Mon, 28th July
Dumpling/Meatball soup and Purple Cabbage soup
Preparations took something like 2 hours and so we ate dinner at 8pm. We had too much meat for dumpling skins so we just made the excess into balls. I insisted on boiling the dumplings (coz we've been having everything fried) and the purple cabbage (coz I wanted to see hahaha), hence the double soup meal. The results was slurpzzz, and paired with sliced ginger and vinegar = best Monday so far.
Btw, 姜真的是老的辣.
For all those who (like I was) are curious to see what purple cabbage looks like boiled into soup, here you go - ghostly shreds floating in water used to wash our paintbrushes back in pri sch art class! xD In taste and cost, no difference from white cabbage, but purple cabbage packs a lot more nutrients. Since we eat cabbage so much, purple should be the way to go. Never mind the queer look ;)
Tues, 29th July
Curry chicken with potatoes
One packet of curry paste put to good use. Self-explanatory ^^
Err, greens not worth mentioning, refer to the lunch diaries.
Wed, 30th July
Bak Kut Teh
No pic - I think I was so hungry and eager to eat that I forgot. Just ribs and a packet of taste boiled tgt. Eaten with black sauce and garlic chilli sauce (in place of the elusive cut chilli). I can't rmb why we didn't invest in some, maybe the price for a few chilli padi was exorbitant.
Thurs, 31st July
Lunch with pasta instead
This is actually what usually happens. Some meat and veg come in portions too large for one meal, so we have them for 2 instead. This week happens to be a bit special, with dinner so hapz that we only once had to eat the same thing twice.
On a side note, 2 servings for 3 ppl means 6 servings. I know ppl who've had to recycle their meals for days because they cooked for themselves alone overseas. We have 3 ppl here and none of us have dietary restrictions - very good for variety so no complaints here.
Fri, 1st August
Fried Rice
FRIED RICE!!! I'm not a big rice eater, and fried rice is not the first dish I'd pick from the zi char stall (I usually go for hor fun). So I'm not sure why I was so happy about the end product. It could be coz the cooking was fun - awesome to see 5 bowls of stuff (crabstick, cabbage, onion, eggs, rice) and another well-used packet of premix (laksa flavour) coming together in the pot. It could also be that it tasted great. It could also be that we had sambal and belacan to mix into the rice (courtesy of D's cousins and UMC <3)
But I think it's because it looks like home.
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