Congee at J’s Office

Since I’m on a congee blitz this week and needed to use up the pack of white rice, I carried on with boiling up a pot of congee for lunch with J. Her office has a spacious pantry and dining area. Lunching in is often better than squeezing with the mid-day CBD crowds.

Congee isn’t difficult to boil up. The secret is always to use a stock base from fish and pork bones, and never stinge on dried scallops or cuttlefish. Did an easy century egg and minced pork congee (皮蛋瘦肉粥). Brought along two boring but tasty enough dishes of stir-fried ikan haruan with ginger and scallions, and rather fake kung pao chicken. #ImpieCooks2019

So glad that J is also one of us who loves congee and can eat it all the time. Haha. Congee isn’t ‘sick people’s food’ okay. That could be because they’ve only had horrible tasting porridge and not properly brewed ‘chok/jok’. Or it’s likely an association with a bad memory or illness. J's super into spring onions too. Perfect. My cooking holds a crazy amount spring onions, chives, onions and garlic.

The point of this post isn’t really about the food. It’s about packing the food boxes, chopsticks and crockery properly so that I could lay them out nicely. Well, as nicely as I could on a table in the office dining area. I wanted to add some cheer to J’s day and a rather looong week at work. Hehehe. This personal food delivery service is ✔️ if I may shamelessly say so! 😂

📷: J