Showing posts with label kitchen escapades. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kitchen escapades. Show all posts

Thursday, January 12, 2023

炒虾面!

尽管之前提过不敢干涉家婆的厨房,看她餐餐一人包办,心里实在很过意不去。家翁和老公其实也时常帮忙,但主要的烹饪还是她的负担。

原本以为我至少能烘一粒我最拿手的面包与他们分享,但没料到欧洲的气温与潮湿度与新加坡天渊之别,结果面包彻底地失败,以悲剧收场。🙎

一天在超市看到些亚洲食品的摆放,家婆心血来潮对一包包的生面起兴, 打算买来准备一餐。既然我对中餐还有多些把握,于是自告奋勇的自荐准备那一餐。

虽然欧洲超市的亚洲食品有限,但所幸炒虾面基本的材料还够普遍,所以都一一购齐:大虾,豆芽,蒜头,酱清,麻油。

下厨当天,刚好家翁家婆有些事务需要出门处理,让我能自在地应用整个厨房来下菜,省得他们义务帮忙,也省了我不少压力。老公有询问是否需要他的协助,但我也推辞了:毕竟,我还挺享受烹饪的过程,而食谱也堪简单,独自准备整个过程真的是悠游自得,嘿。

家婆买的虾已煮熟,所以可省些时间。但我还是把虾头与虾壳拔出,用来煮上汤让面能入味。生面简单地依照包装上的指示先用沸水煮到七分熟,加点麻油放一边待用。最费时的是把豆芽去根:好久没应用豆芽,还真忘了这步骤有多耗时,但繁琐其中还有些莫名的乐趣。当一切齐全,只需用些热油把蒜蓉爆香,加入豆芽,上汤,生面与少许的酱清,差不多煮熟时加入虾一起搅匀,简单的炒虾面就可上卓。

我原本也想买包菜萝卜清炒当配菜,但家婆兴致勃勃地提议买冷冻的亚式炒菜,想说能省些准备功夫,我想也无妨。但当我把冷冻的蔬菜下锅时,才察觉蔬菜已经过酱料处理,并且味道偏甜,实在是我不太喜爱的味道。于是我临时变通,额外加入些前天买的味增,顺便让对这食材好奇的家婆尝尝。

那么简单的一道午餐摆上桌,一家四口静静地吃完。还好最后他们都还像蛮享受的,算是成功!我也总算贡献了一餐,让多劳的家婆能轻松半天,我能做的也就有限于此 。既然我还算证明了自己有些基本功夫,或许下次多做些计划与准备,再帮忙煮多几餐亚式菜肴与他们分享吧!

欧洲煮虾面,别有一番滋味


Saturday, March 18, 2017

Devilled eggs for the office

My days left in this office are now a definite finite countdown to D-day. I will be lying if I say I don't feel a tinge of bittersweet contemplating the great colleagues I've encountered in this office. I don't make friends easily, nor do I seek to go beyond professional relations, more often than not. That said, I believe in respect, humour and understanding to each and every person in the workplace, and I can say, hand on heart that nearly everyone I have encountered in this firm has been pretty lovely. I will miss that camaraderie.

So I infused that thankfulness into my contribution for the fortnightly office tea, glad that I had signed up for a date that fell nicely into the month of my departure. I have to say that deshelling boiled eggs in bulk is both stressful and therapeutic at the same time. Hurhurhur.

In the end, the platter of eggy goodness turned out frankly pretty ugly, but I have to say rather tasty. They were wiped clean within 20 minutes. :)

Tried piping before the make-shift ziplock broke, all the better since it didn't look that appetising piped. Ahem. 🙊