Grandmas po po food

tonite i cooked my grandmas dish,real old fashioned meal of rehydrated dried pig skin cooked with pineapples in rice vinegar,tomato ketchup n chilli n thai basil minced chicken

Home cooking is labour of love

my late mom is a fantastic cook.i hope i can live up to her expectation.her braised soy sauce chicken is fragrant n tender n her panfried soya sauce prawns heavenly.she says i can get the taste right but not the texture right. she bakes cantonese,shanghai and snow skin mooncakes,i miss her cantonese rice dumplings chung n cinammom rolls.today gonna bake italian mille foglie which was copied from french mille feuille n a carrot spiced bread with chopped nuts ,mixed peel.happy jun and my late hubby appreciated my cooking as its a labour of love.jun requested for me to cook at home after he saw a rat scurrying across the floor of a coffee shop.home cooking is more hygienic n healthy but so damn hot and tiring.today i need to mop the whole apartment as the floor is oily.im paranoid since i fell on oily wet floor.jun says there are no rats,flies or cockroach in our kitchen.he doesnt know how tiring it is to mop n clean the kitchen.this weekend,i need to boil and scrub the kitchen wash cloths with vinegar,salt n soappowder,then i declutter the fridge as its like the bermuda triangle coz i have western n asian spices.jun says i offer western n asian meals.even my bread is fusion like the pumpkin bread with all spice,blueberry n strawberry,my matcha walnut bread,my carrot,mixed peel and mixed nut bread,my avocado tarts,lemon yoghurt cake,cherry clafoutis.he cannot find my home recipes in bakery outside.but i need a lock on my fridge.he overeats a lot of food.food monster.

Dinner

tonite i cooked chinese meal.taufu topped with minced mock meat in oyster sauce.deep fried lemon sole fillet in sour plum lemon sauce n stir fried lettuce.

Kepong botanic park

i had a relaxing time at kepong botanic park.forest bathing somehow reenergises and listening to bird song is an echo of a serenade to the morning sun.there is the happiness tree from the phillipined.i did some asanas at home to relieve stiff back .

Satisfying dinner

sunday dinner i cooked a grilled barbeque chicken chop,boiled potatoes and a lettuce,mango,blueberry salad and washed it down with a glass of pomegranate juice.i had the gory eyeball trifle for dessert.listening to jazz music while dinong is a gastronomic experience the whole dinner cost less than rm 20 to make.eating home is cheaper n more healthy.

Autumn jazz

when its raining at nite and the air is chilly,i snuggle on the sofa,wrap the throw on my shoulders ,dim the lights and listen to jazz,diana krall,nat king cole,ella fitzgerald.their mellow voices are oozing with warmth.listening to nat king cole crooning autumn leaves. "the leaves of red and gold,are falling outside the window. music brings back good memories of the trip to China in 1980s when i went to watch the legendary shanghai jazz band at the Peace hotel on Bund at nite. chinese jazz songs are so soothing.how i miss those times the day the music ended

Support street vendor n hawkers

many self employed street vendors n food hawkers have been hit hard by covid lockdown.they eke a hand to mouth living and their liquidity is affected by zero customers.they cannot get sme financing as they have no fixed assets n depend on unlicensed moneylenders.many of my favourite hawkers with some operating over 20 years have ceased operations. so i try eat at food court n coffee shops to support small mom n pop businesses.one is o and s coffee shop in sea park.their yong tau foo is superb.most food is cooked by locals not foreign workers.i love the prawn paste rice rolls,the fried banana n crispy pancake.for dinner i cooked razor clam in bean paste,taiwan three cup chicken n pie tee.