Burnt Paratha
Originally uploaded by StephNgoi
We have been buying frozen paratha from See Woo lately. Really love it and it’s sooo easy to cook them. All you have to do is just heat it on a wok.
It is soooooo easy to cook and yet I still burnt them! Not only did I burnt one, I burnt 2 parathas….
This incident totally confirms why I don’t like to cook!
This year we didn’t do much for CNY. So last Sunday we decided to invite our friends and colleagues over to have a small gathering. Amazingly a few of our non-Asian colleagues did turn up and experience some Asian cooking.
DK and LP also brought their 2 months old baby along, which became my model. Here’s some nice shots of Baby Matthias.
A very very nice Malaysian colleague gave me a box full of instant noodles. Her friends in Malaysia had sent her the box as a gift and she couldn’t finish it all as she still has a lot. So she passed me the box.
Timing couldn’t be any better. I will be away for one month, thus it looks like Dav will enjoy it more than I do. Let’s hope he will not finish them all in one week!
Thanks Fi!
The week is passing by too fast! Last week especially… the social calendar was packed! I had something to do every night after work except for Monday. Here’s a summary of what I did:
Tuesday – Dinner at Wahaca
Dav arranged a dinner with his colleagues at a Mexican restaurant in Canary Wharf. The food is quite good. The restaurant even give away chilli seeds to grow at home (to be exact, it is Serrano chillies. A kind of Mexican chillies). We actually went and got ourselves pots and compost to try and grow chillis. Last year, our Aussie friends gave us some tulip seeds as well, which we have not tried to grow. So we thought why not grow everything at one go. Let’s see whether we’re successful.
Wednesday – The Misanthrope
My office was selling subsidized tickets to this play last year, which has Keira Knightley in it!! I didn’t manage to get the tickets but luck was on my side on Monday when I saw a colleague selling her tickets. It only costs £27 to see this play! I managed to get 2 extra tickets so I invited NB and AA to come along. It was definitely worth it. Keira was good… she’s damn skinny as well! LoL.
Thursday – Megan Mullally and Supreme Music Program
A colleague saw an ad in the Metro newspaper (daily free newspaper available in the train / tube station) for this concert. In case you’re wondering who she is, she was the annoying character in Will & Grace with the squeaky voice. Yes, she can sing, even with that voice! Apparently she acted in the new version of Fame (which was a flop). Since we manage to get discounted tickets, I thought it was worth a try. It’s always good to discover new music. She was quite good but not amazing. Will I see her again? Maybe not.
Friday – Chinese Grocery shopping at SeeWoo
We decided to invite our friends and colleagues to our house for a CNY gathering. For this gathering, we needed to buy Chinese snacks and food since it is CNY. Instead of going to Chinatown, Dav wanted to check out the Chinese grocer, SeeWoo in Greenwich. This place is HUGE and had lots of variety. The only down side is that it is so far from our house but relatively near to Dav’s office. I dont think we will come back unless we have to get alot of asian good like for this gathering.
I love my Indomie Mi Goreng…
Discovered this instant noodle when I was studying in Adelaide. We used to buy a box from Chinatown almost every other month. We would even share our stocks with other fellow uni mates (first in Unihall then among all the residents of Townhouses). Consumption of Indomie would peak during exams period. Not surprising, since these are critical time where we have to study as much as we can. Thus there’s really no time to indulge in preparing a healthy meal….
Now the strange thing is, very rarely I cook instant noodle when I’m back in Malaysia. Even during my EY days. We can always get it in mamak stalls (Indomie with mata kerbau satu! 
) … in fact, I never cook at all when I’m in Malaysia. Why cook when you can get a variety of food so easily?
Anyway, now that I am living in London, the craving for Indomie has made a come back!! and I noticed a pattern.
We would get like 5 packets and then finish them in maybe 2 weeks. And then we will not get any for a min of 3 weeks. Then we would buy them again. Then maybe after 6 months, we will actually buy A BOX. The box will roughly last for about 3 months.
Today as I was having dinner with my manager and colleagues in Chinatown, Dav asked me to get 5 packets of Indomie. I came home with a box. LoL. Let’s see how long the box will last.
Do you have a comfort food?