Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Missing Home Cooked Food

I just woke up to an sms alert from my fren that said "hey girl, why blog so silent?"...

Huhuhu ... yes, there were so much happenings in my life the past few days,unfortunately none worth telling ... you know the usual "I AM BUSY, BACK OFF and DON't EXPECT ME TO ANSWER MY PHONE" things. Sometimes I wish I gain my financial freedom sooner, so that I could wake up at any time I want, go where and whenever I want to go and do watever I want to do. There was one time, I wanted to quit my job so that I could continue sleeping .... yeaaa ... sleep is luxury these days ... sanggup!!!!!

Looking back, I think I have push myself too hard lah this month. Fulfilling my insurance quota, try achieving my department KPI sooner, reviewing our office procedures for our ISO compliance, preparation for task force meeting - reports, statistics and field enforcement operations, double the prosecutions and compound efforts on section 7(b) and accepting a talk in penang. Till I had bouts of headaches the past few days ...

Luckily Tom and Emel spoiled me rotten in Penang last weekend. Upon arrival, Tom asked his mummy to heat up dinner for me ... terharu akak. Memang lain lah kalau food is prepared with TLC - tender loving care ... Actually I saw a lot of similarities between me and Tom's mum. We use best ingredients for our cooking, we are particular about taste and presentation and if we got the time and chance, we love playing hostess...

I so love the moment when Emel and me were invited for an Italiano dinner of spaghetti bolognaise, mushroom soup and toasted barguette with garlic butter .... all prepared from scratch OK ... few months back. I asked "auntie, wat's the occasion?"

She simply answered", Nothing ... I just love to find reason to celebrate".

That nite, Auntie cooked otak2, braised chicken feet in soy sauce with egg and mushroom, fried tenggiri and for starter salted fish with tofu soup with steam rice - yes, she steamed her rice, who bother doing that nowadays. I noticed she was smiling from ear to ear when she saw me enjoying every sip of the warm soup, trying to identify the ingredients and the cooking technique that she used. Perhaps she knew that I was tired and craving for EXCELLENT home cook food. Tido pun sedap lepas tu ...

Huhuhuh ... balik KL ... terus headache balik!

9 comments:

Abet said...

Wah,, nice aunty you have back in Penang....

SeMiN said...

bestnya ada untie yg rajin masak sodap2 nihhhh!...

rambomadonna said...

Her cookings are not to be miss! Masa she cook her bolognaise sauce, I kepoci tgk2 kat kitchen dia.Wah she used the reddest, freshest tomatoes, u know tomato yang 3 biji RM 4.00 tu.

Yelaa ... my own mummy kan jauh so terpaksa menumpang kasih dengan mummy si Ah Tom.

emel said...

ya lo, it's good tat we r in the same boat'. Every Friday (oops, pecah rahsia aku..) lately la, aunty & Tom akan invite aku dtg rmh & having dinner with them. Dgn muka yg dah berlapik2 tebal tok, aku gi jak, coz aku dah long lost for the home cook food. Nang aunty Ming pande masak, and masakannya nang ada kelasss gitu!!..Iboh ko jeles, ye.. neway, i'm still crazy 'bout the seri kembangan lala, la..

rambomadonna said...

Lagi lah pecah tembelang kau masa Auntie ming said u don't really like the kiamhu soup (the one yang aku bersungguh2 habiskan) but you like her other soups ... terus terdetik hati aku ... other soups huh? Mun satu soup satu dinner, entah berapa kali ndak kah kau dinner di sia hehehe ...

Despite her loud voice ... she is very loving and caring tauk ko. I think the reason she did that was, I think, after a loud outburst kelak mesti Ah Tom akan manja2 pujuk nya ... hehehe

norzah said...

Ten days no blogging. Miss you J. Waah so busy. You'd better slow down or the job will run you down. Good food and good sleep help but don't cut down on what you enjoy doing most - blogging. Keeps you young, physically and mentally he he.

rambomadonna said...

Thanks Norzah ... yes u are right. Sometimes it feels good after sharing a story or releasing our frustration via our blog. Hey miss reading ur blog too, cuma sometimes ur level of thinking tu tersangat lah high sampai tak tau macam mana nak bagi opinion hehehe ...

Si Yoyop Bah... said...

Spagetti bolognaise + A LOT of chesse powder= MAMAMIA.

Jett said...

kenak kitak org sik introduce aku to that auntie? would love to try her cooking

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