Getting to Know You - Part 3 : Chef of the Day!
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Questions :
1. How would you rate your own cooking skills? Elaborate.
Eg. Beginner / Novice : Instant Noodles, Heat Up Canned Soup, etc
Budding Cook : Can cook rice with a few very simple and plain dishes, etc and so on and so forth...
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2. What kind of cuisine are you most familiar with at cooking?
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3. List a few dishes that you are really good at whipping up!
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4. Who have you cooked for? What did you cook for them? What feedback have they given you re. your food?
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5. What is the largest no. of people you have cooked for?
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6. Describe your Dream Kitchen! Come on, no holds barred!
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7. Which is your preferred method of cooking? Eg. Stir-frying / Baking / Grilling / Frying / Poaching, etc etc. Why?
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8. Do you tend to keep cooking the same few tried-and-tested dishes? Do you consistently read cookbooks or magazines or surf online for new recipes to try?
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9. How good is your ability to improvise? For instance, if given a list of selected ingredients, do you think you'd be able to whip up a good, decent meal on-the-spot, without consulting anyone or anything?
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10. Describe a few dishes that are uniquely your creation!
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Originally posted by Rhonda:
Editor's Note : TMD, Fatum! I specially allocated 'Answer' sections and you have to type your answers all over the place!
Questions :
1. How would you rate your own cooking skills? Elaborate.
Eg. Beginner / Novice : Instant Noodles, Heat Up Canned Soup, etc
Budding Cook : Can cook rice with a few very simple and plain dishes, etc and so on and so forth...
[b]ANSWER : Budding Cook ... I hope ...
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2. What kind of cuisine are you most familiar with at cooking?
ANSWER : Poor Students' specials i.e. meal-in-a-pot deals
3. List a few dishes that you are really good at whipping up!
ANSWER : Claypot rice, hainanese chicken rice (mommy's hainanese ! ), Beef Stew
4. Who have you cooked for? What did you cook for them? What feedback have they given you re. your food?
ANSWER : Dearling -> herbal soup .... she hated them, I had to coax her to drink them ...
5. What is the largest no. of people you have cooked for?
ANSWER : 35
6. Describe your Dream Kitchen! Come on, no holds barred!
ANSWER : Open Concept with sliding doors open to the patio, with the sea in sight ...
5 burner electric set up, oven with rotating roasting spit, dishwasher, and microwave oven with extra large fridge and deep freezer ...
7. Which is your preferred method of cooking? Eg. Stir-frying / Baking / Grilling / Frying / Poaching, etc etc. Why?
ANSWER : stewing ... that's when you extract the real juices of the meat !
8. Do you tend to keep cooking the same few tried-and-tested dishes? Do you consistently read cookbooks or magazines or surf online for new recipes to try?
ANSWER : aggaration mostly ... I don't like reading recipes ...
9. How good is your ability to improvise? For instance, if given a list of selected ingredients, do you think you'd be able to whip up a good, decent meal on-the-spot, without consulting anyone or anything?
ANSWER :anything goes ...
10. Describe a few dishes that are uniquely your creation!
ANSWER : Oriental Roast Turkey with Tropical Fruit Stuffing ....
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Originally posted by Rhonda:
Questions :
1. How would you rate your own cooking skills? Elaborate.
Eg. Beginner / Novice : Instant Noodles, Heat Up Canned Soup, etc
Budding Cook : Can cook rice with a few very simple and plain dishes, etc and so on and so forth...
[b]ANSWER : I guess you could say I'm middle of the road? Had to cook due to bo pian situation? Kick myself for not learning how to cook from Mum.
I say I can't cook but the hubster and kids say I can.
2. What kind of cuisine are you most familiar with at cooking?
ANSWER : Er... this question has to be answered by those who have to eat my cooking.
3. List a few dishes that you are really good at whipping up!
ANSWER : My default dish is a kinda-sorta soy sauce chicken? The kids have just chimed in: Fried Rice, although this crab and salmon salad is the hubster's fave.
4. Who have you cooked for? What did you cook for them? What feedback have they given you re. your food?
ANSWER : Once for my inlaws and outlaws. Er... my fellow navy wives, friends.
