Picnic Basket

After a heavenly hot stone massage, what could be better than braised e-fu noodles in a claypot. To be enjoyed while watching possible the most classic TVB detective drama (ask any TVB addict who 徐飞 and 武俏君is) ever on a Sunday night, in preparation of another work week

You’d need…

E-fu noodles (obviously)

Dried scallops (hence, indulgence)

Carrots

Iceberg(?) lettuce

Mushrooms (I add mushrooms to everything so this is omit-able)

Any kind of meat - I used some crabmeat thingy I found at the seafood counter.

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Started out by making some form of scallop stock - grabbed some dried scallops and simmered it with a little water. As it was boiling and the water started to take on some scallop taste, I added some sliced carrots.

In the meantime, whipped up a basic mixture of oyster sauce, water, starch and pepper.

As the stock became tastier, I added the e-fu noodles, which I found out was ridiculously easy to cook (sorry la, first time cooking that). As it softened, I added the basic mixture as mentioned above.

Then everything else went in - the lettuce, mushrooms, and the crabmeat thingy.

As it boiled a little more, a little Chinese cooking wine was poured in.

And in true Sze style, all the quantities were in agar-ation

And I had my Sunday dinner. And it’s really quite yum

Ignore the sodium part and you’d be just ok

Lots and lots of salad greens (rocket is a must)

1 tomato, sliced/cubed/quartered

4 mini portobello mushrooms, sliced

A couple of thin slices of apple baked ham

Feta cheese

Put all ingredients together in a large bowl. Grab a fork. Pour yourself a glass of wine.

There is something hugely therapeutic about eating foods that only require you to stab it with a fork.

我明天就没事了.

Is to cook risotto.

Tonight’s menu:

Hunter-style chicken

Mushroom risotto

Verdict: An overall 8.5/10 yum

Revisited childhood by cooking pork ribs+minced pork balls+beancurd sheet (fu-juk) soup. And french beans with yummy shallots and garlic. And onion omelette. To feed three.

Organised my study/work desk. Now, it looks like a study/work desk.

Next up, prep for presentation tomorrow. Grarh. Me does not like NIE presentations.

And lovin’ it.

So dinner tonight was….

spaghetti in Prego’s traditional tomato sauce (with generous helpings of mushrooms)

french beans stir fried with onions and mushrooms and lots of black pepper and mixed herbs

*burp*

later in the night….my double boiled mini-scallop+yukchok+wolfberries chicken soup was ready

Amidst DVDs, my novel package and emailing.

Yes, I do pamper myself

You know who la

And for his birthday meal, we had…

Home-made mushroom soup

Mashed potato (with onions and mushrooms and bacon)

Okra accompanied with bacon and tomatoes and corn

Herb garlic lamb sausages (no I did not make that, it was courtesy of the ever mighty Cold Storage)

2 pints of beer.

The satisfied look on his face made the cooking all worth it The way to a man’s heart is really through his stomach ay?

So that was his birthday feast, our pre-Oktoberfest meal. Oktoberfest @ The Village - here we come!