Quiet weekend...

Sunday - 15th Feb 2009 - Cooked vegs with coconut milk with tofupok. Made extra dried shrimp with shrimp paste and chillies to dust over the top. The coconut milk gravy was quite thin and not very flavourful, but the topping helped. I made it this way so everyone could adjust the degree of 'shrimpiness/spiciness' in their gravy.

The cucumbers were quite sweet and crunchy.

Saturday, 14th Feb 2009 - we had porridge tonight - yeah, I know porridge on Valentine's night when the rest of the world is indulging in truffles and chocolate and champagne - I could cry :-)

So here are some salted eggs and century eggs.

I deep fried a little meehoon (as topping for the porridge) - made this simple sauce of light soy, sesame oil & white pepper.

Some chopped coriander and sliced ginger. Toasted white sesame seeds.

Cakoi.

Porridge with condiments - the porridge is boiled with carrots, dried scallops, minced meat and moss.

And delicious with toasted sesame seeds. Our helper is really good at making Cantonese porridge - the smooth creamy type. If she went to work for another Cantonese family after us, I think they will approve of her porridge too.

Kids' activities - Hazel joined a swiming competition and here are the boys learning traditional kite making.

And Mark and his friends on the PS3 - this is my bedroom by the way.