No Sauces Please!
Made a mess of the Jemej Kitchen this evening, made it really oily with the Pan-fried Spring Chicken with Sauteed Potatoes & Vegetables. Coupled with the Prawn & Vegetable Broth with Saffron on the menu, we had the pleasure of Heng-parents over for dinner.
These 2 dishes were actually the first 2 that I learnt from my basic cooking course at Palate Sensations almost a year ago. 
Considering that since then, I've not tried cooking them at home before, think I did well today. They loved both the chicken and the soup, even foregoing the chilli and ketchup accompaniment after their first mouthfuls, with me also going, "NO CHILLI OR KETCHUP OK!!"
Now I understand why chefs are so uptight against customers opting for sauces other than what's on the dish, they should just enjoy and appreciate the flavours of the dish as it is! Adding chilli sauce etc masks the original flavours, which would only make me think "then I marinate so well for what?!"
By the way, for this shot below, I didn't make them pose this way. No, even though they had attempted to ask for chilli sauce at first, I wasn't the "terror chef". Heh.
13 comments:
YES! V has this irritating habit of sauces with every meal. even before tasting. you need so much salt for what?!
So nice to have such supporting and nice in-laws... you are blessed :-) So when's that's nice lunch of ours happening?
ruth > haha, i guess it's a habit
pillo > No no, I haven't forgotten about our nice lunch, heh ;)
we will keep in mind to only use whatever is provided by chef EJ on popiah day! hehe!
hahaahah! looks good ya!! although quite long you nv whipped up any home-cooked dishes, but with satisfy impression of the folks, looks like ur skill still good! =p Gambate!
=) I think chefs love me, cos I won't add any sauce to any food (except fried stuff which must go with a certain dip).
Did I just invite myself to your next cook-out? :)
Wah you're quite a good dil to cook for your in laws! I don't think I'll ever have the guts to cook for mine, and I don't think they would want to try my cooking either!!
i won't dare to ask for any sauce now! Heh. and i'll warn the hb too. lest you chase us out of the house on popiah day!
Am sure they appreciate your good effort!!
candice > HA yes, otherwise would have to finish ALL the popiah!!! :D
elaine > thanks babe!!! :)
lilsnooze > Me not good enough to cook for big groups, so give me a little more time to "train up"! :)
karma chameleon > cos you have a husband who can take care of the kitchen stuff mah!!! So you can spend time with your in-laws in other ways. :D
lingz > Uh actually, there's only chilli sauce, black sauce to go with popiah, what other sauce you thinking about man?! Haha
pebbles > We hardly have much time with them over the week, so this was a good opportunity. :)
that's exactly what my grandma used to teach me. show respect to the chef by starting the meal without any additional sauces. so up to now, i do not even take chicken rice with any sauce. not even the black soya.
Heehee... I ought to share with my hubs this post because he always think it's me who has this problem with sauces. I totally hate it when he brings out the siracha sauce; that kills whatever taste there is.
michelle > that's admirable man! dark soya sauce maybe, but how can chicken rice without chilli sauce??
muffin girl > Haha, yeah, you can show him ruth's, lilsnooze's and Michelle's "model" statements!!
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