Treasure Pot

Recently I have been seeing articles & advertisement abt this Treasure Pot, aka Poon Choy. So a search in the internet shows tt this dish is sold ard $200 for 5pax. Though of buying it to add to our reunion lunch & dinner. But i heard my bonus wasnt wat i expected. So mayb cant afford to anyhow spend. :(

Nvm.. some luck is wif me today. I found a receipe to this Treasure Pot. So I will share wif u all. Good things r worth sharing. And remember to invite me to test-taste when u cooked this dish! Hahaha~

Treasure Pot (Serves 6)

INGREDIENTS
1 piece sliced abalone

6 pieces sea cucumber (15g)

6 pieces dried oyster

6 pieces conpoy

6 pieces fish maw (15g)

8 pieces carp fish ball (20g)

300g roast pork

1/4 roast duck

8 pieces dried mushrooms

1 piece tofu

300g white radish

10g black moss

300g Chinese cabbage

500ml chicken stock

METHOD

• Rinse dried oysters, conpoy and mushrooms. Add water and steam for about 20 minutes with 2 slices of ginger. Set aside.
• Cut the Chinese cabbage and radish into 4cm x 3cm slices. Blanch and set aside.
• Cut tofu into 4cm x 3cm slices, deep fry till golden brown and set aside.
• Rinse the black moss and set aside.
• Simmer the sliced abalone, sea cucumber and fish maw in oyster sauce and chicken stock for about 5 minutes.
• Assemble the Chinese cabbage, white radish, tofu on the bottom of the casserole pot. Neatly arrange the rest of the ingredients on top of the vegetables.
• In the hot wok, add some oil and deglaze with Chinese wine. Pour in the stock from the dried oysters, conpoy and mushrooms. Add chicken stock, season it with oyster sauce, sugar, white pepper powder and dark soya sauce. Thicken it with cornstarch solution.
• Pour the sauce into the casserole pot of ingredients. Steam the pot for about 20 minutes.
• Serve immediately on a portable gas stove to keep it simmering.

You can change the ingredients, like some restaurants offer Lotus roots, prawns, dried scallops, etc.

Hmm.. If my JE is not sticky to me, and my hb is able to look after her & WL alone, mayb i will try cook the dish this CNY reunion. Too bad.. have to try nxt yr bah.

Help is on the way!

Cont'd fr my last post..

Tt Thu nite JE burst into tears again after reaching home. As she couldn't slp well, she cried out loud. Hb try carry her out of the hse, to a nearby fitness area for a walk. At first she calmed down, den suddenly, she cried out loud again. Me staying at the 12th floor, can still hear her cries 1-2blocks away. Hb brought her to his mum's hse. On the way, he passed by the mrt stn, and everyone stare at my hb. He looked like he is 'kidnapping' a crying baby! So embarrasing... JE managed to calm down after MIL sayang her, fed her milk, n she fell asleep in the yao-lan.

Fri was her 2nd 6-in-1 jab. I request to c doctor at the polyclinic to enquire on JE's non-stop crying at nite. He say she is totally fine. N her cries is caused by her own attitude. If she is unwell or sick, she wont b able to stop crying n she will continue to cry the min she awake. So my JE doesnt fall into tt catergory.

Fri to sun morning, JE was in the care of my MIL. I got to spring clean my hse & attend a wedding banquet. JE was okie except a bit cranky due to the jabs.

Sunday, we went to buy a 2nd hand yao lan n went to my parents' place. JE has slightly improved as she no longer cry the min she stepped into my parents' hse. She began her terror cry when she fell sleepy. My dad quickly assemble the yao lan and after putting her in, she slept very well & stop crying. Miracle! Tt nite, i quickly assemble the yao lan back at home. She was slightly cranky & cries a bit.. but soon she able to quiet down n sleep well. Shift her back to her bb cot when she's in deep slp.

So far so good for these few nites. She still cries, but no longer for 2-3hrs.. after putting her in yao lan, she can slp better. I hope tt it will continue to work till she's more grown up. Keeping my fingers crossed!!! If not, i have to "安神" in my hse.

Jia En! Jia En! Stop Driving Me Crazy!!!

