A Surprise Foodie Night

I was in the mood of cooking. So, I ‘pakat’ with Stevie and made Saturday a Foodie Night. I wanted to give Guardian Angel a surprise.

You see, to me, cooking requires mood. A good one. If the chef’s mood is good, the dishes will taste yummy. Remember the movie by Sarah Michelle Gellar – Simply Irresistible back in 1999? Yup, so don’t cook when you are in a bad mood. Hehe…

I cooked my all time favourite – Japanese Seafood Garlic Fried Rice. I could still remember my first time cooking it- no recipe, no guidance. I experimented it.

I think I overcooked it because it was only meant for 3-4 pax that night, but the end result was, it was enough to serve for 6-8 pax. :)

I started off my day very early as early as 7.30am. I sent Optimus Prime for a service. Thereafter, I drove to a few places to get all of the ingredients and necessities for this dish. By the time I got home, it was already 2pm. I had a simple lunch and started preparing for dinner.

Here are the ingredients needed:
1. Lots of garlic
2. Japanese rice – must be the one with the fat boy with mouth opened (the green packaging)
3. Dory fish – 3 slices
4. Prawns
5. Squid for texture
6. Eggs - 2
7. Garlic butter
8. Crab sticks – for color
9. Japanese seasoning

Fry the eggs

Pan Fry the Dory fish slices

Wait patiently for the prawns to turn orange

Japanese rice

Firstly, steam the rice (if you have a rice cooker, then use it). Make sure the water to cook it is sufficient, or it will make the rice soggy. Then, while waiting for the rice to cook, pan fry all of the seafood individually; one after another as well as the eggs. