Monday, February 23, 2015

CNY Day 2 Cooking

On CNY Day 2, my spouse cooked dinner for his parents and I was there to help him. The dishes were:

Mushrooms and pork slices stir fry (cost price around MYR16)

Blanched vegetable (choy sum)

Steamed fish (siakap - barramundi or Asian Seabass) with tofu and minced lemongrass and ginger. We bought the fish from Aeon Supermarket for about MYR10.90 ish (by weight). I only remember to take a photo of the fish dish after we have started eating.

Choy kon (dried pak choy) soup with pork, red dates, chicken feet and dried mini scallops.

Here are the chicken feet in the soup

Ingredients:


Lemon grass, spring onion, ginger, coriander, red chilies, lime, tofu, red dates

Bunashimeji Mushroom - MYR9.30 for a twin pack

Special offer - pork loin for MYR6.20 only (MYR16 per kg)

Cooking process:


slice the pork into strips, marinate them with soy sauce and coat them with corn flour

Stir fry some garlic, add the pork strips, then add the mushroom. There is no need to add any water for there will be water coming out from the mushrooms as one cooked them.

Chopped up the lemon grass and ginger (for the fish)

Arrange them onto the fish before steaming.

Soak the dried pak choy (choy kon)

Boil the soaked dried pak choy (choy kon) so that they are softer and easier to wash to remove the huge amount of salt and sand on them.

Clean the chicken feet by rubbing them with salt before rinsing them a few times.

So after going through this, it further enforced my thinking that it is not worth putting in the effort to cook food for myself. I would rather eat "chap fan" (mixed rice) than to cook like this for one pax.

What did I do to help? 

Prepare the vegetable (choy sum) for blanching only. LOL!! :D

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  1. The Yum ListFebruary 23, 2015 at 5:32 AM

    These home cooked dishes look so good! Happy CNY!

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  2. suituapuiFebruary 23, 2015 at 6:34 AM

    Wowwwwww!!!! Step aside, all the restaurants there! Everything sure looks better than a lot they serve outside.

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    1. munFebruary 24, 2015 at 12:39 AM

      Yes, they don't give this much choy kon in the soup served outside.

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  3. Princess RibbonFebruary 23, 2015 at 7:24 AM

    I like choy kon soup.. Wow your spouse is a good cook.. I like the fish, the fish looks good, looks very flavorful..

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    1. munFebruary 24, 2015 at 12:41 AM

      He has been cooking since he was a young boy.

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  4. Huai BinFebruary 23, 2015 at 8:59 AM

    Yummy! :)

    I like the mushroom dish! Yeah, these mushrooms are quite expensive but they taste really good too. That's a nice spread you have over there Mun!

    Happy CNY to you and your family! May you have health, wealth and everything else in the Year of the Goat!

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  5. contact.ewewFebruary 23, 2015 at 9:54 AM

    Ooo....another cooking post...and this time you were there to help...kekeke!! :D You're so lucky to have a spouse who can cook so well and wants to cook for you. I would surely enjoy the soup and that mushroom dish.

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  6. PHFebruary 23, 2015 at 2:48 PM

    Mun, your spouse is quite the cook, eh? Lucky you!

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    1. munFebruary 24, 2015 at 12:43 AM

      He has been cooking since very young, lucky me!

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  7. RealGunnersFebruary 23, 2015 at 4:32 PM

    I was going to ask: is this the closest you ever got to actually cooking at home in Malaysia? :D :D

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    1. munFebruary 24, 2015 at 12:43 AM

      No, the last time I cook a full meal on my own was in year 2009 and after that I say no more!

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  8. ReanaclaireFebruary 23, 2015 at 7:10 PM

    So blessed that your spouse can cook so well, Mun! Lots of ingredients for the steamed fish... must be very tasty too!!

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    1. munFebruary 24, 2015 at 12:44 AM

      The fish is tasty, the lemon grass removed all the fishy smell.

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  9. Nancy ChanFebruary 23, 2015 at 9:05 PM

    Wow!!! Mun, you are so blessed, your spouse can cook so well. All the dishes are so yummy and I am sure very, very tasty.

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    1. munFebruary 24, 2015 at 12:44 AM

      Yes, I am blessed with a cooking spouse! :D

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  10. Yee LingFebruary 24, 2015 at 11:20 AM

    Love all the home cooked dishes...especially the fish. Nian Nian You Yu..hehe

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    1. munFebruary 26, 2015 at 1:20 AM

      For the older generations, eating fish is a must during CNY.

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  11. Twilight ManFebruary 24, 2015 at 3:13 PM

    I love all your home cooked food! What a shame that I cannot cook so well like your hubby.
    I always bought all types of mushrooms from Hero Market. I think the Bunashimeji Mushroom - MYR9.30 for a twin pack is slightly more expensive.

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    1. munFebruary 26, 2015 at 1:27 AM

      Thanks! But you make tasty bento for your wife so that means you can cook too. Let me check the price at other supermarkets.

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  12. Twilight ManFebruary 24, 2015 at 3:14 PM

    Next time I must sit down and dine at this BM Yam Rice outlet. I always got lured to eat at the other same restaurants there.

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  13. MerrynFebruary 25, 2015 at 1:30 AM

    Wow wow wow. Your spouse can really cook. Mine can only boil water...

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    1. munFebruary 26, 2015 at 1:27 AM

      I am sure yours can do more than that, hehehe.

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  14. kcantaresFebruary 26, 2015 at 10:53 AM

    Wow! How lucky to have a husband that cooks so many yummy dishes! I have not tried cooking Choy kon with chicken feet. Will try that next time. =)

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    1. munFebruary 27, 2015 at 1:27 AM

      Yes, lucky indeed. Do you like to eat chicken feet?

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  15. StacyFebruary 26, 2015 at 11:52 AM

    Looks so impressive leh... the dishes that came out and also the giant chopper.

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