I completed so much stuff this long weekend. Tomorrow's Tuesday already and it means going back to office again. Not that I don't enjoy working but I prefer time with family and friends way more. I work hard, but I play harder.
I frequent the Japanese supermarket so much I accumulated a full page of their stamps for an immediate monetary reduction and when Mia and I went there on Sunday, they were having this 15% off everything on top of my discount!!
Well, basically I was just taking whatever that pleased me and my trolley was filled to the brim shortly after. From noodles, rice, fish cakes, sashimi, japanese bottled drinks, ice cream, snacks... Besides, nobody at home likes Japanese food except me, so all these are just to pamper my taste buds. Eating should be a pleasure anytime, especially at home.
Haul from the Japanese supermarket(50% of what I lugged home)
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Over the long weekend, I cooked some truly authentic Singapore delights too. My pics shall tell what I was playing in the kitchen. Cooking is really just some very interesting chemistry experiments!!
The laksa I cooked here deserves its own cover story, seriously!
Bak Kut Teh
(which I painstakingly simmer under low fire for hours.)
Bak kut teh (Hokkien: 肉骨茶) is a Chinese soup popularly served in Malaysia, Singapore, China, Taiwan (where there is a predominant Hoklo and Teochew community) and also, cities of neighbouring countries like Batam of Indonesia and Hat Yai of Thailand. The name literally translates as "meat bone tea", and, at its simplest, consists of meaty pork ribs in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic), boiled together with pork bones for hours.
I prefer my bak kut teh black. Mainly because that was how it should be when I was eating it since I was a kid. The white version is the Teochew version.
From L-R: Simple stir-fried long beans with garlic, Leeks with tofu & pawans, Bee Hoon, Nonya Chicken Curry, Myojo Shrimp noodles
Okonomiyaki!!
I couldn't find the seaweed garnish meant for okonomiyaki, gotta make do with spring onions, otherwise, fillings this time include prawns, octopus, cabbage, and bacon. W ate 2 big ones in one night. Being a picky eater he is, I supposed I can say it's really d.e.l.i.c.i.o.u.s.! What's even worth mentioning - it's my first time trying to do this from scratch. Hahaha!!
Frankly, I'm more interested in the process of all these experiments in the kitchen than the final task of eating it. We usually invite our friends over to share the food. I need my guinea pigs for some frank comments. LoL!!
Ice cream at my place -
dark choclate ice cream topped with hot fudge & nuts.
I call my parents every weekend if I manage to make it before their bed time cos I'm not a morning person since I was a kid. Waking up at 11a.m. is early for me. Anyway, my father don't sleep early too. Now that I can call for free, I just pick up the phone whenever I feel like it. I don't really have anything in particular to talk about sometimes but I just feel happy when I hear their voices. =)
Let me illustrate.
*dial +65 6-XXX XXXX: ringing in process.*
Me: Harlow! (I'll know who it is the moment they say the first word) 你在做什么？ (Like this weekend, I was telling my father while walking up and down the kitchen telling me what I cooked, was cooking and blah....)
Papa: 哇！煮这样多阿，这样不是吃到胖胖？
Me: -________-"""""""""""
As far as our relationship goes, we can say or comment anything to each other but we won't take it in the bad way. However, only I can talk to them like this and only I can "bully" them. If other people try to do that, whoever relative you are, neither will I appreicate it nor will I think you mean it for the greater good, simply because I'm their child and their only daughter, not you. Period.
I'm really busy these few weeks. Met Jas today when she just landed in Paris this morning, I'm meeting her tmr again!! She brought me Yakun kaya & loads of Singapore goodies this time, again!! =)
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