soy sauce chicken

it's the new year, we have new plans and they all include having to save money.  it seems 2010 was a year spent on wedding and many trips back to kl; in other words - holidays. so one way of saving money is eating home and for week one of the new year, we have made good progress. i have tried a couple of new recipes which wasn't quite what we expected. the latest one: soy sauce chicken.

 
while cooking the lovely aroma filled the house and it made my mouth water. i was quite please the way it turned out until i tasted it that it. the chicken came out way too salty >_< this is what happens when the estimation goes awrong. the next time i get it right, i'll put up the recipe. *fingers crossed* i'll get it right the next time.

mouth watering

junior masterchef is showing channel 10 right now and man... can those kids cook. while we were waiting for our pies and creamy potato bake in the oven, our mouths were water just watching the dishes they were making. booo... my dinner didn't look as great as theirs -_- look at that, it was the first attempt for some of them too. i don't even know where to start if i was given duck. FAIL



later that night, i caught part of the movie julie & julia yesterday and learnt some new stuff about cooking. the movie was just a tad slow but i loved the quirky Julia Child. the one thing that got me and D going "ohhhhhhhh" was that we are meant to dry out meat before cooking or it won't brown right. you learn something new everyday!

after watching these programs, i too wanna cook >.< i am going to attempt baking for the very first time. and since D likes butter cakes... that's what i'm gonna start with and also... that one doesn't look toooooo difficult. *fingers crossed* if it doesn't turn out, you won't get a picture. hahahaha

nia can cook

well sort off... i'm learning new dishes from the internet. it's pretty much what we want to eat but lazy to go restaurant so figure out how to make it at home :D today is the first try i attempted to steam a whole fish. it wasn't hard except for the fact i was trying to put a fish almost the same size as the pot INTO the pot. i had the most ridiculously difficult time trying to take out the cooked fish but.... tadah!! steam snapper with soy sauce & spring onions!



the meat was actually still fluffy. not bad for my first try..... next fish - teochew steam fish (the one with salted vege and stuff) just have to figure the ingredients.