5. What is the largest no. of people you have cooked for?
ANSWER : That would have to be Thanksgiving. Each year the hubster invites single sailors who are far from their homes, to our house for Thanksgiving. I really never know how many are coming. The largest so far was 10.
6. Describe your Dream Kitchen! Come on, no holds barred!
ANSWER : One that's open with lots of natural light shining in, with top of the line appliances.
This is my kitchen. Pic taken last year when kitchen was 90% complete. 
7. Which is your preferred method of cooking? Eg. Stir-frying / Baking / Grilling / Frying / Poaching, etc etc. Why?
ANSWER : I love baking but it's a toss up between stirfrying and baking.
8. Do you tend to keep cooking the same few tried-and-tested dishes? Do you consistently read cookbooks or magazines or surf online for new recipes to try?
ANSWER : I have the best of intentions, wanting to vary my repertoire but I'm a procrastinator and tend to fall back on my default recipes.
9. How good is your ability to improvise? For instance, if given a list of selected ingredients, do you think you'd be able to whip up a good, decent meal on-the-spot, without consulting anyone or anything?
ANSWER : After 15 years of being the cook, I think I'm pretty good at this. Fusion meals are my best.
10. Describe a few dishes that are uniquely your creation!
ANSWER : Wait ah, I show you pictures.
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Questions :
1. How would you rate your own cooking skills? Elaborate.
Eg. Beginner / Novice : Instant Noodles, Heat Up Canned Soup, etc
Budding Cook : Can cook rice with a few very simple and plain dishes, etc and so on and so forth...
I wouldn't rate myself as a chef but I can cook stuff like lagsane, orange glazed duck, cookies, tiramisu, steamed fish, herbal chicken, fried thai tang hoon, honey baked ham etc etc
2. What kind of cuisine are you most familiar with at cooking?
I would say western cuisine like pastas, grilled stuff
3. List a few dishes that you are really good at whipping up!
Orange Glazed Duck, Nutmeg Roast Duck, Oxtail Stew, Fried Tang Hoon, Honey Garlic Chicken Wings, Honey Baked Ham, Honey Char Siew
4. Who have you cooked for? What did you cook for them? What feedback have they given you re. your food?
My friends, Mr Pinky Bear, Parents. Nice / Delicious unless it is a failed experiment
5. What is the largest no. of people you have cooked for?
8. I don't like cooking for a large group
6. Describe your Dream Kitchen! Come on, no holds barred!
I want an open air kitchen filled with every kitchen equipment I can imagine This includes a hot plate and open charcoal grill But so far my current Kitchen will do too 
7. Which is your preferred method of cooking? Eg. Stir-frying / Baking / Grilling / Frying / Poaching, etc etc. Why?
Grilling, Roasting and Baking. Coz you don't need to watch the flame and just put it on timer and the oven will call you and it also means that I only need to use the pyro-clean function to clean the oven and I have a kitchen that is not sticky
8. Do you tend to keep cooking the same few tried-and-tested dishes? Do you consistently read cookbooks or magazines or surf online for new recipes to try?
I read up but usually end up keeping the tried-and-tested dishes unless I'm in the mood to experiment and not feeling lazy
9. How good is your ability to improvise? For instance, if given a list of selected ingredients, do you think you'd be able to whip up a good, decent meal on-the-spot, without consulting anyone or anything?
Yes I am able to do so
10. Describe a few dishes that are uniquely your creation!
Instead of honey char siew I made char siew with home-made Chrysanthemum syrup with sesame seeds. Nutmeg roast duck is my own too -
Originally posted by Rhonda:
Questions :
1. How would you rate your own cooking skills? Elaborate.
Eg. Beginner / Novice : Instant Noodles, Heat Up Canned Soup, etc
Budding Cook : Can cook rice with a few very simple and plain dishes, etc and so on and so forth...
[b]ANSWER : I think I'm an Intermediate Cook!
2. What kind of cuisine are you most familiar with at cooking?
ANSWER : Chinese.
