Saturday, 20 March 2021 ~ Consultation With Cardiologist

I spent the entire morning today at the hospital. This time it was at SJMC with Sherilyn, to see a cardiologist! Sherilyn has been getting a nagging pressure with ‘clicky’ sounds on her sternum (breastbone) since Oct 2020. At times she feels lightheaded. She’s been hounding me to bring her to see a cardiologist for…

Sherilyn’s Home-Cooked Dishes

Sherilyn doesn’t cook and bake as much now than she did during the MCO months. However, she still tries to cook every other day, in between online classes. She loves trying out new recipes, especially Korean and Japanese cuisines. We’re all happy to be her guinea pigs. But all these new dishes will soon start…

Homemade Korean Fare (Saturday, 6 March 2021)

Sherilyn whipped up some yummy Korean fare for lunch and dinner today:Tteokbokki or spicy stir-fried Korean rice cakes for lunch, all made from scratch. This is not my kind of meal as I don’t like starchy food, so she added hard boiled eggs and ‘foo pei’ for me. For dinner, she cooked ttukbaegi bulgogi (stewed…

CMCO Day 188 ~ Monday, 14 Dec 2020

This is our dinner today crafted by our teenage chef: 1. Butter poached salmon with homemade Aioli sauce and wakame salad 2. Japanese tofu salad 3. Grilled mackeral with Chef S’ homemade teriyaki sauce 4. Onion omelette 5. Blanched broccoli Dish #4 and #5 were prepped by the mil. Today’s dinner is slightly costlier than…

RMCO Day 175 ~Tuesday, 1 December 2020 (Thai Green Curry and Chili Garlic Tofu Bites)

It’s Thai fare for dinner on the first day of December! And we’re again happy guinea pigs to Chef Sherilyn’ new dishes ~ Thai green curry made from scratch and Chili Garlic Tofu Bites. An inexpensive dinner yet seriously yummy and impressive! Looking like a traditional Thai cook – pounding the fresh spices on the…

Dinner ~ Saturday, 28 November 2020

Our teenage chef cooked a big pot of kimchi soup that was so spicy that everyone was left gasping, breathless, dribbling with goo and gulping down cups of cool water ? .  I went grocery shopping with Sherilyn yesterday morning and she chose a new brand of chili powder, which she didn’t think was so hot! …

Home-cooked Korean Dinner ~ Thursday, 26 November 2020

It’s Korean for dinner again, by Chef Sherilyn! This time she cooked Bulgogi pork and pork ribs, kimchi soup, black fungus salad, home-made kimchi and home-made pickled radish.  The last two dishes were prepped a couple of weeks ago. The pork and pork ribs were marinated with fresh pear and kiwi juice, red onions, scallions,…

Dabbling In Latte Making

Besides playing masak-masak throughout the MCO, Sherilyn is now honing her latte making skill.  She’s been experimenting with frothy latte with latte art the past few days because I happened to buy a new brand of fresh milk (Milky Hokkaido full cream milk) and it’s suitable for baristas.    I would say that her different…

Tonkatsu And Hiyayakko Tofu

Our teenage chef dished out Tonkatsu and chicken katsu with Japanese curry for dinner on our Monday. There’s also a side of Hiyayakko tofu (Japanese chilled tofu)  and deep fried wakame. Our dinner was super oishī!  Everything that Sherilyn dished out that night was superb and comparable with the ones from the expensive Japanese restaurants that…

CMCO Day 158 ~ Saturday, 14 November 2020 (Homemade Chicken and Pork Roulade with Ajvar)

We’re happy guinea pigs again today ?. Our teenage chef tried  two new recipes for lunch – chicken and pork roulade and Ajvar (Serbian Roasted Red Bell Pepper Sauce) to go with the roulade. The stuffing for the chicken and pork roulade is sauteed minced King Trumpet mushrooms with garlic and champagne. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed…

CMCO Day 146 ~ Monday, 2 November 2020

Today’s lunch had a little drama to it when Sherilyn made hand-pulled Biang Biang Shaanxi noodles and tomato eggs. Part way through cooking the noodles, the smoke detector alarm in the kitchen was triggered. This girl had heated up a pot at high heat with oil in it and it produced a lot of smoke…