proudly solitary

somewhere along the beach somewhere in malaysia

(photo taken a few years back)

food porn (cass 2005)

for my 1st ever solo cooking adventure (i've always only helped to stir & that too with close supervision), i chose to try my hand at...

teppanyaki inspired basil fried rice with eggs, prawns & truckloads of garlic (no kidding, my friends were staring at me with saucer sized eyes)

the recipe:

• sauté lots of chopped garlic till it's brown
• add cold pre-cooked rice, stir & mix well
• stir in eggs (make sure each grain of rice is nicely coated)
• splash fish sauce according to taste
• stir in prawns (mum's advice: put prawns on 1 side of the pan 1st, separate from rice, then mix everything up when the prawns are slightly cooked)
• sprinkle dried basil bits or add basil paste (to taste) & stir
• serve!

more kimchi - this time it's stir fried with sliced pork

the recipe:

• sauté chopped garlic & sliced pork (seasoned with pepper, soy sauce)
• add kimchi
• stir until kimchi gravy has evaporated a little
• serve!

p.s: "food porn" - coined by dear ol' blur cass... she admitted that she drools over pictures of food when those cravings or hunger pangs hit. =)

it's finally here!

clear blue skies, the warm weather...
the green green grass of uni

thanks again, isaac!