butter/lemon rice

Success! After watching all the cooking shows, if there is something you need to learn about cooking, here it is: basics + creativity + courage.

Let's see TV people who have influenced us in cooking...

方太: singlehandedly taught every auntie home cooked food. my mom used to write down her reciepes and keep them together with the newspaper cutouts. She taught the world the use-chopstick-to-see-if-the-oil-is-hot-enough trick.

check out my fro yo

Yan: Can cook but he can also make himself a god damn clown. disgrace to asians around the world. almost singlehandedly created the chinese sterotype. baaad engrish.

ching ching chong!
wanna see me juggle 3 choppers?

Nigella Lawson: showed the world that an ogasm is so easy to fake. There is seriously no food so good that can make you moan like that.

ohhh yessss. arrgghhh ahhhhh!!
now this sauce is scrumptious!

Jamie Oliver: successfully gives you the illusion that cooking is super easy. Throw this in... look how beautiful it is. A dash of salt n' peppa, throw this in, pop this in the oven while you go and watch TV and viola! A meal for my 200 friends who comes over to visit.

me jamie. see me kook!

You need to know the basics. Somethings you just can't do. The major mistakes of cooking, obvious to some, mystery to many.

Then there is creativity. You need to see what you've got and improvise. Added too much water? Flour differs from recipe? omg what to do?!

*slap*

Get a grip. Don't freak out.

Which brings us to the 3rd and final point. Courage to start cooking. Some people just dare not cook. Have you seen jamie oliver, that buck tooth brute, cook? He just anyhow throw things in.

The other day, i cooked this for shuyi.



rice + tumeric + cummin seeds + garlic + butter + lemon + bacon = butter/lemon rice

Just cook it like you would do for a paella.