I'm lucky to be blessed with a wonderful mother, who is a full-time homemaker and a good chef. Even though she feels she's not as good a cook as her friends and relatives, I have always think she cooks really well.
Since my mum is a great cook, I never had the need to learn to cook. I spent time with her in the kitchen watching her cook and be the kitchen hand once in a while chopping up stuff and did the washing. But have never got around to really cook a proper meal for the family.
I left home at 16 for studies and missed my mum's cooking terribly. When I was still living at home, mum always had dinner ready when we came back from school and work. Nothing fancy though, just simple home-cooked dishes with the company of my family and the the news broadcasted on TV. The 20 to 30 minutes at the dinning table has a remedial effect and was enough to make me forget the tiredness and stress I had from school.
As I grow older, started working and eventually get married, I still didn't have my own kitchen and we dined out everyday. My dream then was to be able to cook a decent meal for my husband when he comes back from work, and it didn't happen until we moved to Sydney last year when I started serious cooking. Since then, there's no turning back. Cooking became a daily affair, an affair I am sure B doesn't mind me having.
Here are some home-cooked goodness we had last weekend.
Steamed cod fish (Teochew style) with tomatoes, mushrooms, ginger and fried shallots. 潮式蒸鳕鱼. Check out my previous post and recipe on steamed ocean perch.
Stir-fried garlic shoots. 清炒蒜芯
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