Failed attempts!

It's my helper's off day today and hence I took over the kitchen! However, today's take-over was one of the worst ever! :(

Firstly, I made maki sushi for lunch, only to realize :

1) I mistook white rice for sushi rice. I only found out when I was done draining off the water.

2) I didn't have seaweed cause surprisingly..... I threw away the previous attempt's leftovers on the night before. HOW CLEVER.

3) I didn't know where my helper kept my sushi mat, hence I made do with a wet cloth wrapped in cling film. 

The correct rice really plays a part in the outcome of the sushi. 

Lesson learnt: Be prepared!! 

Maki rolls with Japanese cucumber, tamago & sesame dressing. 

Chawanmushi with shiitake mushrooms only

I also tried making Chawanmushi! My fav steamed egg is this! But I hardly ever order when I'm eating out cause the price for 1 ranges from S$3.50 - S$6 maybe? Depending on the type of additional filling you want it to have. Considering I'm only working part time on both days, I usually eat what's friendlier for my pocket haha. 

The recipe calls for more soya sauce but I didn't put much cause I was afraid it'll be too salty for my grandma. I really should've listened to it! Cause I only added 1 teaspoon instead of 3.

Another thing to note is that I used the cups from ikea instead of the normal Chawanmushi teacups cause I don't have 1 and err.. Its expensive if I buy in quantity, yet I can't just buy 2.

The surface area really plays a huge part in getting the right consistency. As my cups were taller in height and narrower in width, it took me about 25-30mins to steam it instead of 15mins. Lolol after that mark I kept opening the lid to check if the egg is cooked by placing a chopstick in but unfortunately, its not.

& I tell you..... The worst part of cooking is this!

Hahaha right right! After lunch I wanted to rest but once I saw this mess at both the sinks... X.X

Cooking and preparing really takes up quite alot of time as after I'm done, 3hours later and I'm preparing dishes for dinner.

Dinner wasn't pleasing as well. :( 

1) rice was soggy

2) soup needed more packets of bakuteh seasonings as I had 1Kg of pork ribs, though the recipe stated only add in 1 packet of seasoning for 1kg meat.

3) steamed fish was too spicy! T.T haha but it's sweet! Me likey. 

Oh well.. Today just doesn't seem to be My Day. Hopefully it'll be better the next time round when I'm more prepared! :)