A Food Odyssey 2005
Daryl visited Boston for three weeks, and we finally got to spend some quality time together. Of course we did little else but indulge in something that excites us both greatly....EATING loh. =P BU's spring break coincided with his visit, but instead of doing something like snowboarding or going on a road trip, we decided on cooking as our main form of activity. Yeah, there's nothing like a good meal to get that adrenaline (or is it just saliva?) flowing. We cooked at least one meal a day, and big meals they were. We had 3 friends over for dinner one night, and planned an eight-course meal, just because there were so many things we wanted to cook! In the end we settled for just six courses (but of course the other two courses we cooked for ourselves the next day). I'm not sure how much weight I put on...I can see myself getting rounder and unfortunately, i think it's the same for D. He's now back in Singapore (more food!), and his relatives have been telling him that he's gotten fatter, but of course following up with 'oh, that's a good thing'. One day I should put up some before and after pics of us...one from a few years ago when we were fitter and healthier, and one after our most recent binge fest. But we had an awesome time and I suppose being apart for 80% of each year, that's would be the most important thing...

Here's one of our homecooked meals with Chicken Watercress Soup, Grilled Sambal Stingray, erm..some sort of Sambal Tumis with Eggs and Stingray dish, and Salted Fish Fried Rice! My only table is really small, not even 1m x 1m, so maybe that's the limiting factor to the number of dishes we make. Hehe =)

Fried carrot cake (Chye Tau Kweh) singapore style. Sometimes when i'm really craving for hawker food, this is a quick and easy dish to fry up.

snippets of spring
mood: comatose
Weekly dinner parties are a great idea. Ever since we started hosting them 3 weeks ago, saturday/sunday nights have been something to look forward to. We get to meet the mysterious 'missing' members of berkeleybunch, like rob. Also, our uncoordinated schedules result in our cooking our own meals on weeknights. so this reminds of how nice it is to sit down and eat a nice big meal together. yesterday the 7 of us enjoyed a spread of salmon, roast chicken, mifen and veggies (not to forget the all important contribution of rice from L). Somehow we managed a comfortable level of conversation while having our attention fixated on the "dirty dancing" taking place on tv. This movie and dinner parties always reminds me of yoek, and i thought of her, and how much she would enjoy this. But i'm sure she's having a great time in France, having her own little dinner parties. =)
Cooking is always fun, and my housemates have never failed to surprise with culinary experiments throughout the semester. Sometimes a cheesecake suddenly appears in the fridge, or i wake up to the smell of bread pudding. Very often there are yummy-looking pork dishes that i drool just looking at. lucky, lucky me. hopefully when the *ahem* 'man-slave' (as kaka and i call them) arrives, i'll be the one preparing delectable dishes for them, while he washes up. so much to look forward in just 3 days!
Past weekends have been the epitome of sloth and unproductivity and this one is no different. Spent the day glued to the telly. 12 Angry Men blows me away every single time. Although it's in black and white, although there are 12 not-so-hunky men, although 95% of the film is set in the one same room, it is nevertheless a gripping expose of the jury system. Watch/read it! who cares about homework?
Argh, my browser has crashed on me 3 times in the past 30 minutes. It's a sign. time to go.
*sigh* i can't wait till wednesday...*big grinz*