boo!

i am back!!!

this was the simple lunch I made during the royal wedding.
we had japanese curry, steamed salmon with sake, chicken katsu goma salad and okonomiyaki.

steamed salmon with broccoli and shittake with sake broth.

chicken katsu with goma sauce.

yum.

My new name...

Last week, during a session with schizo patients, I was asked to introduce myself.

Nurse: So what's your name again? (I already told her it's Keng)
K : It's Keng.
Nurse: Oh ok. (Enter room). Ok people, is it ok if a medical student join us today. Great. Thanks. Come on in, Kenny.
K : ....ok.. thanks.
Nurse: Ok let's start by doing a short introduction...

Everyone else introduced themselves.
K : Hi, I am ... Ken.....g, a 4th yr medical student.
Everyone else: Hi Kenny!!!

*I give up*
I guess there is no point in correcting a roomful of schizo patients (including the nurse!!!)

This week I made sweet and sour pork, which I had a craving for weeeeekkkss now. I tried a new recipe online on how to make it crunchier and made the sauce from scratch. Tasted really nice. The sauce was good and the pork was crunchy even after stir frying the sauce with it. The secret is to double fry the pork (yes fattening...).

Simple miso spinach soup. I added mirin into the miso soup paste and some sesame along with the spinach. It tasted so much better =)

Cooking PaPa!

After procrastinating for few hours, I decided to take up a cooking challenge. I shall do a new recipe every fortnight (was ambitious to say every week but lets make small steps 1st). Let it be a main course, appetizer, soup or dessert!!

ROOAARR!!

my current inspiration is from this blog http://rasamalaysia.com/

Seafood phad thai! my only mistake was... I mistook spring onion as chives... but overall it taste great!! =)

Want to buy a wife from Setiawan...

Last month, Ada came over to Edinburgh to stay for one month elective.

It was fun to have a '3rd housemate'. It was something that I always wanted to experience that before I graduated.

She cooks (following my instructions), cleans and irons my clothes!!!!
What more can I ask for =)
Although she did used a lot of tissue papers... and her hair was everywhere.....
hahaha joking Ada...

The moments that I will miss is definitely the breakfast. The simple and short 15mins in the morning before I drove to Dumfernline (45mins away) was definitely a good way to start my day!
and also CALIIFOORRNNIIAAAA to Ada~

Well, Chui Munn's mystical dream dish was good too and yes, I think I do miss her constant
chanting of my full name in the house...

And I am eternally grateful for the crash course of Obs that Ada and Chui Munn bombarded me
the night before my mock osce. Definitely an ego and knowledge booster after that.

So Sam, please come prepared ok? I have my psychiatry exams 2 weeks after you arrived and I will demand either curry laksa or wantan mee and even a baby from you. =)

One of our simple dinner, chicken fillet+bacon+brie with BBQ sauce sandwich.

Our full course Japanese meal.

The world famous marmite chicken by Ang Chui Munn (she dreamed of this). Good taste actually.

Ang Chui Munn's famous borvil vegetable soup. Easy to make and no meat!

Ada's famous carbonara =) very nice.

Finally, Ada's family secret nasi lemak with sambal prawn. I shed a tear in my heart.
Reallllllly nice! Thanks Ada and Ang Chui Munn!!!

Gay-friendly restaurants?

Gay-friendly restaurants.. I was just chatting with James on this issue.

What does it mean?
Is it gay-friendly because:-
a) opened by a gay man
b) hired a lot of cute/hot gay staffs
c) Cosmo is the only drink they serve
d) a place whereby gay people can just be themselves
and enjoy their meal without the fear of being spat on!
e) a venue for gay right activists.
f) all of the above

I guess it really is all of the above.
I miss hanging out with my gay friends back home. Somehow, I am more
comfortable with the gay scene back home. =(

Maybe that's why I decided to learn how to make Cosmo at home!! (1st step to opening my own gay-friendly restaurant!)

my 1st degree = no future?

Someone told me that doing science has no future...
"As if you are using your degree now?"
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Sadhu x 3

Malpractice 101

The recent few weeks, I have witnessed and learned quite a few things about medicine... that I should not learn from..

let's start with nurse in the GUM (genito-urinary medicine) clinic.

I was in the clinic, sitting in with the doctor and saw quite a few ladies with STDs.

The sight of a healthy Vjayjay was already disturbing and let alone one with warts or dark brown discharge. After a few patients, the clinical waste bin (this is where all the swabs, gloves & tissues with bodily fluid stains go) was full. The nurse went to change it.

On the top of the clinical bin, there is a label there saying 'don't touch with hand, please wear gloves'.
However, been in the business for so long, the nurse probably developed a strong immunity to bacteria vaginosis and friends. She did not wear any gloves and took out the bag with her bare hands. Then she reached over to open a new bag. After a few tries of opening the bag, she then licked her fingers to open the bag.

Once I saw that, my face was cringing in pain and I think I let out a soft 'URGH?!'

Moral of this story : Nurse is probably the dirtiest person in the hospital.

Cha siew ramen from Marutama, Singapore. This is probably the best ramen I tried outside of Japan to date. The tamago is exactly the same as the one you find in a ramen soup in Japan, hard exterior while it's soft and 'flowy' inside. Yum!