I told myelf not to blog about sth to do with my boyfriend for the next entry lest you guys get sick of me rambling on and on about him. But I really feel like blogging about this first before I blog about other outings w friends. So... bear w me! *wide wide grinOne year part 1:Baby and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary finally after some rocky path along the way. There were no fancy presents, cars or restaurants but it was perfect enough for us. We had many ideas (ok mostly i had many many scenarios of how the day would be like) but due to certain problems, we decided the celebration of us being together was afterall, the most important thing. I have always been particular about special dates but i have realized certian things along w you. We could always buy things for each other and go places together in future, there isn't a hurry. We're constantly showering each other w sweet nothings every now and then isnt it? Yes i feel disappointed some times when I think about it but thats plain silly of me. You are right hon, and the simple celebration was magical as it is. So screw fancy gifts and high-class places, your prescence was definitely most important to me too.Amidst the crazy rollercoaster ride, we still managed to have a sweet n wonderful dinner on the actual day. Some time later, we went on a fishing-maybe-prawning trip. OH NO That will come under Part 2 of my blog entry about our 1 year. This is part 1.I planned to make Sushi for my dearest quite some time ago and I thought this would be the perfect occasion. It would be brought out as a lunchbox (ai xin dian xin! bleh im too disgusting) on the day we celebrate cause he gets hungry like all the time. haha. I planned this Sushi day w my hao peng you Bee when i was asking her for help while buying ingredients to make cupcakes for Victor too. (In case you dont know, Victor is my boyfriend's name. DUH) Let's talk about the cupcakes another day. The day before our celebration, I went out w Bee early morning before dance practice to buy the ingredients for the sushi (: The actual day morning, I woke up at an unearthly hour (8am+?) and rushed over to Bee's place w the heavy Jap rice amongst other things.We started immediately, washing and preparing the ingredients. There you see me looking like a zombie w fresh prawns which I feel that I have arranged v.nicely :/
The other toppings that we had to prepare - Egg mayo and crab mayo.
We had to cook the rice for 2 times because the first set was too dry, hard and not fat enough. Luckily, the second set was just nice! I learnt that Jap rice is like shorter, rounder and fatter, not to mention sticky. We played cheat and did not use vinegar but the powdered seasoning instead. We used agar-ration and the rice tasted exactly like sushi rice too! wheee (:
I started w the California Handrolls (as you can see they don't look that great...) and Bee used the bamboo sticks to roll that long thing. HAHA. You are supposed to cut the rolls into small pieces but after she tried cutting, the ingredients spilled out and didnt look nice so she decided to just leave it.
"Aiya, let my mom zhen3 ge4 na2 lai2 chi1 jiu4 hao3 liao. Easier" That was what she said. LOL. cute ehs.
I went on to do my individual Sushi(s). I had to wash my hands a little after doing every 2 sushi so that the rice would not totally slip off or stick to my hands. They looked a little weird at first but after the topping is on, the shape seemed to get nicer. I used the heart shape thingy to make a few heart shaped sushi too. Tee-hee. Almost there now...
Oh ya the 2 miserable looking ones on the bamboo are those i rolled and attempted to cut. I think you have to put different ingredients at different levels so they look nicely rolled in the middle after cutting. But we simply put the ingredients on top of one another so thats why the ingredients are all mashed up in a corner. OOPS :x
Bee getting bored as I made more sushi for my love. Thanks 8-year-buddee for giving me most of the rice since we cooked too little (: She used the first batch of rice to make some shapes. I remember she has a habit of compressing food into funny shapes. For instance, she pressed some Cotton Candy into a tiny square-dice shape when we were in Secondary school. Yeppp.
And there you go, my final creation!!!
Tsk. Im so proud of myself. *beams* HAHA. I know the handroll looks bad. This container is seperated into 2 levels. Below this level there is another set of sushi and I made 1 more set in another smaller container. So in total there are 3 handrolls, individual sushis w egg mayo, crab mayo, pork floss (his fav!), prawn, tuna and the cut-up rolls that has the combination of 2 or 3 ingredients. If you look closely, 2 of the sushi are in the shape of hearts x)
Okay! This was my serect mission in the morning. I planned it perfectly and cabbed home just when he woke up. I acted as if I woke up late too and met him around 3-4pm. He did not suspect a thing at all :))) But as those of you who knows Vic would know that he did not jump up and down in surprise too la. He simply looked surprised, asked a few qns and continued sitting down and smiling. LOL. That's my chill-chill boyfriend. (: Of course it tasted wonderful. HEHS. I shall blog about the rest in part 2!
I seriously want to change my blog add and skin but that takes more time and im lazy :x Till next time, loves! (:
~You know that I'll support whatever decision you make. i'll always be there for you. Certain things you said recently touched me. Im sure you dont even know what you said but that makes it even sweeter because you said it so naturally. I love you baby (:
Oh ya the 2 miserable looking ones on the bamboo are those i rolled and attempted to cut. I think you have to put different ingredients at different levels so they look nicely rolled in the middle after cutting. But we simply put the ingredients on top of one another so thats why the ingredients are all mashed up in a corner. OOPS :x
