Day Off

A day off can hardly be called off... So many places to go, I just decided to stay in a while and not do them today. I'll do my OHIP tomorrow after class, I hope they'll still be open. Today I went to the last place possible to find my knife case. They don't have the either. I hate it that I travel 30 mins to a place and leave empty handed. So I bought knife sleeves, a vegetable peeler, and measuring spoons.

I had so much time that I even took pictures of a dull bridge scene. Some ducks at the frozen river. There were some crows that were so huge and fat, I've never seen such unhealthy crows in my life. The ones I know are lean and sneaky, the ones in Singapore are sometimes smarter than the pest control.

But I loved looking at the ducks. They're all ready to be caught and slaughtered right now. Right at their peak of hibernation, when their fatty and warm. I already had 5 pieces of chicken breast at home defrosted, so I'll pass on catching those birds. Beore heading home, I endured the cold to go check out the pool, it costs 270 CAD for a year's membership. It's terribly expensive. I'm still thinking of getting it. It's the nearest 50m pool there is. BRR my whole face was biting numb when I came back.

The pictures are a bit hazy because I didn't turn on the vent. I wanted to humidify the house with the cooking steam. But right now, it smells like lou ji (soya chicken). It's so easy to find out how it's done once I know what techniques to use, and what flavours go into it.

To poach the chicken, I just used soya sauce, dark soya sauce for more colour, 5spice powder (or you can use star anise and cinnamon, careful with the cinnamon, and lesser 5 spice powder.) and some seasoning to rectify the balances. I combined some of the poaching liquid with some oyster sauce and water. I added some more sugar to balance the saltiness and bring out more licorice flavour, I wish I had brown sugar, it'll work better. Reduced the sauce and served with my cooked noodles and poached chicken. Of course, on the side, LOAD OF CHILLI.

After that, I was so full and tired, I knocked out for an hour. I'm so lazy to go get my OHIP done, seriously... I still need to get my Greyhound tickets to Toronto for CNY, I can do that in the evening, no problem though. The office for OHIP closes at 5 though. I think I'll just do it tomorrow.

I have to sleep early today! It's duck and turnips tomorrow! Simple recipe, but an impossible amount of tournage is required... 70 tourned turnips. Woo hoo... I need to bring my camera tomorrow, that's for sure.