There is nothing that will lift the spirits on a cold winter's day like a warm, comforting dish.
We had a stretch of really cold days and I had been craving soupy dishes pretty much every one of those days. Well, I finally decided that we needed to have Bak Kut Teh and I made it last Saturday when Jon didn't have to work.
Of course, I didn't make it from scratch. With all the good ready-packed spices in the market, it's not necessary to go to all the trouble to make it myself. However, I usually add my own special touches - lots of garlic, variety of mushrooms including shiitakes, straw and golden enoki mushrooms , napa cabbage and a shot of Shaoxing wine. Served with lots and lots of chopped raw garlic and cili padi in a mix of soy sauce and fish sauce, yow char kuai and warm rice, it hits all the spots.
I made so much, we had leftovers for the next 3 days. It was a very happy weekend.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Comfort food
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2 comments:
I wanna eat too!!! I am so deprived of good food here in Spore. Local Singaporean food is HORRIBLE!!!
WOW!! Where did you get all that yow char kuai?? It's so hard to find them in KL these days.
Or maybe i'm juz looking in the wrong place. :P
Centurionniess, what you mean local spore food is horrible?? I juz came back from there and stuffed to my ears with good food. :P
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