I think i should have mentioned before that my mom is a great cook, which is known among my friends. What i may not have mentioned was that i have two aunts who are good cooks too, one from SG and the other one in Melaka. I think the culinary talent probably runs in the family. My late maternal grandpa used to sell Hainanese Chicken Rice, and that's one of the few traditional dishes that i know how to cook.
However, having so many good cooks in the family means that i hardly need to cook at all and hence have not learned much culinary skills from them. All i know is to eat and critique.
Hainanese Chicken (the "white" one) is one of my favourite dishes as well, and we always have this dish for every occasion. Unfortunately for me this year, i didn't get a single bite of the chicken at all because i am coughing badly. Chinese believe that chicken and eggs induced phlegm and will worsen the coughing. So as much as i love the dish, i didn't touch it at all.
Besides that, i also need to resist the temptation of "ba gua" and CNY cookies that are on display.
This is really a great test to my self-control, especially when my mom and aunts kept telling me that it's ok to just eat a little bit. That's the thing you see... they will always say "just take a little bit and it won't hurt", and then before i know it, i will be indulging myself with all these heaty food. Perhaps that will make me happy for a moment but later on i'll be suffering tonight and probably for the following days or even weeks.
For now, i just wanna get well quickly so that i can stuff myself silly with all the CNY goodies - if there are still any left for me...
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