Wet Market Phobia

A Wet Market that is, if you think that only aunties go there...think again..well..you'd probably right...:-). Anyway, I think I have fallen into that category although I still done my sleek jeans capri and nice t-shirt and wore a uv protection cream on my face when I went there. But seriously, one should at least try to go wet market once in their life!

I tried to make my weekly trip to stock up meat and basically having my dose of che chong fun at the redhill market. I'll tag along my girl who hopefully would not develop a phobia like her mother of wet market (I used to hate the smell and had this puking urge when we walk by the fish & meat area and basically covered my mouth with the perfume ladden tissue which made the cocktail of smell worse).

I'll buy meat but I'll steer clear of fish & seafood...one thing about market and my poor spoken chinese..you don't know how much does the uncle/auntie charge you per 100 gram of that cod fish, they will just...take a slab and put on the weighing scale and charge me like ....$9 and leave my jaw dropped while I took out the money feeling like I had just been robbed. So, I'll stick to NTUC & Carrefour for something like this.

But this week...I can't help but to check out the seafood area...maybe this time my confidence have grown over those market trips...or maybe I already have that "regular wet marketer" face, I had finally have the courage to check out that juicy fresh prawn and guess what.....the uncle told me the price....that basket is $8/kg and the other one is $10/kg. Ah...that's much better right? So, feeling so great, I bought myself 1/2kg of prawn for $4. I went out feeling like I just won a toto....coz that's a lot for $4

And the best thing is.....I could split that lot of prawn into 2 portion and had a steamed prawn which even my harshest critic (hubby) said...nice....

You could count on seeing me next week at the seafood section...

If this mommy can cook, so can you!

Well, why I started this blog is based on my enthusiasm in my newly found Passion in cooking. Looking back, I would never thought that I would enjoy cooking so much so that my mind is just buzzing with cooking ideas the minute I woke up in the morning.

Although my cooking is still way below the standard of most mommies out there, but I'm proud to say that I have come along way. Growing up with maids and an out of bound kitchen, I never had to cook a single dish until I had to fend myself when I went to further my study in Australia. My flatmate was kind enough to allow me to learn how to cook the basic....plain white rice which ended up burnt, and later on when I had a boyfriend (now my hubby) who had to swallow my over soggy and colourless misoa with a chunky drumstick and claimed it was great (well..yeah right...that's the beauty of courtship..).

Yup...I am now the main meal provider in my little house and responsible to feed 4 hungry mouths for breakfast, lunch and dinner and occasional supper :-). As time an essence and with my 1+ year old girl always hang around my legs when I am in the kitchen, I employ the simple formula for my daily cooking routine :

1. Soup
2. Veggie dish
3. Meat dish

So, if you are stumped with your cooking routine, I hope that we are able to exchange ideas and make our cooking life easier.

and Yes,....I'm an amateur...and my dishes are so simples that you could do it too!