Semalam masak kari ayam kegemaran JJ., sambil2 masak tu teringat kisah kari ayam masa di bumi kangaru dulu.. Sebelum tu sudi diingatkan bahawa aku ni bukanlah chef terhandal mcm kak LG or Dr Lurpak., i can cook for me n JJ and bonda n my anak2 menakan bila diorg dtg.. Nak memasak utk public akak xmampoo lg nyah...
So anyway, back to my story (this is also 1 of the reasons i xberani nak masak utk public). I had this frens who came to bumi kangaru looking for work tp on tourist visa (dont let me get started on how silly that was!) so anyway there comes a point when they realised that they cant work without the proper permits n what-nots and find themselves with no money to pay their accommodation any more. So i sbg good samaritan ni pun jemputla theyoll dtg tido kat umah i sementara menunggu airasiah yg bakal membawa mereka pulang ke tanahair. Lagipun umah i memang sangat dekat dengan airport.
Sebagai tuan rumah yg berwibawa, i pun masakkanlah nasik utk dorg maklomla dah lama xmerasa nasik lauk melayu kan? Nasik dgn kari ayam dgn sayor goreng cincai bancai. Since i do not know how to make kari ayam from 0 (i.e giling rempah bagai) i pakai instant paste mak nyonya je, well mana nak dpt rempah ratus segala kat sana kan. Tp i tetap gak letak onion, garlic, ginger segala sbb tak complete rasanya kari ayam kalau curah paste tu semata. So theyoll ni kata sedapla i masak mlm tu (tp tetapla nak citer that one of them is a good cook n even made nasik goreng yg disukai ramai semasa mereka menetap di youth hostel di bne kan?) Akak xkesahlah dik non, tahniahla uols pandai masak...
Lps dah makan theyoll offer nak basuh pinggan. Fair la kan, i masak uols basuhla dishes tuh. Bila diorg dah masuk tido, i masuk dapo nak tgk kot2 theyoll salah simpan sudip i ke n found out that my rubbish bin has been ransacked! Pack instant curry yg asalnya duk kat bwh sbb i dah buang kulit2 bawang, bontot brocoli rumah mushroom segala tetiba dgn magiknya duk kat atas sekali.. Aikk!! Nak kata kucen ke anjen ke yg ransack, rumah i tu no pets allowed.. ha.. Sahlah theyoll yg duk kat dapo mencuci tadila yg ransack tong sampah i. Adoyai... Kot iye pun nak find out rempah apa i guna tak boleke tanya je i? I xmalu le nak berkongsi (and admit yg i ni pakai instant paste saje). Gigih betul theyoll kan?
Lagi sekali my good intention menjamu org makan backfired ialah masa i invite a group of melayu friends dtg lunch sbb theyoll dtg dari bne pickup kwn dorg kat airport yg dkt dgn umah i tuh. Dah elok2 letak nasik semua (i lupa i masak apa aritu) si minah ni bole angkat pinggan dia yg dah ada nasik n lauk tu tinggi2 n said "wow, corelle!!, i'm impressed!!". Nak je i hempuk dia dgn sudip kayu.. Melampau tak? Plislah bersyukur aku dah jamu ko makan, perlu ke nak check tgk pinggan jenama apa aku pakai? Kalau aku tahu ko jenis yg gitu baik aku hidang pinggan melamine jer.. Nanti ko kutuk aku pakai pinggan murahan.. Choilah korang ni semua..
Oleh sebab itu i tak berapa nak konfiden kalau nak masak or entertain people to come over for makan2 (yg i masak) esp org melayu.. I've hosted other families n friends while down under (chinese, kiwi, cookie, papuan, indonesian, laotian, thai) but everything went smooth. No complaints or comments from them other than good compliments and how thankful they are for being invited. Kalau melayu (sessi mengutuk bangsa sendiri) semua serba tak kena.. Org kita ni mmg sgt judgemental kan?
So anyway, back to my story (this is also 1 of the reasons i xberani nak masak utk public). I had this frens who came to bumi kangaru looking for work tp on tourist visa (dont let me get started on how silly that was!) so anyway there comes a point when they realised that they cant work without the proper permits n what-nots and find themselves with no money to pay their accommodation any more. So i sbg good samaritan ni pun jemputla theyoll dtg tido kat umah i sementara menunggu airasiah yg bakal membawa mereka pulang ke tanahair. Lagipun umah i memang sangat dekat dengan airport.
