Finally went home in July after years of absence. My younger sis showed how much she missed me, by cooking up delicious food. Actually, this is my conjecture only. Haha! Truth is, she has always been the better cook since, I don't know... forever, I think. At the moment, she is the only family member that cooks on a daily basis. Eternally grateful to her for being there with and for our elderly parents.
Here's a collection of the good stuffs I had for that few days when I was at home recently.
Day One (Dinner)
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| fried rice |
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| radish pork ribs soup |
The grains of the fried rice were well defined, and texture of the rice was good. Diced french beans and carrots gave it a crunchy texture and some colour. Of course, must have egg. Pair this with a hearty bowl of soup. Chunky radish and carrots as the base, meaty flavours from the pork ribs and a tad of umami-ness from the dried oysters. Throw in one or two honey dates for the natural sweetness.
We have some homegrown chili padi, so cut chilies was a must for my meals.
Day 2 (Breakfast)
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| Penang-styled char kway teow with clams |
Impressive plate that had legit awesome flavours. The generous amount of small clams and chinese sausage provided savoury-sweetness to the plate. Kway teow was bouncy and each strand was well coated with the dark sauce. Sprouts were juicy and the chives 韭菜) added authenticity to the plate. My sis said she use special sauce and sambal meant for ckt for this.
Day 2 (Dinner)
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| three dishes (三菜) |
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| brinjal petai in bean sauce |
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| turmeric baked drumlets and wings |
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| steamed white pomfret in soy sauce |
All these dishes actually made me wanted to have more rice. But, need to control...
Day 3 (Breakfast)
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| chicken feet wanton noodles with char siew |
Day 3 (Dinner)
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| stir fried lettuce with garlic |
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| simple panfried fish |
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| Hakka zhar yoke with black fungus (客家黑木耳炸肉) |
This meal was double wow! The zhar yoke was lovely as the pork belly was tender and so easy to (over)eat. No funky porky smell. The black fungus is one of my favourite foods and it pairs well with the zhar yoke (Cantonese) or zhar bak (Mandarin).
Panfried fish is a simple delicacy that I had always enjoyed. Just rub some salt all over the fish and panfry each side till cook. Take extra care for the head and usually need to baste it for it to be a little bit crunchy. The drizzle lightly with soy sauce and drop some chopped spring onions to garnish. Pour over a bit of the hot oil over the spring onions.
My sis said we have some white chili padi and asked if I'd like to try. Ok, although I've never heard of it before.
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| white chili padi |
Turned out that it was not exactly white, just a very very pale shade of green. But it was indeed more spicy and more fragrant than the normal birds eye chili. Hmm, 1.5 times more spicy I'd say.
Day 4 (Breakfast)
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| Taiwanese-styled breakfast of shou zhua bing (手抓并) |
I think my sis missed travelling and this breakfast was reminiscent of Taipei. Home version means you could add more greens (shredded lettuce) and a thicker piece of spam. Yums!
Thank you sis!
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