I got no time…

I used to do it very frequently in the early morning, everytime we had leftover rice in the house. No, I did not do it like Uncle Roger’s egg fried rice. Instead, I would just fry it my own way, usually in my simple kampung-style…

…and blog about it.

My problem these days is I do not have the time anymore as we have to leave the house at the break of dawn so my girl can get to school by around 6.00 a.m. Lessons do not begin till around 7 but there are lots of duties and responsibilities to take care of especially when it comes to small primary school kids. That, of course, means that there is hardly any time for me to cook breakfast. Instead, we would have to buy some things earlier…or on the way back to the house.

Well, the other morning, my missus fried this plate of fried rice, kampung-style…

…and yes, I think I did say it before that she does it a whole lotta better than me!

She uses more or less the same ingredients – ikan bilis (dried anchovies), egg, chopped spring onion, shallots and garlic, peeled and sliced…

…but instead of using mushroom soy like me, she uses kikkoman soy sauce and dunno what else – I noticed that everytime she was frying rice, she would open the refrigerator door again and again so perhaps she always added some other things as well but I never asked what.

Yes, I do add a bit of msg – Uncle Roger would certainly approve but no, she will never touch the stuff. As far as I know, they will add a lot to their fried rice outside and with their giant wok and all that banging and the advantage of having a huge fire, theirs will turn out very nice too, if not nicer. At best, I would just say that mine is…edible, not as nice as what my missus dishes out…

Anyway, I do miss cooking something nice for breakfast, be it fried rice, some noodles (haven’t had my Bovril mee…

…for so so long now) or sandwiches loaded with a whole lot of good stuff such as ham, bacon and egg. for instance…

There is just so much that one can take of the things outside – you end up buying the same old things and in the end, you get put off by the mere sight of them. Sighhh!!!