Cabbage rice

Mr sim & i decided to eat @ home as i don't know wat should i eat outside.. found cabbage, sausages, mushroom, some roasted pork in the fridge and decided to cook our fav. cabbage rice.

Family bonding

Its school holiday and the kids are here to join Mr. sim and I for some bonding session. We had some games session, followed by lunch @a japanese rest. After that we had a DVD show, Alvin & the chipmunks.

After the show, its still early for dinner. so we decided to do some baking... here's some picture of the boys on their muffins session...


Darling took pictures of these after asking if he can use mine camera and i found these 2... pretty good standard for a 7 years old to take it in this concept :)

Dinner after all the games & baking session....

Congee

For me i had only minced meat and did some silver fish to go along with it.

For Mr. Sim he requested for century egg congee but i don't fancy that.. so cooked his portion for him.. with an egg added in.

Dinner

Decided to do 3 dishes 1 soup.. cost under $15... very full..

the 2 other dishes follow as below posting.

Crispy toufoo

Used the balance tou foo i made ytd. Top with some minced meat. I had something simlar somewhere but something seem to be lacked.. let me recalled what i had it 1st before i decided i want to re-try it again.

Three cup chicken

The dish derives its name from the three cups of sauces required. For each chicken, a cup each of soy sauce, rice wine (usually mijiu although it may be mixed with Shaoxing jiu), and sesame oil are added. Lin Shangquan, a famous chef in Taiwan, believes that the traditional recipe called for a cup each of soy sauce, sesame oil, and sugar, with added ginger and basil.

I didn't follow the 3 cup theory... i used only 1 cup of the wine, 1/2 cup of the soya sauce, 3 tblsp of seseme oil...

This dish is commonly found in Zi char, rest, food malls but 90% are just selling it for the sake of it. Dad and my fav is from a HK rest. TASTY!!! and asking for more but the portion is very small...

Decided to try out my own version and the important ingredient that made up this is BASIL... one flavour that you either LOVE or reject it and i managed to find it in ntuc.. and i got chicken in my fridge.. so decided to try it.. i didn't really follow the 3 cup instruction cause it be too oily for me... and i fried the chicken before simmering it.. it tasted even better then just marinating it.
Picky Mr sim give the green light that i can improve more on this dish again.... so you know what it mean.... * cheeky smile*

WanTan Mee

Braised some mushroom with minced meat ...

Homecooked wan tan mee... alots of work to be done.. shouldn't i be satisfy with stall bought ones... well @ least... something that we enjoy...