BAck to Blogging

04/13/2008
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It's been AWHILE since I updated my blog, sorry to my loyal readers for abandoning you. Now that life has somewhat settled down to normalcy, I think I should jumpstart my blog again but this time I am changing the format a bit and will be focusing mainly on my foodie creations & travels & experiences with food. I know I know there are so many blogs out there talking about food, but what's life without food, food makes life interesting & fun. Food makes the world go round in my book! To start off my blogging with a a bang, I am featuring my first ever crab dish that I cooked on Sunday for lunch. Mamasan brought me home a lovely live crab from the wet market and I was (as brutal as it may sound) quite excited with the prospect of killing my first crab. I tried to remember all Master Lu's lessons in my head with regards to killing & cleaning crabs & was quite surprised to see that it wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. I even remembered to remove the sac located near the crabs eyes to remove the bitter taste. Guess I've seen Master Lu do it so many times that I just sorta remembered it by default. I decided to make Crab with steamed egg since the recipe looked easy & I luckily had all the ingredients on hand. Crab with steamed egg is kind of like eating Chawanmushi with a whole crab cooked in it, and believe me, the steamed egg tasted heavenly since the combination of the crabs natural juices mixed with the egg made it extra flavorful. It was cooked perfectly if I may so!