…a girl named Yii Zhu had this great determination to study at gloria jeans. Unfortunately, there was this HUGE ass restaurant right beside gloria jeans. Being her usual curious self, she popped in to take a ‘quick’ look.

Decided it was too much for her stomach to handle, but she sat down anyway. She told herself she was going to have a small meal but well, the glorious food was just too tempting. It will definitely be a great injustice if you say no to good food, right?

anyway, some grainy pictures captured thanks to her new sony phone =.= (may i add, the quality sucks) i hate lugging around the er, camera. the real one. T_T

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the MUST HAVE siew mai

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some deep fried dumplings. it was…boring.

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XIAO LONG BAOS! Too bad i wasnt given a straw to suck all the goodiness from the bao.

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deep fried kuihs with sweet fillings. ahhhhh.

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Okay, so obviously i had a lot more food than this on the table. Prawn dumplings (har kao) etc. I really had a great time feasting on both food and the book. Yes, I read my Crim textbook while eating.

And i tapau-ed the food left.

Was that all?

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NO WAY!

One has got to wash down everything with a grande cappucino.

Life is always good, isn’t it?

now, is that better? :S

to change, for once and not for the last time haha.

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what do you guys think?

i’ve been a good girl studying (and drama-ing) the past week. but well before the drama (pun intended), i cooked something which reminds me of my childhood. my dad calls it cook-a-wing up till this very day but the real name for it is coq au vin. tell me, is it really that similar? cook-a-wing vs coq au vin. it’s so not! for starters, i don’t use chicken wings for it, i go for thighs. preferably skinless (for health reasons they say *looks at mum and dad*). just preferably. so it’s not a must right? i love my glistening fats and skins and all so who cares? *stiffled laugh

briefly pan-fry the chicken thighs to get that beautiful golden brown crispy skin! crispy skin, i lust.

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see what i mean?

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add some good-old-vegetables. just to get the fats balanced out, haha.

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no greens this time around. greens will turn yellowish-orange after cooking anyway.

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then, my favourite part of the dish. time to choose a good wine! red one of course. i’ve never been really associated with whites (except for that bottle i received for my birthday sorry vanessa!) this time, i went for a vintage 2006 shiraz cabernet from jacob’s creek. three cheers for our south australian friends! a very comforting wine  i should say, no heavy flavours and it’s not dry thank you Jesus.

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pour the whole bottle in if you like! XD

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and then you cook and stir and boil a little further until you get the flavours out. by now, your whole kitchen should be smelling like…..coq au vin. what else if not, kfc?

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those are not eggs! my dad said they look like eggs instead of onions. damn fail.

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never ever forget to reduce the sauce to get that rich and thick consistency.

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dirty red, i like.

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serve it up hot with a good wine (if you’re an alcoholic like me) and it will be just like, fifteen melbourne. trust me, self-denial works all the time. oh oh, maybe listen to some sexy jazz music too to jazz it all up!

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guess what?

…to become a chef.

*silence*

okay okay, just a chef at home T_____________T. before i start burning down big kitchens of restaurants or even mamak stalls haha.

and here’s chef Huong presenting her very own *breathes in* STEAMED TOFU with MINCED PORK, PRESERVED SAUSAGES, BAMBOO SHOOTS, ABALONE MUSHROOMS WITH CHILLI AND OYSTER SAUCE. *breathes out* oh oh, and with plenty of SHALLOTS AND GARLIC!

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that’s how you steam things when you don’t have the real steamer. just use the rice cooker! o_____0

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WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT BABY! okay, self high i know. *looks down on the floor*

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HAHA, i’m officially the Chef like please! *extremely pleased*

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last friday, a couple of us went to the Hillsongs mini concert. it was fantabulous. the preaching was great, the music was great and more importantly RUBEN MORGAN was there! WOOHOO!

*swoons*

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the girls and I. that’s Angie and Jennifer. they are wayyyy underage so dont even think about getting their numbers from mua. *defensive

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*scrambles back to financial reporting rubbish/crap/bullshit*