Since our household is a combination of Hokkien and Cantonese, we grew up with saucy food and soups. Beef has never made an appearance at home since my grandma's (dad's mom) days. So, we grew up with chicken and pork. The old house backyard used to have chicken coop.
Dad can cook quick meals like baked beans, pork loin anchovies soup, and stir fry vegetable. Usually dishes that grandma wants. Mom rarely cooks but if she does, we'll get specials like nasi lemak, pork skin curry, custard dessert and some funny stuff that she was into at that point in time.
Nowadays, my parents rely on my sis for their meals and I'm forever grateful to have one that manages that for them.
One of the perks of going home, besides spending time with family, will be home cooked food. Here's a glimpse of dinner menu.
Yong Tau Foo
Made from relentless pounding of minced fish fillet and lovingly stuffed into various popular vegetables like bittergourd, brinjal, and red chilies, then pan-fried before saucing it up lightly.
The chilies were somewhat more fiery than expected, but guess who finished them all. Hahaha!
Soups
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| chicken soup |
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| lotus root chicken feet soup |
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| ABC soup |
I love soups. I get bigger bowl of this during dinner. Hahaha!
Poultry
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| braised chicken claw with mushrooms |
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| braised mid-wings with assorted vege |
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| chicken curry |
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| soy braised chicken |
Vegetables
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| stir-fry leek (CNY dish) |
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| stir fry broccoli with sweet corn |
Pork
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| braised fatty pork belly with daikon |
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| Hakka fried pork with black fungus |
Fish
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| pan-fried mackerel |
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| steamed golden pomfret with beanpaste |
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| sweet and sour grouper |
CNY Special
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| Lap Mei Fan (臘味飯)/Preserved Meat Claypot Rice |
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| braised mushrooms, sea cucumber and baby abalone |
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| zhai choy (斋菜)/vegetarian |
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| prawn paste stuffed in gluten in sweet sauce |
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| steamed rolled chicken thigh with goji berries |
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| chop suey with mustard green (CNY special) |
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| special pork and seaweed rolls |
Breakfast/Brunch Specials
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| chicken feet wanton noodles |
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| pan-fried steamed radish cake |
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| fried nian-gao sweet potato |
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| breakfast wrap with meatless patty |
And, all the food were delicious! Eternally grateful to you, my little sis. Love ya!
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