After two weeks of pasta and sandwiches, I am officially sick of the blandness and boring food that I have been eating. Having spent a small fortune on a lot of oriental cooking necessities (rice, noodles, soya sauce, etc), I spent another small fortune on fresh produce today – chicken, minced pork, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, corn, etc.
Back to the dedication to my mum! My mum’s a great cook. And I’m very glad to have at least some of her genes and knowledge of good cooking. I have never been a fan of her different soups and dishes. But I made sure that I learnt my favourites – chicken soup, pork rib soup, (spicy hot) chicken curry, sweet and sour pork (or fish, since they don’t have pork belly here), kung bao chicken, various stir fries, etc. Of course, all these cooking skills always came in useful on my yearly volunteer service trips because I have to teach my students how to cook. But with me here on my own, these skills are more important than ever!
So, here’s my utmost appreciation and thanks for being such a great mum! Thanks for being there when I was pestering you about having exact recipes and you constantly scolding me that there’s no such thing. I believe my “anything works” attitude towards cooking is due to her “cooking is an internal art”.
Anyway, the next part of the blog will be dedicated to my chicken soup! It looks amazing, doesn’t it? It was more than amazing. The soup was full of flavour, I didn’t have to add any MSG, and with the weather turning cold and wet, it was hot, filling and utterly satisfying! I have been recommending chicken soup to the rest of my flatmates, my brother and my friends all around. *grin*
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