Little bit of background: I live in self-catered housing, which means no meal plan for Kyle. I cook my own food every day, which is usually a mixup of whatever looks interesting in Sainsbury's (the grocery store down the way) and what I've got lying around in my shelf of the fridge. Here are a few things I've been so proud of that I've had to take pictures of them.
Here, we've got eggplant, or aubergine (pr. o-ber-zheen). Don't ask me how it got that name. I get funny looks of confusing and xenophobia whenever I say "eggplant," but it's always a good time. So, what I've done here is cube the aubergine, curry it, and sautee it in coconut milk with onions and garlic. Then I sliced up another one and grilled the slices with basil, salt, black pepper and olive oil drizzled on top. But when I went to put them all together, I realized I didn't have enough space on my plate, hence the pileage.
For my next trick, I put out some char siu （叉烧） pork, a well-liked Cantonese dish. My friend, Jess, from Australia stopped in Bristol on her travels round the world, and I made it for her. I couldn't be bothered to cook veggies as well, as we had just been in Bath for cream tea (for those who don't know, tea with scones, with a side of clotted cream and jam), so we were a bit full, but still hungry enough to enjoy my homemade char siu.
On a much more random side note, I just found out how to put pictures up on these things, which is why I am excitedly writing a new post now, eager to try out this new-fangled thingamajiggy.
Unfortunately, I didn't get to photograph tonight's dinner, which was fish in sweet chili sauce, garnished with ginger, garlic and scallions. Oh well, next time. Keep posted for tomorrow's post-race post! (Yes, I know I wrote all those "post" words. Thank you.)
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Is it not very Australian to call it Aubergine?
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