Oriental cooking

Bought mom an Asian delight cookbook for Mother's Day - featuring cooking styles from all across Asia, including Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmmar and even Malaysia! Hmm, guess I've just gotta wait for some good food the next few days, hehe

Other than dat, took a look around MPH for some Chinese cookbooks and also to check out the novels available. Chinese cookbooks are expensive! Good, non-Malaysian, Chinese cookbooks can go up to rm 100 plus. And they come with Shanghainese, Taiwanese and several other styles.

Undecided, I tried checking it out online. There are a few good sites, like cooking.com, chinesefood.about.com and a few others, though their version of egg tarts is much flatter than what we have here. This made me wonder if there are variations in food there. Perhaps we can only find Char Kueh Teow and Bak Kut Teh in Malaysia? (dunno about wan tan min though. Wan tan should be an international cuisine, I'm pretty much sure)

Oh ya, about the novels. Saw some novels I wanted to get off the Times book sales that recently concluded. Prices were around rm 32-35 each compared to rm 8 at the book sales. Dunno if I should be happier or sad that I've got so many, but yet not all. Must be the kiasu syndrome in me, heh. But, book reading is good. If you want to start somewhere, try 'To Kill a Mockingbird' or for science fiction, one of Isaac Asimov's. Those are guranteed. Amy Tan's a good start on family life.

Till next time, I've gotta get some food for my growling stomach! Tata!