Hey! I don really noe wat's up this year! So many bad things r happening 1 after another!

2days after WL recover fr fever, i was stuck wif fever for 1 nite. It has been donkeys years since i last had fever.. mayb sch days? i really cant rmbr wen i last had fever. But definitely tis is not a simple fever.. as it spread fr WL to me, and then to JE!

JE was down wif fever last fri. Again we had difficulties in feeding her drink panadol. And she is forever rejecting to drink plain water! Sat mrng took JE n WL down to ICA to collect WL's passport. Yet, WL can finally travel out of Sgp! JE had a bad time at ICA, crying loudly for half an hr. It was super crowded n everyone was looking at me & the non-stop crying JE till she finally doze off...

JE din slp well n woke up wen v at bugis. Wasnt able to do much shopping as she was awake n cranky. After heading home, JE was again crying at hm. After coaxing her for a few hrs, we surrender & hb sent her to his mum's hse. Upon stepping out of the door, she stopped crying. She din cried all the way till inlaw's hse. At ard 9+, I tog she has calmed down, so brought her home. She cried again..all the way till 12mid nite.

Sun she woke up fine. Everything was fine.. till evening time.. alamak.. she cried again for hours.. I gave up n brought her to c a doctor. She has rashes on her legs & some on her arms. Doc diagnosed as rashes virus, and her cries was due to her itchy rashes. As a baby, she doesnt noe how to stratch, so she cry when itchy. Logical explaination, i shd have put some powder on her legs! I felt so stupid as not spotting the uncomfortableness in JE! Tt sun nite, lucky she was able to fall into slp easily.

Mon & tue was fine.
Ytd- Wed was hell!

She reaches home at ard 9pm. As she was still in pram, so hb n i quickly bathe so tt once she woke up, i can feed her milk n let her slp again. Who know after she woke up at 9.30, she couldnt slp back after her milk feeding! She began wif cranky & it turned into a fierce cry.. on-going till 1am. No matter how i carry her, rock her, push her in pram ard, she cry all the way. I did apply 2x cream + powder on her body.. N my last resolution was to feed her wif a bit of panadol to make her drowsy.

I'm not sure if taking panadol wen not having fever, will cause any effect on the body? But i really cant stand it. I screamed at hb! I screamed at JE! All doesnt helped. It was very late until we had no1 to turn to for help. Disaster! i even feel like slapped or hit her until she is unconsious! But i know i cant do tt! She's my baby, she's a human! She muz be feeling miserable too to cry tt loud.

Feel like seeking help from a doctor, psychologist or anyone professional to help n advise me? This is not a 1 time issue.. n has been on-going for 3mths already!

WL down wif fever!

Last nite, MIL reported tt WL has poor appetite during dinner & was slightly hotter den usual. So MIL fed him some fever medic at 6pm. Wen he returned home, his temperature has subsided. So i tog he has recovered, I din feed him any medic. At ard 2am, b4 hb went to bed, he touched WL n he was so HOT!!! Measured 38.8 & 39 deg.C in his ears! We woke him up to drink fever medicine, paste a cooling pad on his forehead, n let him return to slp.

Out of sudden he had fever. No other symptoms like flu or cough. And his temperature was so high at 2am. I try sponge him but he doesn't like the cold towel. He woke up tis morning wif ard 37 deg.C. As MIL say she could cope wif handling the 2 kids, hb & me went back to work. I having super busy workload at office. Auditors r hurrying us & my deadlines r tight. I cant really afford to take leave... Still, i'm glad MIL can manage. Thanks, Mom!

Hope WL recover n return to sch 2mr.

New Replacement to cheer me up!

2 days after i lose my T&Co bracelet, dearest hb bought me another bracelet. Nope.. not T&Co, juz an ordinary silver bracelet. He claimed it costs 1/12 of the T&Co bracelet price, so ard $30+. Still, i felt both guilty & touched. I knew he bought it juz to cheer me up. But looking at it, I felt so guilty for being so careless...

