We end up having dinner in KL, and started our journey at 9pm. Reached Melaka at 11.30pm. We chit chatted a bit with my dad, and my dad suggested to go to the Batu Berendam Wet Market at midnight to get some fresh seafood, so that we can sleep a bit longer in the morning. However, most of the stalls weren't open yet. We had no choice but to go again the next morning. We woke up at 6.30am. We managed to get some small pomfrets(I guess the bigger ones were already pre-booked by restaurants), prawns, cuttlefish and some vege. We detoured to the Sentral Wet Market to get some pork and chicken.
It's a tradition for all Chinese to have a reunion dinner one day before CNY. Since my mom is no longer here with us, I have decided to be the one preparing food this year. I always think that I have the cooking talent within me! One of the reasons why I'd volunteer to cook is that I will have a choice of my favourite dishes.
Yee Sang is a must! It's a combination of fresh raw salmon with a whole lot of vege. All the ingredients are tossed in the air, the higher the better, in belief of achieving greater heights in the year ahead.
Other dishes that I prepared are the Oats Prawn, Kailan Combo (Fried stems and deep-fried leaves), Mixed Mushroom, Steamed Chicken (A Must!), Anchovies & Kailan, Guinness Pork Ribs, Steamed Fish Teowchew Style and Lotus Roots Soup.
Oats Prawn
Fried Kailan Stems & Deep-fried Kailan Leaves
Mixed Mushroom
Steamed Chicken
Kailan & Anchovies
Guinness Pork RibsIt was a satisfying dinner, really... I've never thought that I'd cook such nice food. Haha.
More food pix coming in my next post... By the way, Happy 'Bai Ti Kong' to all Hokkien friends.
3 comments:
hiyo cham...i didn't know u can cook sooooooo well!!! macam pro lah
wow cham....u really can cook yeah....way to go man...;)
my mom once told me, the more u know, the more u gotta do! guess like i can't escape next year, and the year after, and after, and after......
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