August will end soon, and this blog is almost 2 years old! WEEEEEEE! I know i was not really productive since mid last year coz my health problems. But i am trying to keep writing since now i get healthier. I come back to the kitchen, and i told Amanda (kitchen partner, cousin, masterchef rival) yesterday, i was so glad that i could stand in the kitchen again and make some foods again with her like i wanna cry coz its really amazing after one year of pain. Yesterday i made Nasi Goreng Teri* with her and we had some debates. Its kinda often coz we are different in the way of cooking. I am more open about the ingredients and so on, she kinda stuck with the recipe.Improvement sometimes can makes her worry about the taste.
So, yesterday we prepared the stuffs for nasi goreng. For me, garlic is the basic thing, so nasi goreng needs some garlic while she said there is not garlic on the recipe she found. A lil debate, then i won. We got 2 garlics, some chillies, anchovy, and 2 eggs. I chopped the garlic and stuffs while she were frying the anchovy. She complained about the way i chopped the stuffs and then i said life is free, so does cooking. Theres no rules in our own kitchen. She quite, kinda mad, but she wasnt. When our nasi goreng almost finished, she kinda not satisfied with the taste, i asked her to put salt, she said the anchovy already salty. Then i asked her to put some sugar, she said we didnt need sugar in our nasi goreng. So finally, she kinda hopeless and asked my opinion to put some sesame oil. I said if u want to put it, just put it, innovation. Then she put some. She then offered to put some fish sauce and i just asked her to put whatever she likes. At the end she also put some Worcestershire sauce, its mean she already put 3 different sauces in one dish.
I feel so happy that she finally made some improvement even though i knew the taste will be out of our prediction. YES ITS TASTE WEIRD. She didnt like it but i was just trying to convince her that its good to make some changes, some improvements. At the end, we did eat the nasi goreng together, we shared some to her mom and brother. She had some sambal in her nasi goreng to fix the taste. No nasi goreng left, meaning, even though we thought its kinda failure, but when people eat and have nothing to complained for, we still did a great job.
So, you know, rules are made to be broken. When you have no rules, it will make you easier but it must be adapted to your condition. For example, if you work in hotel kitchen, your way of cooking will be so much different from your way at home. Yeah everybody knows that, thats not a good example though nadia lols!
*Nasi Goreng Teri : Friend Rice with Anchovy.
