Cooking, is not my strongest strength even though I am enjoying cooking. Why I don't think I'm good in that?
Well, I'm married to a chef who is good at his field. He is the one who cooks for our restaurant guests and our visitors whenever I have invited friends home. Cooking is not really his passion but he loves to cook for people rather for himself. By looking at people enjoying his food would be the most satisfactory moment for him. So, through out the years, whether it's at the restaurant or home, I don't really have the chance to cook for our guests, plus I don't really have the confidence in cooking for the others (except my girls).
I need to share a conversation that occurred between my mom and my chef before we got married, in which he loves to share it with others every time people ask him questions like: "Does you wife cook?", "So, who cooks at home?" He will never answer, "Oh yes, my wife can cook,", or "Yes she cooks for the children at home", instead of these answers I always hope him would give to these people, he will laugh it out loud and then starts his line, "Ha ha, talking about Doris cooking, let me tell you about that about what her mom said about her."
The following is the joke about "Doris doesn't know how to cook" which he enjoys telling people time after time.
"Before Doris and I got married, one day my mother-in-law called me in and wanted to talk to me in private. I was wondering what happened? Have I done something wrong? Carefully, seriously in almost a whispering voice, she said, "just that you know, my Ah Ping ( my Chinese's name) does not how to cook!". I was relieved and answered her, "Hahaha, Aiya, no worrylah, mom, I will teach her!"
Before I continuing to tell you about his promise, I need to tell you about my mom's concern about that "Ah Ping has no-cooking-experience"thing. My mom was a traditional Chinese woman who thought that it was very important for a wife to know how to feed the husband's stomach. The problem was she never really taught me how to cook when I was young. She would rather get me out from the kitchen than letting me helping her out. So, indirectly she was the reason why I didn't know how to cook. Well, now you know why she was worrying.
Let's come back to today. Did my hubby keep his promise to his mother-in-law? Not really.
After 25 years of marriage, I still does not know how to cook his yummy satay sauce, rendang, chaw kuih teow, char siew, crispy pork, apung balik and many more. He is not very good in teaching people to cook his dishes. He has all his ingredients in his mind and never write them down, he likes to prepare or cook in the middle of the night when he is alone. His best curry or marinating which turn up to be the best out of his best is when his cooking magic show is performed at night without audience. So, I have became very good in eating his food rather than cooking his recipe.
Truly I do enjoy his food very much, just like our girls, guests and friends. I appreciate his effort in pleasing me with his cooking, especially after a big fight or a few days of "cold war". His best way of saying sorry will be a question like this, "What do you want to eat, I will cook for you."
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