L decided to do a pot of her famous chicken congee, and rounded us up for dinner. I love her chicken congee! It's almost like we need to taste it annually. Teeheheheh. We are so thankful that we get to taste comfort food done superbly.
Our dearest friend shredded chicken breast for the protein. And only chicken breast, skipping the thigh meat altogether. Wow! It was so well marinated. And of course we associate her version with cuttlefish; can't not have that.
The porridge pot belonged to L's grandmother and she totally did justice to it. It's well kept, and oft-used. It's a much loved pot that produces lovely soup and chok. Oh that congee is LOVE. The consistency. Didn't need additional salt or soy sauce. You could sprinkle pepper I suppose. I ate THREE BOWLS. No shame. I can't get this outside at the commercial food stalls — that's something lacking in the consistency of the porridge, or the flavors that tell me they use cheap soy and other ingredients. This home truly has a magic porridge pot, along with L's special touch. Wheeeeee.
The small godson was hilarious. He rejected having a bowl of his mom's chok at his dinner-time. But when we all sat down around the table, he kinda abandoned bed-time and asked for food. He FOMO, wanted to join us. And he really ate. NICE. After that, he knocked out. Yayyy.
J got tubs of ah-balling from this famous stall that his whole family has been buying from for years. We know it's in the east, but we refused to ask him details. We want to him supply us with peanut and sesame ah-balling forever! I'm not a fan of ah-balling/tangyuan or even muah chee, mochi or daifuku. But I will eat a ball with sesame filling. It also sits in a weird beancurd paste that I can't deal with. I don't like tau suan or those odd dessert soups either. What I do like from this stall, is its ginger soup (薑湯). Gosh, it's seriously good in its ratio of spicy ginger with bits of sugar.
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