On Saturday my friend Joyce invited myself and another friend over for a "cook-in". Since all three of us were sick and exhausted from the previous work week, we thought a quiet night in would be the perfect excuse to catch up. I was actually a little nervous heading over. After all, I didn't really cook for the last 1.5 years living in China, and I was a little rusty. In any case, my friend reassured me that she had a stack of take-out menus, so I decided to take on the challenge anyway. I pulled out the handy dandy cookbook from the Yangshuo Cooking School (btw, if you head to Yangshuo, you should definitely check-out this school), and chose to make beer fish (pijiu yu). Unfortunately, since Beijing is pretty much a landlocked city, I couldn't find fresh fish at the grocery store. So instead I opted to make a stir-fry chicken dish. Hehe, not difficult at all, but I was cooking for two girls who were novices like me.
When I started prepping and cooking, I was pleasantly surprised that my cooking skills weren't too rusty after all. Then again, stir fry isn't exactly difficult either. After a few minutes, I was humming and chopping the vegetables away while chatting with my friends. I'm glad to say, my dish actually came out OK. Dinner consisted of 4 dishes total, Asahi beer, a night of watching "Blood Diamond" and "License to Wed".
Pinky whipping up her dishes. She was much more experienced than I.
The prepping of my dish. Red & yellow peppers, spring onions, garlic & ginger
Marinading the chicken with soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, spring onions, a dash of salt and a dash of sugar
Into the wok they go... 
My friend Joyce fried dumplings
Dinner is served! Pinky and I, amazed that we didn't burn the kitchen down, took pictures of our success.
3 comments:
mmmmmm hunnngryyyyy
looks good Emily! perhaps we will see Chef Chong more often?
hee hee ah jur Chong, dishes look yummy
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