Water`drop

*Wednesday, April 21, 2010*

effing pissed off with the type of services some places offer..
for eg. goldkist (ecp's resort sort) had a lady on the phone who could barely listen properly, barely underestand english, barely help customers and refused to accept customers' reservations over the phone. telling customers tt there's accomodation available n to book online...n customers discover tt there are actually no more rooms anymore.
WTF.
no wonder the govt is promoting that employers send their staff for basic english courses etc..because..THEY NEED IT.
wtf.

y||ng picked a waterdrop @ 10:51

*Sunday, April 04, 2010*

Yiing can cook so can you!

for those who din know....i have been attempting to cook during my holidays..hehe...n well...i enjoyed julia child-ing (u know...the show? but of cos im not THATTT great!yet!) managed to learn up a few dishes from recipe books, frm my mum etc...n there's still so much more to learn!!wee!
well..here goes!

1) egg flower soup

1st dish attempt! was excited about making the egg flower in the soup...so fun la..haha!yummilicious too!

2) sweet and sour pork

okies...i admit...i went to use premix sauce instead of making my own...but its so much ezier!n i dun end up with thousands of bottles of things which i only use a lil each time i cook!so..premix sauce is gd!hah!yummilicious too!tho my bro say shld hv cut the pork into even smaller pieces...oh wells..=D

3) Scallop with snow peas!

yummy!i love to eat!but apparently my family aint fans of snow peas..so i ate it all...followed recipe for this dish!no premix used!yummZ!

4) mapo tofu

okies i used premix sauce again for this..but again...its just so ez with premix sauce!haa!but er...this premix sauce aint wad i like...not gona use it agains..eeks..haha!

5) braised vege!

yummilicious n ez to cook!n nutritious too!of cos mushrooms need extra attention!esp if u r using those dried mushrooms!oh ya..i followed recipe for this but the recipe's way of cooking is not too my liking...so smart me tried to add oyster sauce to add a lil flavor to it...n tada!YUMMY!

6) Bulgogi beef!

Simply yummy!used premix sauce agains to marinate..but oh boy was it yummy!my dad loves it too!haha!remember to add sesame seeds!completes the look n taste!wee!

7) curry fish

okies..assisted my mum for this dish....but still..i learnt okies!yummy too!i learned how to use assam this time!wee!

8)kangkung!

okies..used premix for this...but its still yummy!a lil too much water for this...but there's a second attempt below which was muchh better!!wee!

9) ikea cream sauce for meatballs

okies this was premix agains...but its uber duper delicious..remember to buy the sauce from ikea nex time u r there!yummy! (but i realise cream aint cheap!)

10) claypot tofu (failed dish!)

failed bcos i duno how to fry tofu!!i din know u muz dry it totally for it to work!sigh!this dish ended up as a...vege pot in the end!oh wells...failed but ive learnt!=D

11)garlic chicken

okies yes i used premix agains..but still...it works ma!abit too garlic-y for my liking though...hehe!but its still...nice!n colorful dish!n yiing can cook!wee!

12) scrambled eggs!

scrambled eggs!first attempt!used a lil too much butter so it ended up a lil salty..but the look is there...n the taste is there too!yummy!

13) pork with asparagus

pork i think..or beef...either one la..but its yummilicious too!i love simple dishes like this!hehe!n no premix!!

14) egg mayo

woke up on a sunday morning to prepare this for my dear n i to eat with bread..since he kept saying he wanna eat egg mayo..so tada!i duno y the yolk in china's sooo yellowish...was a lil shocked though..haa!

15,16) first cooked meal for my dear n yen in sz! radish n carrot n pork rib soup, bulgogi pork, egg with prawns n carrot n kangkung with dried shrimps!

hehe..i cooked the carrot n radish soup for like 2 hours or so...n they loved it!hehe..just tt the pork ribs was still a lil hard cos i din know u muz put it in early too so tt it'll be softer..oops..i tot the opposite..hee...
the bulgogi this time was gd...just tt i bought the meat tt was abit fatty!aiya..i duno meat types in chinese tt well ma...haha!but well..now i know!
kangkung with dried shrimps..this time i added dried shrimps too...n not as much kangkung..n not too much water..so it was fantastic!wee!

eggs with prawns n carrot...it was furnie bcos i forgot to deshell the prawns (i bought frozen cooked prawns for this) n started cooking it..so dear n i were frantically trying to deshell the prawns as the pan was sizzling..hilarious..but still..yummy!haha!
both of them loved this meal!wahah!

17) 2nd meal in sz!eggflower soup, sweet n sourpork, braised vege, n snows peas with prawns!

this meal wasnt as gd...cos dear said my braised vege n my snow peas with prawns had too much gravy sort..but i tot the braised vege was okies..oh wells..nvm...at least i tried...n they still finished everything!wahaha!uber supportive of them!

18) steamed cod fish with sauce

hehe..bought cod fish to try steaming n try this sauce tt i saw..haa..turned out yummy..n i LOVEEEEEE cod fish!

18) fried rice!

aft so long..i finally tried to fry rice agains!haha..simply dish n i din add much seasoning cos i dun like things to be overly saltish etc...so it turned out well..esp since the sausage itself was so flavorful already!yumy!

19) oyster sauce veg

tried this at home when i was bored..decided to just fry abit of garlic with the cabbage then added abit of oyster sauce...no recipe to follow!just some experimenting of my own..n it worked!YUMM

20) cai po egg

well..a simple homecooked dish which my parents like...esp since they like to eat mui now..haha..er...i just helped to fry this dish though...my mum did the preparation though...but well..i know tt u muz soak the cai po first!hehehe!~

21) Cheesy mushroom!

hehe!proud of this cos my mum only heard of how to cook this from her fren...but i did the cooking n see how i cld improve it!turned out nice!n it looks like cream sauce!oh ya...to make ur mushrooms more flavourful..think u shld fry them with the garlic first!hehe!

22) nasi goreng fried rice

hehe..okies i bought the maggi paste for this agains..hee...but it worked!n my dad ate 2 bowls of rice for this!WAHAHA!

okies..this was all that i managed to try cooking this period..n at firsty i wanted to be ambitious n try to learn like 50 dishes..but oh wells..i tried!

but i dun think my cooking journey ends here...i still got quite a few dishes i wanna try..but i need to make time for it of cos!hehe!i still wana try things like bah kut teh etc...hehehe!cant wait to try more!

i love having the time to do such things!wee!cest la vie!

y||ng picked a waterdrop @ 13:11