There are no photos today. I wasn't going to blog today actually, but something different happened, so here goes...
I went to campus this morning to read The Straits Times from the library. It is in electronic form, not the actual paper, but it was good enough for me. After reading the papers, I went to read my super thick electrical engineering textbook. Some of the topics were taught before, but others were very foreign. Jia lat la... And there is quite alot to cover too. I gave up after a mere 2 hours, and I went in search of bread and biscuits to stock up.
The bread I was looking for was sold out at Tokmanni, so I went to Sale. They still had the bread, and it was slightly cheaper than Tokmanni, so I will buy bread from here in the future instead. I also bought digestive biscuits there. I'm eating them not because of digestive issues, but because they taste very good! I've always liked them, and I will eat alot of itin Finland.
Back at my room, attempts to study were futile, so I played games and watched Korean dramas. I decided to cook at 6.45 pm - rice, pork, onions, cabbage, egg. Sounds good lor... Then my room mate came back and said that the shops were all closed. He would probably have to survive on bread and biscuits for tonight, so I asked if he wanted to have dinner together. Remi was a little pai seh, but I prepared his share anyway.
I prepared a whole pan of stir fried pork and onions, but somehow they ended up looking lesser than what I put in. Seems like food will shrink after cooking. The seasonings were: a little salt, a little pepper, some light soy sauce. I was so afraid the food will end up not totally cooked, or it will taste bad, so I allowed the pork to simmer under low heat, and I added more soy sauce.
One thing I learnt was that onions taste better when they are very slightly burnt. There is a nice sweetness to it.
If I were cooking for myself, I would have prepared cabbage and the egg too, and all the dishes would be combined as an ugly, large stir fried dish. So since I did not want to offer him a za-pa-lang dish, I ended up serving white rice with the pork and onions only. The other food would also be cold if I cooked all the dishes seperately lor, so just one dish is enough.
Remi said the food smelt good, and I told him it was because of the light soy sauce (I did not mention my cooking skills. Haha..) He offered to let me eat in his room. There was a big table, so that made it easier to eat. Then he asked if I had bread. Remi explained that the French have bread at almost every meal. So I asked if he wanted ham. Cos that's how I would eat my bread. Turns out he was intending to eat it plain, with the rice and pork and onions.
I tried the food I cooked, and was pleased to find that they tasted good. Heng ah.. Did not xia suay myself. He also said it was good, and seemed to enjoy it. I had a piece of bread too. In my haste, I did not take a picture of the meal. I will definitely cook this dish again and post the photograph up. The supermarkets here do not sell Japanese sauce, or it would have been much nicer.
Another thing, always soak the pot used for cooking rice in hot water immediately after you scoop the rice out. It was troublesome trying to get the sticky/burnt rice off the base after I left it there for half an hour.
Tomorrow afternoon I'll be going downtown to watch an ice hockey game, between Kiekko-Laser and HC Keski-Uusimaa at 4.30 pm. Hope to get some good photos there as well...
Finally, I hope that we do not get upset stomachs from the dinner (and we probably won't la. Cooked for very long liao...).
