Valentine’s Day

What did we do with a 1 year old? With no free babysitter, our option is to eat in like normal days. John prepared our dinner, kinda unusual … and wait… that’s not the most unusual part. The most unusual part is, he made curry chicken for the first time. With the help of a a curry paste of course. I came home from work, the dinner was already in the making. So I went in to the kitchen to snoop, to my horror, he told me the curry chicken is in the oven! I’ve never seen / heard you can bake curry chicken, maybe you do but I’ve never done it. So I had him explain to me step by step what and how he did it. You know, I don’t want him killing us both. This guy rarely cooks let alone curry! Way out of his comfort zone considering he doesn’t like spicy food. So my usual control freak emerged and explained to him I’ve never baked curry chicken before and that’s not the way to do it. He explained to me step by step. So the key point to his curry making is he did stir fry the paste first, then add the chicken drumstick. After adding a dozen of chicken drumstick (yes a dozen!), he realized that the wok he was using barely fits all the meat and the potatoes he had in there. It was hard for him to stir fry it so he transferred all the “stuff” to a big pyrex baking ware and let them continue cooking in the oven. Still a little hesitant to trust his technique, he suggested to take half of it out to cook in a wok to compare. It turned out, the baking curry chicken wasn’t bad at all. The gravy was actually a lot thicker than the batch in the wok. I ate a lot, not because it was super delicious but because I love to eat rice and I love curry. Hehe….don’t tell him that, or he’ll never try to make anything again. I have to give him credit for making my kind of food for me instead of his usual steak and mashed potatoes dinner though.

Yes, that’s our Valentine’s day.

Our little sweet Valentine….

Wait, no, our night didn’t just end like that. After Gaven went down for nap, I dragged John to the kitchen to help me bake peanut cookies “fa sang peng”! One of my favorite cookies!

Okay, now you can feel sorry for my super down low Valentine’s day.