Yam Cake Nov 2009

I have been making yam cake for a long time base on my mum's recipe, but her recipe has no much standard to follow, always base on gut feel.

during May 09 GCS gathering, a member's mother made this and I asked for recipe. This is the 3rd time I made this since then and hv been giving away. This time, another GCS member Whyee and her boyfriend Soren were so 'unfortunate' to get a piece from me because I happened to visit them on the same day :P

hubby says it was sweet ... hmm ... I guess could be due to the sausages. maybe I should change another brand.

or maybe I should try to make pumpkin cake next time ...

Pork Cutlet Nov09

My dear dear loves to eat pork ... see his size and you will know ... lol ....

so what to do, must learn how to make nice pork related dishes ... and this is pork cutlet. very easy to make, just need to follow a few simple steps:

1) ensure the meat is properly pounded so that the meat will not be tough
2) marinate overnight will be good. just need simple soya sauce and pepper
3) after coat the bread crumbs, put into fridge again so that crumbs will not drop off easily during frying
4) fry with low heat until 70-80% cooked
5) fry again with high heat so that the meat will still be tender inside and will not be oily


yummy!

Home Cooked Food - Sushi

we decided to make our own sushi for dinner and bought some simple ingredients such as unagi, tamago (egg), spam and crab meat stick.

hubby tried to put in all the ingredients and realised they could not fit ... hahaaa ... lol

this is my creation - small and cute

and after a few rolls, we finally managed to do it properly. looks good?

normally the 3 of us only eat 1 cup of rice for dinner, but we used up 2 cups of rice to make these sushi and finished up everything! yummy ... will try again since it is quite easy.

Home Cooked Food

I started cooking when I was very young, always follow my mum in the kitchen when she cooked lunch on Sunday mornings. Then I started cooking for the family when I was in Sec 4 (ie 16 yrs old) after my grandma passed away.

I am never a good cook. Can only prepare very normal food. I cant do fanciful dishes but they are still edible :P

like this ... this is angel hair tossed in olive oil and herbs
with leftover pork cubes and silverfish in egg ... totally werid combination but it still tastes good .... to my standard :)

Food Tasting Oct 09

brother is getting married and we had a food tasting session at the hotel. first time we get to comment on each and every dish

starter: quite nice although can still be improved

shark fins

the vinegar bottle design is extremely bad. I spill lots onto the table

and finally after some testing, we chose the one on the right, which at least can pour decently

roast chicken with sweet and sour sauce

baked cod fish - yummy

scallop in XO sauce

mushroom and abalone

my brother skip the rice / noodle dish as we feel most of the time it is not eaten and very wasteful

yam paste with ginko nuts