Thursday, September 16, 2010

1 pregnant woman, 1 woman on leave, 1 man on MC

It's the weirdest group of chefs. One was heavily (9 months!) pregnant, one was on leave and the other was on a 3 week MC coz of his appendix surgery! Well this odd group had met for lunch and they decided to be spontaneous and cook some of us dinner!

The result was mixed. Let's start with the hits - sweet & sour pork was juicy. Just a tad sweet in my opinion coz the sauce was out of a can.

Also good was the chye poh egg! I was standing beside the cook (the one on leave) as she was cooking that. She was frying the chye poh for ages and it still tasted uncooked! Then in a matter of seconds, they started to smell like they were burning! But the result was great! The chye poh was just the way it should be - crunchy yet juicy.

This tofu dish was included last minute coz the 3 chefs realised that too little food was prepared and they had to add more food. It's incredibly easy to make - wash the tofu, heat it in the microwave and add the chicken floss.

The soup was really weak. Mainly coz it was not made out of stock. If they wanted to make it from water, it should be boiled over low heat for a long long time - like 5 hours. But I guess that they don't have the luxury of time.

And the rice was burnt! Sigh...

Loved their effort but I think it can be better executed with more time on their hands!

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