3. List a few dishes that you are really good at whipping up!
ANSWER : My Hot 'N' Spicy Prawns, Sup Kum Kai Lan with Oyster Sauce, Steamed Broccoli with Crabmeat Sauce, Steamed Fish Fillet with Honey-Soy-Ginger-Orange Sauce, Pig's Liver with Dark Soy Sauce, Chinese Chive Shoots (with buds) with Tofu, Taiwanese-Style Pork Chops, Bulgolgi (Korean BBQ Beef), Grilled Honey & Spice Chicken Thigh Fillets, Chocolate Brownies ...
4. Who have you cooked for? What did you cook for them? What feedback have they given you re. your food?
ANSWER : Friends, flatmates, and colleagues. Cooked a typical Chinese meal with 3-4 dishes. They seem to like my food and have commented that I should open a restaurant.
5. What is the largest no. of people you have cooked for?
ANSWER : Hmm... not counting the fruit salad I did for a class excursion when I was in Secondary Sch, erm... four only.
6. Describe your Dream Kitchen! Come on, no holds barred!
ANSWER : Bright, preferably with Cherry Wood and Black Laquer counter tops. Of course, all the modern equipment I can have, eg. a deluxe stainless steel Viking Stovetop with a high BTU capability and also with a Grilling function, a separate new Steamer built-in on top / below the microwave oven, a custom-made stove for wok-cooking, where the wok sinks into the countertop, etc etc etc!! A very efficient exhaust unit. A separate small fridge for drinks, a stainless steel large one for storing everything else, and maybe an extra separate freezer. No holds barred, so bring in all the best equipment money can buy!!
7. Which is your preferred method of cooking? Eg. Stir-frying / Baking / Grilling / Frying / Poaching, etc etc. Why?
ANSWER : Stir-Frying. Baking as well, cause it keeps all the grease spatters confined within a space so less cleaning up to do!
8. Do you tend to keep cooking the same few tried-and-tested dishes? Do you consistently read cookbooks or magazines or surf online for new recipes to try?
ANSWER : If I'm lazy, I'll stick to the tried-and-tested. Otherwise, I like to try new recipes or modify old ones. I love to read cookbooks and cooking mags! Got a sizeable collection of recipes too! Someday, I want to categorise and organise them all!
9. How good is your ability to improvise? For instance, if given a list of selected ingredients, do you think you'd be able to whip up a good, decent meal on-the-spot, without consulting anyone or anything?
ANSWER : I'm good at it. I've had to do that most of the time in Melbourne, cause I like to buy the freshest vegetables / fish at the market, then decide there and then what to cook, or come home and mull over it a little after looking at what else I've got in my fridge and larder shelves.
10. Describe a few dishes that are uniquely your creation!
ANSWER : Overnight Souvlavki-turned Semi Chai Tow Kway! Steamed fish with Sambal Okra Sauce. Steamed Fish with Honey-Soy-Ginger-Orange Sauce.
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elindra, one day you cook for me, can?
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jetta, it's really nice of you and your hubby to invite the single sailors over to your place for a Thanksgiving Dinner!
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V nice gesture
Originally posted by jetta:5. What is the largest no. of people you have cooked for?
ANSWER : That would have to be Thanksgiving. Each year the hubster invites single sailors who are far from their homes, to our house for Thanksgiving. I really never know how many are coming. The largest so far was 10. -
Actually, our very own honeymousey invited me, another Singaporean who was in Melbourne for training, and Bear's sis over to her house for a steamboat dinner to celebrate the end of the Lunar New Year! I thought that was really very very sweet of her!
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What do you wanna eatOriginally posted by Rhonda:elindra, one day you cook for me, can?
I say first hor
I'm not that good with Asian dishes
Chris is better at it
For Ang Mo dishes I cook for Asian dishes he does -
I really feel for the single sailors. If they live on the ship, they have next to nothing by way of possessions because of their teeny tiny lockers. Many of them don't have the extra money to buy a plane ticket home. So this is the least we can do.Originally posted by choco B:V nice gesture -
Aw.. thanks. There are many of us who do the same each Thanksgiving and Christmas. For those who have duty on holidays, the hubster will take them a home cooked meal. During the festive season, I bake cookies for the hubby to take to single sailors or geographical bachelors. Again, it's the least I can do besides, the hubster was a lonely single sailor one. We're just paying it forward.Originally posted by Rhonda:jetta, it's really nice of you and your hubby to invite the single sailors over to your place for a Thanksgiving Dinner! Really so very thoughtful of the two of you! -
Good food, good company... what could be better?Originally posted by Rhonda:Actually, our very own honeymousey invited me, another Singaporean who was in Melbourne for training, and Bear's sis over to her house for a steamboat dinner to celebrate the end of the Lunar New Year! I thought that was really very very sweet of her! -
Anything that inspires the cook!Originally posted by elindra:What do you wanna eat
I say first hor
I'm not that good with Asian dishes
Chris is better at it
For Ang Mo dishes I cook for Asian dishes he does Best to eat what the cook feels like cooking. -
Questions :
