This happens all the time. After a few days of eating all the delicious but rich and heavy foods like chicken curry…
…or these to-die-for assam prawns with pineapples…
…or this yummy masak hitam beef from Annie-Q‘s mum…
…I would start craving for something simpler and lighter.
So on the 4th Day of Chinese New Year, I got up early and cooked some plain porridge and fried some omelette to eat with it…
I added Bovril to the porridge though I do not mind having it plain or with Marmite…and I also had the fried peanut ikan bilis (anchovies) that I had mentioned in an earlier post with it.
I would have had other condiments as well but I did not plan on cooking it so I did not stock up on the usual suspects when it comes to Teochew porridge like salted eggs, century eggs, fried dace with black beans, preserved lettuce and so on…but no, I would not touch tau ju (fermented tofu). My missus loves it even though much has been said about it being detrimental to health.
Ummmm…that was good – simple but nice!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 