Wednesday 30 May 2007

Comfort


...is re-creating a dish that reminds me so much of my childhood.
As the first child in the family, my parents spoilt me as a kid and I was indeed very picky in what I eat. My mum told me that sometimes it took her over an hour just to get me to eat a bowl of rice. I still remember myself trying to 'escape' all the time when it comes to dinner time and my mum would chase me down the street with a bowl of rice in her hand and almost every single time she would find me at the local pet shop. The pet shop owner was a kind Chinese man who would let me play with his fish while being spoon-fed. Sometimes he even gave us free goldfish to keep so I wouldn't run down to his shop during my dinner time (it didn't really work as I was more into his colourful tropical fish so I always ran down whenever I had the chance :D). Anyway, as picky as I was, one of the dishes that I never had the urge to run away from was PRAWNS IN CARAMEL SAUCE.
I have always loved sweet and savoury dishes. Things like thit kho tau (pork braised in caramel sauce) or thit kho tieu (peppery pork slices) always made my mouth water :D. Prawns in caramel sauce is no exception. The shallots were saute quickly with garlic and sugar to create a caramel coating, then prawns were tossed in and fish sauce was then added. I used sweet soy sauce as an alternative for caramel sauce since I couldn't be bothered making caramel sauce this time. The end result was a sweet yet savoury dish where shallots just melt in your mouth and the sauce is so thick that you can devour every little bit of it.
I guess nothing is better than food that reminds you of your childhood memories.
P.S: proper recipe will be posted if requested.

4 comments:

simcooks said...

I have the mom-chase-me-for dinner experience too! Just down the corridor as we lived in a high-rise flat. I don't think I want my kid to go through that though. You don't want to sit still, nothing for you then. Hehe... I'm saying only. Not sure whether I'll cave in when the time comes.

Hedgehog said...

haha, you're going to have to wait till your little one arrives to see if the chasing game would repeat itself :D I thought it was good fun, especially for me :D

tigerfish said...

I can't remember what happened when I was a kid :(
Haiz...

Hedgehog said...

Tigerfish: May I ask why?