The Underexposed Chef

For those of you who have watched Jamie Oliver's Naked Chef, you would certainly be familiar with the hunger pangs this show leaves you to suffer with after each episode. At least for me, the seemingly effortless way in which he is able to churn out those delectable treats leaves me in awe and at the same time, a tinch of skepticism as to how much editing was made to make it appear so.

Incidentally, I'm not a very good chef. The last time I tried to prove myself when my talented home econs partner was absent from class, I presented a plate of over-fried wrinkly little banana fritters for grading. Needless to say, she still brings that incident up even till today with a laugh because those bananas pulled our grades down pretty significantly haha! Born to a big family of amazing cooks and with a younger brother who is a lil cuckoo over cooking, it makes me appear like a useless daughter who only knows how to eat. haha. Not that I mind that, coz I'm always well fed that way. But when I'm going to spend the next 4 years in a foreign land where Asian food's not going to be served at my fancy, I'm forced to learn how to cook! And that's what I've been trying to do the past few weeks...

I have a book specially to record all my precious family receipes! So far, I've 8 receipes in it and I hope to compile more with time. haha. Though I must admit that my receipes are getting more and more hmmm, succinct.

The first one on Hakka Pan fried Pancake had 5 steps.

Then the second wanton dumplings had 4.

Followed by Claypot Vegetables with 2.

As for the rest, I kept them simple, just like Jamie Oliver:

1. Mix all the ingredients together!

I hope I survive this intensive training! :o Well, to commemorate the first proper dish I managed to cook today: