From The Kitchen Of 136 Joseph Street...

The weekend came and went by with a blink of an eye. It started off with the entire gang having lunch at this nasi padang restaurant in Lakemba. It was in conjunction with Melati's birthday. She really enjoyed the makan. I must say it was really good! The owner has four shops in singapore itself. I like the sambal goreng the best. The tempeh used was so fresh and so different from Singapore (my opinion). In fact the meal was reasonably priced as well.Three dishes for $7. You have a choice of two meat dishes and one vegetable dish. Might go there again. Its worth the trip down. After the makan session, it was time to burn some calories. We ended up in Parammata Westfield to do some shopping. Well technically i did go shopping but i came home with nothing for myself. Next time....maybe...


Sunday was spent indoors. It was freaking cold. The temperature dipped to about 7 degrees. I need to get a heater and it must be soon if not i would be freezing my ass off.


My housemates and i decided to make cookies for dessert and for the birthday girl. So thats what we did. In between the trays i finished a huge pack of Smiths potato chips. Arghhhh!!! This is so bad. I think i am an emotional eater. Whenever i feel things are not going too well i tend to resort to food to give me comfort. It really does work especially when you eat something super fattening. You do not get the same comfort when you substitute with healthy stuff like fruits or even museli bars..hmmmm


So while i was busy baking, my housemates were busy making sushi. They had bought all the necessary ingredients and equipment required. Do you know you actually need this mat thingy to roll the sushi. Two filings were made or rather prepared. One was chicken teriyaki (recipe contributed by yours truly) and the other tuna. In the process of preparing the chicken teriyaki, my housemate gave suggestions of improving the taste and it did taste good. She added oyster sauce and cracked black paper. It seriously did wonders to the taste.


The rolling of the sushi was tiring. Although i did not do it. I just watched and ate my chips and wedges with compliments from my housemates. It was a rather super fattening sunday. But i went to bed with a contented stomach.


I bought another pack of chips today. Its the cheese and onion flavour. According to my friend, it tastes great. So i am gonna give it a try soon.