my brothers helpers cooked food

sis family & i went to brother’s house for 中秋节mid-autumn festival dinner  this evening on 15.9.2016. ^^

my brothers helpers cooked food

the dishes were planned by my sil & her helper the evening before, and cooked by the helper.

my brothers helpers cooked food

it was simple, homely, delicious, comfort food. very nice! 🙂

braised yellow croaker 红烧小黄鱼

they did the braised yellow croaker 红烧小黄鱼. it was very good! 🙂

fish was fresh & sweet.yellow croaker 小黄鱼 has fine texture. this method we say 半煎煮in teochew helps to make the texture firmer, & flavourful (“pang”) from frying. the sauce was good too…

i did a braised mandarin fish 红烧桂鱼 2 days later when my sis & bil came for dinner at my place. my was not as good la… yet …haha!

steamed pomfret

steamed pomfret the usual, fresh fish & a regular good teochew dish.

prawns

her prawns were good too.

tau you bak

& the tau you bak was tender & nice.

not elaborate like my tau you bak.

a good pointer for me to find the simplest way to cook a good tasty dish. i will try out this dish without the oven slow braising.

brocoli & fungus dish

brocoli also a simple comfort food. it was done nicely poached (or lightly fried) with nice enoki (golden mushrooms).

the fungus tanhoon tau kee dish again simple & good.

i can learn a thing or 2 trying the dishes by the helper. 🙂

hard tau kua

the hard tau kua i have not taken for eons, almost didn’t remember them. my mom/grandma used to cook them.

hard tau kua

2 different type of sauce. i like this dark soy sauce one better, but this not my preferred tau kua dish.

sis’ excellent salted fish with celery

& my sis’ salted fish with celery was simply wonderful!

i am going to cook this celery dish with sliced pork for the bread of life community lunch this saturday. ^^

& also for PPH teban gardens community breakfast friday next week. 🙂

a very nice meal with family. after dinner, brother called & talked with our relatives in china.

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