Sebagai tuan rumah yg berwibawa, i pun masakkanlah nasik utk dorg maklomla dah lama xmerasa nasik lauk melayu kan? Nasik dgn kari ayam dgn sayor goreng cincai bancai. Since i do not know how to make kari ayam from 0 (i.e giling rempah bagai) i pakai instant paste mak nyonya je, well mana nak dpt rempah ratus segala kat sana kan. Tp i tetap gak letak onion, garlic, ginger segala sbb tak complete rasanya kari ayam kalau curah paste tu semata. So theyoll ni kata sedapla i masak mlm tu (tp tetapla nak citer that one of them is a good cook n even made nasik goreng yg disukai ramai semasa mereka menetap di youth hostel di bne kan?) Akak xkesahlah dik non, tahniahla uols pandai masak...
Lps dah makan theyoll offer nak basuh pinggan. Fair la kan, i masak uols basuhla dishes tuh. Bila diorg dah masuk tido, i masuk dapo nak tgk kot2 theyoll salah simpan sudip i ke n found out that my rubbish bin has been ransacked! Pack instant curry yg asalnya duk kat bwh sbb i dah buang kulit2 bawang, bontot brocoli rumah mushroom segala tetiba dgn magiknya duk kat atas sekali.. Aikk!! Nak kata kucen ke anjen ke yg ransack, rumah i tu no pets allowed.. ha.. Sahlah theyoll yg duk kat dapo mencuci tadila yg ransack tong sampah i. Adoyai... Kot iye pun nak find out rempah apa i guna tak boleke tanya je i? I xmalu le nak berkongsi (and admit yg i ni pakai instant paste saje). Gigih betul theyoll kan?
Lagi sekali my good intention menjamu org makan backfired ialah masa i invite a group of melayu friends dtg lunch sbb theyoll dtg dari bne pickup kwn dorg kat airport yg dkt dgn umah i tuh. Dah elok2 letak nasik semua (i lupa i masak apa aritu) si minah ni bole angkat pinggan dia yg dah ada nasik n lauk tu tinggi2 n said "wow, corelle!!, i'm impressed!!". Nak je i hempuk dia dgn sudip kayu.. Melampau tak? Plislah bersyukur aku dah jamu ko makan, perlu ke nak check tgk pinggan jenama apa aku pakai? Kalau aku tahu ko jenis yg gitu baik aku hidang pinggan melamine jer.. Nanti ko kutuk aku pakai pinggan murahan.. Choilah korang ni semua..
Oleh sebab itu i tak berapa nak konfiden kalau nak masak or entertain people to come over for makan2 (yg i masak) esp org melayu.. I've hosted other families n friends while down under (chinese, kiwi, cookie, papuan, indonesian, laotian, thai) but everything went smooth. No complaints or comments from them other than good compliments and how thankful they are for being invited. Kalau melayu (sessi mengutuk bangsa sendiri) semua serba tak kena.. Org kita ni mmg sgt judgemental kan?
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa finally! So both of us just start blogging*kira2 i pun baru jugak lah*. Masa duk pdg pasir, rumoh saya dah mcm canteen sbb selalu jemput kwn2 dtg makan...tp bila yg lain tahu dan tak dijemput seraya berkata " Kannnnnnnnnnnn masak-masak tak ajakkkkkk...Tengsssssssssssssss". Thats it!! no more, pokcik tutup canteen. Agree wt you! Invite hanya yg betul2 kenal saja...yg lain tak payah*ops emo panjang ni*
ReplyDeleteKapten.. kalau tak jemput, di katanya kita ni sombong... kalau jemput banyak pulak songehnya.. senang cite kita masak2 utk makan sendiri ajelah ye?
ReplyDeleteerr.. bila nak invite weols makan nasik mendy kat canteen uols?? :p
:-) Saya tahu sangat perasaan itu. Bagi makan atas bungkus nasik minyak sahaja.:P
ReplyDeleteSalam.
Salam perkenalan Mak Piah
ReplyDeleteMemang pun, lepas ni i nak siapkan paper plate dekat umah.. Takdelah sakit hati kena basuh pinggan lepas kena perli kan? ;)