So what have the ladies in the house been up to lately? My missus went and made these Sibu Foochow-style sio bee using some pian sip (wanton) skin that she picked up at a supermarket here…
Yes, they were nice, just that there are some nice ones around, not difficult to go and buy.
My girl’s friend/ex-classmate saw the photo she shared on Instagram and asked for the recipe. I was there and I heard the mum telling her. Goodness gracious me! With that many ingredients, a little bit of this and a little bit of that – dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, a teaspoon of this, half a teaspoon of that etc…etc…etc… *faints* I sure would not want to go through all that trouble to make those. LOL!!! But to give credit where credit is due, I guess that is why her fried rice is a whole lot nicer than mine.
In the meantime, my girl bought this filo pastry…
…PAMPAS brand, made in Australia from that supermarket in town and she made these spanarkopita – a savoury Greek spinach pie…
…which turned out really nice. I loved the thin, flaky pastry – best piping hot from the oven. For the filling she had chopped spinach, cheese, dill (from my garden), the whole works.
My ex-student, currently stuck in Manila, commented, “That’s my favorite. My colleague used to make it for us when I was in Kazakhstan,” and my blogger-friend, Jenn, said, “I love this a lot! Learned from my sis mil who is Greek… sooo tasty… name is funky but taste is fab!”
Of course, I never heard of it before, much less taste it…and now I have!
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