Friday, January 18, 2019

Cooked The First Meal of 2019


It's truly wonderful to live in Singapore where I have access to fresh ingredients to cook a meal even after I cleared out that fridge for the vacation. It was a busy day, and the man and I are still nursing a bug. but I was determined to have dinner at home. There would be two hours to shop and prep the ingredients. I knew exactly what I wanted, and was in and out of the supermarket within 20 minutes.

This kitchen is no longer considered new, and cooking is quite the everyday affair instead of a special thing. Practice makes perfect, sometimes. I'm unlikely to grow fonder of cooking, but I will get better and faster at doing it. Did an easy set of stir-fry- beef and onions, kyabetsu and carrots with chirimen, and sake-marinated and pan-seared amberjack fillets. I suppose we might as well indulge in a gorgeous bowl of steamed koshihikari white from 2018 before the new rice appears in a few months. #ImpieCooks2019

The man was busy the whole day too, and grouchy from a sore throat and a pounding headache. He was glad to sit down for a hot dinner served up in cute portions. Hahaha. He loved pan-seared fish fillets, and will eat most types of fish. He was surprised to see pan-seared fillets tonight, given my aversion to oil splatter. Well, I've got a splatter screen, might as well put it to use. I don't have to put that much oil to sear a fish fillet even if it's to crisp the skin.

2 comments:

Liverella said...

Looks so yummy! I need to get splatter screen too... been seeing them around! Pray that your throat and his get better soon!
Liv

imp said...

hurhurhur. it's definitely edible. salt and soy always help!

thanks Liv. On the mend. :)

i find the splatter screen super helpful for easy searing, and fuss-free when it goes into the dishwasher after. the oil washes straight out.