1. How would you rate your own cooking skills? Elaborate.
Eg. Beginner / Novice : Instant Noodles, Heat Up Canned Soup, etc
Budding Cook : Can cook rice with a few very simple and plain dishes, etc and so on and so forth...
ANSWER :
budding bah.... but lack of practice! cos i dun have a proper kitchen and it's hard to cook for one...
2. What kind of cuisine are you most familiar with at cooking?
ANSWER :
cantonese....
3. List a few dishes that you are really good at whipping up!
ANSWER :
sweet sour pork, jiang chong beef, drunken prawns, steam egg with tofu, braised chicken wings, luo han chai, and soups like salted veggie tofu soup, xi yang chai soup, wintermelon and pork rib soup etc...
4. Who have you cooked for? What did you cook for them? What feedback have they given you re. your food?
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families, friends, *ahem* bfs...
my parents are just too glad i'm willing to cook; my friends too happy with free food; bf(s) dare not complain i cooked for my aunt and her family b4... her hubby had 2nd helping of rice and she ask me to go over every wkend 
5. What is the largest no. of people you have cooked for?
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abt 20. cny potluck, i made luo han chai...
6. Describe your Dream Kitchen! Come on, no holds barred!
ANSWER :
open concept, contemporary, black and white with stainless steel, island counter...
7. Which is your preferred method of cooking? Eg. Stir-frying / Baking / Grilling / Frying / Poaching, etc etc. Why?
ANSWER :
braise and boiling...
8. Do you tend to keep cooking the same few tried-and-tested dishes? Do you consistently read cookbooks or magazines or surf online for new recipes to try?
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yes and no... i see recipe i dun understand i try new recipes by tasting other cooking and replicate by memory of taste...
9. How good is your ability to improvise? For instance, if given a list of selected ingredients, do you think you'd be able to whip up a good, decent meal on-the-spot, without consulting anyone or anything?
ANSWER :
usually can.... unless u talking abt all angmoh spices... i only noe cheena food
10. Describe a few dishes that are uniquely your creation!
ANSWER :
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Questions :
1. How would you rate your own cooking skills? Elaborate.
Eg. Beginner / Novice : Instant Noodles, Heat Up Canned Soup, etc
Budding Cook : Can cook rice with a few very simple and plain dishes, etc and so on and so forth...
ANSWER : Intermediate.
2. What kind of cuisine are you most familiar with at cooking?
ANSWER : Mainly Asian/Chinese
3. List a few dishes that you are really good at whipping up!
ANSWER : Chicken corn soup, grilled/roast chicken or chicken wings, steamed fish, steamed pork spare ribs, steamed egg with minced meat, stirfry, steak, pasta, lasagne etc
4. Who have you cooked for? What did you cook for them? What feedback have they given you re. your food?
ANSWER : Mainly hubby but sometimes in-laws as well as friends. Some Chinese dishes and they usually enjoy it.
5. What is the largest no. of people you have cooked for?
ANSWER : 6 people.
6. Describe your Dream Kitchen! Come on, no holds barred!
ANSWER : Oh well, just renovated our kitchen last Sept and I guess we've got pretty much everything we need in the kitchen.
7. Which is your preferred method of cooking? Eg. Stir-frying / Baking / Grilling / Frying / Poaching, etc etc. Why?
ANSWER : Stir fry, baking, grilling and steaming
8. Do you tend to keep cooking the same few tried-and-tested dishes? Do you consistently read cookbooks or magazines or surf online for new recipes to try?
ANSWER : Usually just cook the same tried and tested dishes during the weekdays. On the weekend, I tend to do something different, from cookbooks.
