Got some…

Teresa and I have always been in touch on Facebook and I would see all the photographs she shares of things that she cooks or makes and that day, she contacted me to see if I was home as she wanted to send these over…

…for me to enjoy.

Teresa is the older sister of a string of sisters…

…all of whom I taught at a former school (not the one where I retired in 2007) I was attached to in the 80’s. I did join the students’ class trip to their family home across the river…

…once and we sure had a great time that day.

She makes those awesome-looking kim kua koi (pumpkin cake) and or koi (yam cake) quite regularly, so much so that I started wondering if she made the ones that I would buy regularly from the nearby fruit and vegetable sundry shop in the next lane from my house. I quite enjoy those! Of course I asked her when she came and she said no. According to her, she only made to enjoy at home and to give to her family and friends, not for sale.

These were the slices of or koi (yam cake)…

…steamed and deep fried and no, one bite into it and I could tell that they were not the same as the ones at the shop. They were not wobbly, like those commercially available ones, some more so than others – an indication of the amount of flour used in the making. Teresa’s are mostly yam and I could feel the texture of the tuber so it was like eating cooked yam.

She also gave me her kim kua koi (pumpkin cake)…

…which were very nice too.

She did forewarn me that they were not salty as they would prefer it that way and I could tell also that she did not add any msg either unlike the ones sold outside.

Thank you so much, Teresa, and thank you also for taking the trouble to send them over to my house. Much obliged!