Weekend Specials #2

Last weekend was such a delightful one. We had so much good food I can't even decide which meal I liked best. They were all chinese food, cooked by my awesome dad. First up is a nice comforting dish for a weekend brunch, we had Century Egg Porridge, or otherwise more popularly known as Pei Tan Chok. I love the pungent aroma of the Pei Tan and its creamy yolk. It works well together with salted eggs, which Dad also included to give the overall a pleasant savoury flavour.

Recipe
(for 5 adults)
-2 cups of rice
-1 litre water
-minced pork
-2 century eggs (sliced)
-2 salted eggs (diced)
-soya sauce
-fish sauce
-white pepper
-sesame oil
-spring onions (chopped into small pieces)
-fried shallots

a. Marinate minced pork with 1tbs soya sauce, 1tbs sesame oil, white pepper.
b. Once porridge comes to a boil, start scooping small batches of marinated minced pork into porridge.
c. Add salted egg pieces, followed by century egg slices into porridge.
d. Once porridge is cooked, add in seasoning ( soya sauce, fish sauce, white pepper, sesame oil) to your own liking.
e. Garnish with spring onions, fried shallots and chilli slices (optional) when ready to serve.

Next, we had Ipoh Hor Fan for dinner. For the stock, Dad used chinese mushrooms, chicken and a special mushroom sauce. For this dish, Dad wasn't able to tell me his proper recipe offhand because as I mentioned in my earlier post, he's an agar chef. :p

Here are some photos of the Ipoh Hor Fan we had.

I will write about the rest of the food we had for the weekend in the another post. Till then, take care!