9. How good is your ability to improvise? For instance, if given a list of selected ingredients, do you think you'd be able to whip up a good, decent meal on-the-spot, without consulting anyone or anything?
ANSWER : Not the best but good enough.
10. Describe a few dishes that are uniquely your creation!
ANSWER : Can't think of anything. Not very creative. -
DEPRESSSINNNGGGG T_____T Can't answer many of the questions!!
1. How would you rate your own cooking skills? Elaborate.
Budding Cook : Can cook rice with a few very simple and plain dishes, etc and so on and so forth...
ANSWER : Tentative cook? Reluctant cook? Forced-To-Cook?!
Budding cook, as per above definition, but budding infers "got potential to be something better" which I think is not applicable .
2. What kind of cuisine are you most familiar with at cooking?
ANSWER : Too little practice to say which is most familiar. I have cooked more chinese dishes.
3. List a few dishes that you are really good at whipping up!
ANSWER : << no answer >> Steamboat. I do a mean steamboat
4. Who have you cooked for? What did you cook for them? What feedback have they given you re. your food?
ANSWER : SO. He says it's good
Baked a cheesecake for relatives and colleagues, they also say good. The people in my life are very kind LOL.
5. What is the largest no. of people you have cooked for?
ANSWER : Well about 20 people tried that cheesecake so I guess that's 20.
6. Describe your Dream Kitchen! Come on, no holds barred!
ANSWER : Spacious. Lots of counterspace. Lots of gadgets. Lots of stainless steel and huge-as$ fridge. Many ridiculously expensive pots and pans. CHINA ! I love pretty china and silver. Them hanging pot racks are nice too. I would like an island with high stools just because LOL. Easy to clean and comes with cleaner-person . While we're at it, how about a Personal Chef?
7. Which is your preferred method of cooking? Eg. Stir-frying / Baking / Grilling / Frying / Poaching, etc etc. Why?
ANSWER : Grilling / roasting cos cleanest method. Steaming too haha
8. Do you tend to keep cooking the same few tried-and-tested dishes? Do you consistently read cookbooks or magazines or surf online for new recipes to try?
ANSWER : Don't cook frequently enough to be bored with repetition. Practically everytime is a new dish.
9. How good is your ability to improvise? For instance, if given a list of selected ingredients, do you think you'd be able to whip up a good, decent meal on-the-spot, without consulting anyone or anything?
ANSWER : Pretty good. Cos it's just cooking for two, sometimes I can't afford to buy every ingredient that's required, use like 1 teaspoon and have to store the rest of the bag for ages.
10. Describe a few dishes that are uniquely your creation!
ANSWER : Nothing. I am a strict recipe-follower because of cook-status. (See question 1) -
1. By my own estimation, I'm pretty good a chef.
2. Cuisine? What cuisine?. I'm a sandwiches fan.
3. I make mean Club Sandwiches
4. Don't know the names.....
5. I've cooked (made sandwiches) for some of my closer friends.
6. No dream kitchen. Any kitchen will be fine but it must be spacious!
The open kitchen in my house is pretty much very good liao..... dun see how it can get any better than it already is, appliances and all!
7. I make sandwiches - no need cooking style one unless toasting can be considered. Sometimes, when necessary for sandwich stuffings with meat, I 'll prefer to pan-fry the meat. Then add sauces as desired.......
8. I like to experiment when making sandwiches. I pretty much use anything which I imagine will taste nice when combined. No cookbook required!
9. I improvise all the time - afterall, it's only sandwiches, right?
10. The creation that's uniquely mine is toasting pita bread to stuff with barbequed chicken thigh + some fresh lettuce- Heavenly! -
Originally posted by Rhonda:
Questions :
1. How would you rate your own cooking skills? Elaborate.
Eg. Beginner / Novice : Instant Noodles, Heat Up Canned Soup, etc
Budding Cook : Can cook rice with a few very simple and plain dishes, etc and so on and so forth...
[b]ANSWER : I think I can cook, not a restaruant chef, but I can cook. My wife is the restaurant chef, used to run a restaurant called kibbutz cafe at capitol square.
