Got up before sunrise wanting to ride. Stared out of the window intently. Grabbed the coat and wellies, and hopped out onto the balcony for a feel of the crisp morning. RAINING. Like a steady stream, not a misting. No riding. Boo. Scrolled through the calendar. Nothing's happening till the afternoon when we were supposed to attend a reading at the bookshop. Went back to bed, tossed and turned, woke, and devoured a book.
When I finally emerged, there was a cacophony of sounds from the kitchen. Aunts were up and about. Pots were bubbling. Hmmm. They were making dim sum thingies! "Is this Asian enough for you? Dim sum on the weekend!" I made a face. I don't even bother having dim sum at home on weekends. It's simply too much food, even for four persons. In that sense, sitting down to dim sum is never about the food. Lifted the lid of a pot and poked at a siew mai (a dumpling of sorts with filling usually made of pork or chicken). One Aunt glanced over, "That's not pork. It's fish. Your favorite plaice scrapped off into a a paste." Eyes grew wide. Mmmm. Special items! This would be good.
No char siew pau. Aunts couldn't be bothered to make that many items, and char siew takes so much effort to make. Hahahah. No point, not when I'm not exactly hot about pork. There was plain cheong fun with scallops at the side, and har gow (shrimp dumpling). Yayy! Considering how the Aunts left Singapore in their early teens and settled in England without learning how to cook, presumably, they really inherited my grandmother's talent for culinary experimentation. They're great in the kitchen, when they feel like ruling it. They're usually too busy to cook every day, except on a day off, which might not be a Saturday or a Sunday. These few weekends, they're making an effort to be home with me. :) So it's almost a given that they'll embark on using the pots and pans to churn out edibles in different forms to feed me.
Brewed pots of tea after lunch for them. The Aunts went the whole hog to grab the tea paraphernalia for me, including two sizes of ceramic kettles to boil water. Luckily they like tea too, and don't mind brewing tea in a more elaborate way than the usual of a strainer or in one of those Bodum teapots. We've brewed many pots of tea together now! The Aunts are exploring the many different types of tea and finding out what their palates prefer.
When I finally emerged, there was a cacophony of sounds from the kitchen. Aunts were up and about. Pots were bubbling. Hmmm. They were making dim sum thingies! "Is this Asian enough for you? Dim sum on the weekend!" I made a face. I don't even bother having dim sum at home on weekends. It's simply too much food, even for four persons. In that sense, sitting down to dim sum is never about the food. Lifted the lid of a pot and poked at a siew mai (a dumpling of sorts with filling usually made of pork or chicken). One Aunt glanced over, "That's not pork. It's fish. Your favorite plaice scrapped off into a a paste." Eyes grew wide. Mmmm. Special items! This would be good.
No char siew pau. Aunts couldn't be bothered to make that many items, and char siew takes so much effort to make. Hahahah. No point, not when I'm not exactly hot about pork. There was plain cheong fun with scallops at the side, and har gow (shrimp dumpling). Yayy! Considering how the Aunts left Singapore in their early teens and settled in England without learning how to cook, presumably, they really inherited my grandmother's talent for culinary experimentation. They're great in the kitchen, when they feel like ruling it. They're usually too busy to cook every day, except on a day off, which might not be a Saturday or a Sunday. These few weekends, they're making an effort to be home with me. :) So it's almost a given that they'll embark on using the pots and pans to churn out edibles in different forms to feed me.
Brewed pots of tea after lunch for them. The Aunts went the whole hog to grab the tea paraphernalia for me, including two sizes of ceramic kettles to boil water. Luckily they like tea too, and don't mind brewing tea in a more elaborate way than the usual of a strainer or in one of those Bodum teapots. We've brewed many pots of tea together now! The Aunts are exploring the many different types of tea and finding out what their palates prefer.
2 comments:
Lucky Imp! The dim sum looks esquisite. Your aunts are good!
M.: They're fab cooks!
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