
this was seriously one of the best nights ever im so grateful !!!!!! cant wait to be back soon :)
menu
凉拌木耳
wood ear mushroom, yuba, celtuce
心太软
mochi-stuffed jujube, osmanthus
烤麸
soy braised wheat gluten, mushroom, bamboo, lily bud, sesame oil
皮蛋豆腐
silken tofu, century egg, pork floss, bonito flake
猪耳冻
pig ear terrine, scallion, sesame, cucumber
牛筋
beef tendon, fermented veg slaw, pickled lotus root
葱油拌面
scallion oil noodle
卤肉饭
rice with braised pork
sweet treat
soy spiced hot chocolate
wine
bubbles
NV Domaine Balivet Bugey Cerdon Pét Nat
Savoie, France
2024 Maurer Kadarka Pét Nat
Subotica, Serbia
White/Orange
2019 Hugel "Estate" Riesling
Alsace, France
2024 Pheasant's Tears "Poliphonia"
Kakheti, Georgia
Red
2023 Domaine de Sulauze "Pinzutu"
Provence, France
NV Hervé Villemade Cheverny Rouge
Loire Valley, France