Few hours ago, I was fumbling in the kitchen, battling with chickens, herbs, lady fingers and soysauce. The battle was not as fierce as a fight with a tiger, but it was really demanding, especially hard for someone who cooks not even once in a blue moon.
Menu of the day:
Herbal chicken
Lady fingers
Things started off pretty well, I didn't break anything, didn't burn anything and didn't cut myself. Just that it took quite some time to gather all the herbs because for god's sake, I never knew there are a myriad of them. I was rummaging through the refrigerator and guess what? I discovered many unknown little things that I suppose edible. It was like treasure hunt, looking for the one thing that you've never seen but you want it so badly. I had the recipe with me, but the herbs sure don't have names labelled on them. Hence, I decided to trust my olfactory sense, poking my nose into all kinds of weird looking herbs, I smelled. Yeah, like what my dog does best. Having all ingredients ready, then it's show time! Haha... It was easy then, I literally threw everything into the pot, including the chicken and the rest was the stove's job. Oh, before that, the "dong xam" (a kind of herb that looks like a twig) needs to be cut. To cut something never was a laborious task, I took the scissors and cut! Then, the horrible thing happened... That "twig" was as hard as stone, it just won't break. ==" I've thought of putting the whole thing without cutting but in the end I came up with an idea, a brilliant one I would say. I broke it with my hands. Genius! ><
When everything was done, then it's time to eat, the ultimate purpose of cooking afterall. So, everyone feasted and it was not bad. ^^
Just that I had mistaken "bak hap" for "yuk jok". haha...
I am hereby glad to announce that I've won the battle!
And the lesson learnt: learn your kitchen, learn the herbs, love the one who cooks for you. ^^
