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...