So far so good...

My steam fish, bakwan jagung & chasuke haven't actually materialized yet. But my experiment with vegetables and 2 kinds of egg and Japanese beef curry has been quite successful (considering it was my first attempt & purely based on my instint instead of recipe).

Vegetable with 2 kind of egg was inspired by one of my favorite dish in crystal jade chain resto - vegetables cooked with 3 kind of egg, it was also probably the husband's favorite vegetable dish. He's not a big fan of vegetables and I was so proud when he said that mine tasted better than crystal jade's. I knew it was a lie, but a good sweet lie nevertheless.

Next time, I gotta perfect the dish with the 'century egg' to make 3 kind of egg instead of 2. And definitely more water so it's more soupy.

The Japanese beef curry has been playing out in my mind ever since I poke around with the idea of cooking. I know mom has tried making it with the packaged curry sauce and it tasted good. It seemed pretty easy too.

My curry was made in the morning rush, just in time for the husband's lunch pack. I warned him that it was my first try. But after trying it myself for lunch, I though the taste was spot on, the carrot & potato was soft enough, but the beef... was definitely hard!!!!

And that was the husband's review of the curry as well. But he finished the entire thing. And for dinner, the meat has softened a bit more and he ate some of it again... It was great and makes up for the snide remarks that someone else throw at me.

Next time, I just gotta simmer the curry longer so the beef is more tender.

It has been a great 2 weeks, having to cook for the husband and kid, watching my little boy gobble up everything I prepared for him and getting positive remarks from the husband for my effort. Now that it wasn't just the 3 of us anymore, I wonder when I'll get the chance to experiment with cooking again. But then again, with the salmon still in the fridge and my curiosity about chasuke, maybe I'll play around this coming long weekend...

I'll wish, work and wait for the day to celebrate

Just got inspired from an photography blog, where the owner and his wife just went on a roadtrip across Europe to celebrate their 6th wedding anniversary.

Story was.. they've promised each other to do a road trip for their wedding anniversary and take photos wearing their 'wedding day' costumes.. And they did that for their 6th anniversary, leaving work, kid and everything behind to embark on a journey just the two of them, to celebrate their 2,191 days together...

The photos were stunning (naturally, as they're one of the top wedding photogs in Jakarta), funny, and touching.. And it inspired me to follow in their footsteps, to work hard in my marriage, to wait patiently for the perfect timing and to make the commitment in keeping the fire, passion, sizzle in my marriage alive.

Sure it may not be easy, as 2 blogs ago, I was feeling nothing but anger towards the husband, but then with that one blog, I wish for many more blogs about how I love, care and support him. Love needs patience and marriage requires work.. a lot of work.. and I wish that 6 years (or shorter hopefully) later, we can embark on our very little own roadtrip together.

Cooking Adventure

Having had to cook for the past week made me kinda (just a teeny weeny bit) more interesting in cooking.

Though cooking has never been my forte, but receiving compliments (especially from the husband) has been somewhat rewarding and addicitive enough to make me think and actually search of new meals to cook..

Here's hoping my steam fish, bakwan jagung & Sake Chazuke will be a success..

Updates on that later :)