2. What kind of cuisine are you most familiar with at cooking?
ANSWER : all sorts, but mainly thai, italian and peranakan
3. List a few dishes that you are really good at whipping up!
ANSWER : Beef rendang, lasagna, otah otah, green curry chicken, choo chee fish, lodeh, laksa, satay, chicken chop, fried chicken, honey cookies, chocolate chip cookies... and steaks on the bbq.
4. Who have you cooked for? What did you cook for them? What feedback have they given you re. your food?
ANSWER : Friends and family. Have tried cooking a host of most things, they always say my wife and I should open a restaurant.
5. What is the largest no. of people you have cooked for?
ANSWER : 100 helping my mother cater for one of her parties...
6. Describe your Dream Kitchen! Come on, no holds barred!
ANSWER : Ideally, one that has magnificient views, has a few commercial gas stoves, lots of preparation area, linked to a huge pantry which leads on to a cold room, with lots of storage space, huge double sinks, with two dishwashers, and is linked to the outdoor dining area where you have a teppanyaki type style cooking surface and where you can have it used as a bbq as well.
7. Which is your preferred method of cooking? Eg. Stir-frying / Baking / Grilling / Frying / Poaching, etc etc. Why?
ANSWER : Stir fry, grilling, fastest and easiest in my opinion
8. Do you tend to keep cooking the same few tried-and-tested dishes? Do you consistently read cookbooks or magazines or surf online for new recipes to try?
ANSWER : Try new things all the time, do experimental cooking from my own concoctions...
9. How good is your ability to improvise? For instance, if given a list of selected ingredients, do you think you'd be able to whip up a good, decent meal on-the-spot, without consulting anyone or anything?
ANSWER : yes.
10. Describe a few dishes that are uniquely your creation!
ANSWER : strawberry glazed pinenut steak, honey and curry sesame and fried shallot chicken, salmon with special thai sauce
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i think missy start this thread to see who to aim to drag to our next pot luck session.....
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1. How would you rate your own cooking skills? Elaborate.
Eg. Beginner / Novice : Instant Noodles, Heat Up Canned Soup, etc
Budding Cook : Can cook rice with a few very simple and plain dishes, etc and so on and so forth...
ANSWER : Lousy Cook
2. What kind of cuisine are you most familiar with at cooking?
ANSWER : Anyhow hantum cuisine
3. List a few dishes that you are really good at whipping up!
ANSWER : Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich
4. Who have you cooked for? What did you cook for them? What feedback have they given you re. your food?
ANSWER : my ex-fiancee, and too many others who may want me to foot the bill for their doctors' fees
5. What is the largest no. of people you have cooked for?
ANSWER : 40
6. Describe your Dream Kitchen! Come on, no holds barred!
ANSWER : just give me a wok with a good handle and industrial burner.. the rest can be managed
7. Which is your preferred method of cooking? Eg. Stir-frying / Baking / Grilling / Frying / Poaching, etc etc. Why?
ANSWER : by telephone... but with a wok, you can do almost anything
8. Do you tend to keep cooking the same few tried-and-tested dishes? Do you consistently read cookbooks or magazines or surf online for new recipes to try?
ANSWER : what are cookbooks?
9. How good is your ability to improvise? For instance, if given a list of selected ingredients, do you think you'd be able to whip up a good, decent meal on-the-spot, without consulting anyone or anything?
ANSWER : sure.. why not? isn't cooking all about anyhow hantum and hope no one dies?
10. Describe a few dishes that are uniquely your creation!
ANSWER : most are.. and but no one will eat them -
eh bear, you too modest lah...
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Wah honeymouse, nice kitchen. Now that I sell kitchen appliances, I ogle at them even more than before.
Pinkybear, I love the colour scheme of yours. It's very unique. Got close ups? -
Thanks Jetta!Originally posted by jetta:Wah honeymouse, nice kitchen. Now that I sell kitchen appliances, I ogle at them even more than before.
Pinkybear, I love the colour scheme of yours. It's very unique. Got close ups?
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If I had bought them after I started with the company.Originally posted by honeymouse:Thanks Jetta!
So do you get discount when buying kitchen appliances? I bought mine after we moved here late 05. Want to see what I sell? www.sears.com click on appliances. Enjoy!