3 parfait with ming tsai Recipes

canola oil, to cook, blue crabs, shell off (save 4), prepped (gills removed) and cut in half, lotus, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch slices, cornstarch, fermented black beans, rinsed and chopped, garlic, minced, ginger, minced, jalapenos, de-stemmed and sliced, scallions, cut into 1/2-inch lengths, shaoxing wine, white wine, naturally brewed soy sauce, hot long grain rice, salt and black pepper, to taste, lemons , zest (minced) and juiced, dijon mustard, honey, extra virgin olive oil, picked lump meat, avocado, fine diced, chives, chopped, ripe tomato , cut into 1/4-inch thick slices, fleur de sel and black pepper, to taste, chive batons, for garnish

stalks lemon grass, chopped, white part only, vanilla beans, heavy cream, egg yolks, eggs, pure vanilla extract, pineapple, peeled, cored and diced, juice of 1 orange, ground white pepper