Cream of Mushroom

Hot and creamy yummy Cream of Mushroom in a cold winter day.......hmmmm....yummmmmmm!!! That's what we had today. I also managed to bake some bread to eat with the yummy soup. The only thing I didn't do was the croutons.  I always see the canned cream of mushroom soup and my other half often mentioned that we should just buy a can or two. However, we never managed to buy any. However, yesterday, we just couldn't resist it when the mushroom were so cheap. We bought a whole plastic bag of it and made cream of mushroom soup.

When I was young, I often remember Campbell Cream of Mushroom Soup.  I just can't wait to go to the supermart to get cans of it. To me, Cream of Mushroom Soup comes from North America. When I was in my teens, my Grandma taught me how to cook this yummylicious soup and I have been having this since then.

We had 2 bowls of soup each with bread.......yum!!! Here's a photo of my dinner....

One word - delicious!!!

Bak Kut Teh, Pig's Trotter in Sweetened Vinegar and Salted Vegetable

I remember those nights when DH and I went out and ate bak kut teh, chee keok chou, salted vegetables and yau char kway when we went back to our homeland.  These BKT stalls open till wee hours and as we were in a way "tourists"...we can neglect our sleeping time and makan all the way. When we got home, we missed those times as 99% of the shops close after 11pm.  Now and then, we will make our own version of bak kut teh  and chee keok chou. However, we never made 2 of the dishes together.

This week, we were talking about it and was thinking of whipping up these 2 dishes together...trying to re-capture those memories of the good old days. We made both...Chee Keok Chou and Bak Kut Teh.  Here's the 2 photos which I managed to take before a group of us (including our peng yu) ate it all up...ha!ha!

We also made steamed veggies with oyster sauce to go with our rice...must have our veggies!!!

Till our next food adventure....ta-daa!!!

ABC Soup

This is the simplest of the simplest soup. My other half and I grew up drinking this soup. Why is it called the ABC soup? I asked my Grandaunt before though and she said that even a child can do this as its as easy as ABC. Well, if that's what the older generation thinks, then I guess that's why its called the ABC Soup.  There are so many ways to make this soup.  Some add in pork bones, chicken bones, carrots, potatoes, corns, button mushrooms, etc, etc, etc. I have seen my Grandaunt adding in dried sotong.  I guess you can add in whatever veggies you like.  This is one soup which my 2 kiddos will ask for seconds...yippee!!!