entah kenapa pulak i am feeling very bored. i got the new books that i had ordered off of amazon and sad to say, i am returning 3 of them. ermm..not what i expected. guess what books i bought..apa lagi cook books lah. entah berapa banyak cook books i ada pun i tak tau. but i guess if you can call this a hobby, then it is collecting cook books.
i shared this passion for cooking with my parents. my father loved to cook. no body can beat his asam pedas lada hitam and his nasi biryani. well, his asam pedas tu kira my mom nyer resepi but he tweaked it a little. when i went home the first time after leaving singapore..this was the dish that i requested my dad to cook for me. apa lagi i makan tak berenti lah..i ate like 5 times that night. then he made his biryani and all sorts of stuff.
my mom was like me..or i am like my mom rather. she loves collecting cook books, crafts books..like crocheting and knitting. even sewing. my mom is good at whatever she put her mind to. me..i guess i am restricted to just cooking :) my passion and my hobby. dapat anak pulak, one is such a finicky eater while the other is the outcome of two extremes. sarina is eating like a bird. pecking at her food. right now her fave foods are tom yam and sushi..yep you read it right. she loves tuna sushi..between sean and her, they can spend quite a sum of money eating those. if she wants to eat rice, it is only with soy sauce and wasabi. before that, she loves asam rebus, then went on to asam pedas, then to chicken curry and now to soy sauce and wasabi.
sarah on the other hand loves rice. and cereal and milk. she loves drinking milk, ice cream and all that. that is the caucasian side coming out lah..on the flip side, she loves spicy stuff. she can almost eat spicy stuff as high as my tolerant level.yep....anyway, the books that i bought are based on our cuisine. i guess i am a purist at heart. i have books that show the modern version of classic dishes like chicken rice, or the deconstructed asam pedas...those do not appeal to me. i like to look at pictures that make me drool. that brings me back to the times i was in singapore, or when i am eating in my parents kitchen. to me, those are the recipes that you need to keep with you and hand it down through the generations. i hope that when the time comes, i am able to pass it on to my girls.
perhaps, when i am more have more patience i will take it slow with sarina. see, cooking for me is therapeutic. i need to be by myself and enjoy the prep time, the tasting, the sauteing, the seasoning...to me..it makes me feel so happy. doesn't matter if i am rushing like crazy and dead tired after all is said and done. to see the satisfied expression on the ppl that i cook for is enough to make it all worth while. anyway, i am waiting for more books to come. hopefully these ones are worth my while spending my money on them..hehehe
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She likes Wasabi??? Aiyooh..I hate that stuff. I like sushi too, but never crave for it like I am craving malay/singapore food. Sarina dah tau crochet ker belum??
ah ah kak za..she loves wasabi..she eats it like that plain sometimes when we are eating sushi. kiter ni samer lah kan..kalau boleh mmg nak makan malay/singapore food. sarina dah tau dah..dia buat her scarf..but since kiter pindah randah..the thing is still at the old house..hehe. tu lah check out buku crochet from the library nak buat sweater...woooiii..i ni bukan lah pandai sangat and she pun dia nyer stitches pun sometimes tunggang terbalik..hahahaha
wahhhh...ini sudahh baguss rosma!! ber entry entry sudah ada...best!
i pun suka masak2...lauk2 ok..baking2..pun separuh ok tapi i can never perfect a recipe lah..tgk ajer brownie i..lemik memek...tak tau apa lah..so i prefer suka masak lauk2...sebab tak yah takut salah bahan..kalo tersalah bahan...tukar jer nama recipe tu...kekkekekke..wasabi?..mm..pernah tgk docu org jepun parut horseradish jadik paste...interesting..panas2 pedas gitu kan..my 1st taste when eating nuggets dip in mild wasabi sauce..bahangggg...terror anak2 u arr..my anaks so far tahan kari..husain cakap dah besar baru nak cuba merah2...lambat tuuuuuu...kekekkek..
Rosma, I had tasted wasabi only once in my life and that was also to be the last time. I ni memanglah tak boleh makan makanan pedas sangat and that wasabi stung me so bad I stayed away from chilli, sambal and yang sewaktu dengannya for a long time.
I agree that we should ensure that the recipes for our local dishes must be passed down from generation to generation. Actually my mum has been doing it and now I hope that my children will be interested enough to carry on the tradition.
yara...i like wasabi but i don't like it in large quantities sebab it does not have a nice taste..unlike our chillies..hehhe. nak nak when the heat goes through the nose..haha. tak tau kenapa she likes it. i have a friend that has a sensitif stomach also...hehe.
at least being in singapore, they are exposed to it everyday kan..being over here..have to try and make sure they know most of the dishes :)
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