009 | get fed | ginger chrysanthemum tea

Having a cold sucks big time. I finished boiling all the luo han guo I had with me so I had to brew something else to drink. The first time I boiled chrysanthemum tea, I didn't know how to do it and boiled it for half an hour, wondering why all the water kept evaporating so quickly (how embarrassing). But I found this recipe online and thought I'd give it a go. 1 and 1/3 cup in and I'm already feeling better. It's worth a shot if you've got a cold!

Make sure the water's very warm otherwise the rock sugar will take a while to dissolve. And here's me inhaling it for the first time (the smell helps to clear blocked nose okay - don't judge :< ), while trying not to cough my head off this pair of shoulders.

Post-post notes:

Cold cream helps too. This is my mom's go-to cold cream. She uses it for everything.
And by everything, I mean everything - from mosquito bites to rashes, to dry skin.
E v e r y t h i n g.

007 | get fed | salted egg spinach recipe

Grandma Chui taught me this recipe. And when she did, it had both century eggs and salted eggs in the dish. But these eggs are expensive here so the auntie in me decided to only use salted eggs (it turned out fine). In fact, I'm actually considering making my own salted eggs. But I digress.

Here's how to make this dish.

Before step one (the gif), crack the egg and only take out the yolk. Leave the egg white for later.

You can start to boil the water now. Salted eggs take longer than regular eggs to cook.

When the egg yolk looks more cooked, throw in the spinach.

Put the lid on the pot for a bit (not too long). Spinach cooks fast.

Now would be a good time to taste the soup. Add salt if it's not salty enough.

When the spinach looks almost done, pour in the egg white that you left aside earlier. Count to 3 at a moderate pace, then switch off the stove.

Post-post notes:

I am not numbering my gifs from now on.

I think garlic is optional for this dish. I just like to throw garlic into everything.

005 | get fed | an introduction

I'm cooking a lot now (cos #broke, and eating in is so much more affordable), and it actually calms me down. I used to not cook, and just avoid it whenever I can. So it is to my utmost surprise that I'm actually enjoying it. Plus, I was sharing one experience with Emily and Clara, and they said I should blog about it (did you guys say that? Well they said something along those lines).

So anyway, this is basically about food - things I've cooked, observations and notes and all. Nothing much. So yeah, that's about it. I just thought a header would look cool.