Well, a lot of ple has been consoling me that it's juz material lost. No1 is hurt or harm in this incident. Yeah, i agree. A colleague of hb also claim it's a minimal lost as compared to her losing her hb to cancer. So i guessed i felt better. At least hb is no longer as angried as before. So I should let it go..

Worst Day, Jinx Day, Unlucky Day.. 09-01-2010

I cant believe myself... how can i be so extremely careless, so useless of me....

I barely wore the bracelet for 3times only, and it's gone now.. gone forever!!!!!! Hb finally bought me a TIFFANY jewellery, and it's juz gone like this... I havent even show off enuff n it disappear. Went to yishun post office, follow by a shopping trip to orchard taka. Somewhere on the path along orchard rd, my bracelet fell off my hand once. I wore it back, i tried secure tighter, but it doesnt help. As i was carrying my bb ger, i juz wear it as per normal.

We took a short break at coffee club at taka. Hb took some pic of us, and i was still wearing tt bracelet. I juz spot the missing bracelet ard 5mins upon reaching home. There seem to be a tussle at the mrt ride, where i struggle to feed JE wif WL's leg resting on me. I muz have drop it there! I wonder will any1 ever pick it up n return to the smrt control station? It's seem like a normal S/S bracelet.. but to me, it costs so much & so precious! After 5yrs of waiting, i only manage to get this tiffany bracelet.

Please, any1 who is holding onto the bracelet, please kindly return to me...

The day is not over! Another shock came in right after i notice my missing bracelet. I lose my ger's anklet! A precious n ex gift fr her grandpa (XR: pls don tell any1 abt this yet). The pic at the coffee club already shown her missing anklet. I was hoping n praying tt it is lost at home, but i cant find it anywhere in our room, our beds, our sofa, etc. Oh my.. juz 1 day only, i can lose 2 items... total ard SGD700+!!!! I cried very badly tt sat nite... i don noe how to face my hb & my dad. I even had a dream tt i found both jewelleries on JE's romper, but it juz a dream... an unrealistic dream.

JE had a hard time trying to slp tt evening when we returned home. I had to cruddle her to slp for 2 hrs. Following by WL vomit all over the floor after his dinner. I am already very miserable, n yet more things r up against me.

I will always rmbr 09-01-2010!

Happy Twenty-Ten!!!!

Cheers to everyone! It's the start of a new year: 2010!!!

So time to set some New Year Resolution:
1) May my kids & family be more healthier in the years ahead!
2) Slim down to 50+ kg!
3) More hardworking me @ work, home & everything i do!
4) Have a better husband who loves n dores my family more than any other thing.
5) Maintain a healthier body by eating more healthier food & exercising more.
6) Cook more for my family, esp. the weekends.
7) Play less Facebook games. (wahaha)
8) More Salary increment or change of a better-paid & good environment job!
9) Save more money (for rainy day) & less over-spending.
10) Win more lottery (lol~)
11) Travel to more countries that i nvr visited before.

I muz JIA-YOU to achieve as least 90% of the above resolutions! N may everyone fulfilled their resolutions in 2010 too!

Happy New Year!!!

Christmas 2009 Presents

This is the 2nd yr that i can re-called receiving Xmas gifts from Hb. Last yr, hb gave me a SK white gold pendant.

This yr, he finally fulfilled my long-time wish of owning 1 Tiffany & Co jewellery! I rmbr i used to request for T&Co wedding band, if not, i wont marry him... But times really flies.. n after 5long yrs of waiting... i finally got it! Well, not a wedding ring, but a silver bracelet!

I have been threatening him.. if he still don give me a tiffany jewellery, i'm gng to give Jia'En a christian name: Tiffany. Lol~ So mayb tt is 1 of the reason he's finally giving me 1, before i do some reckless action. Wahaha~

Silver Bracelet

As for his xmas gift, well, i spent $200 on his clothings at the recent Isetan Prviate Sales.. gave him 3ties, 1 tie pin, 3 long-sleeve shirts. Things that he needed to mit other girls at work!

Taking abt his female colleagues.. hai.. really upset me alot. Let's hope hb will improve better in 2010...

No Xmas gifts for the kids.. haha.. have been buying toys as n when already. So there isnt any need for me to pamper them somemore during tis festive. Lol~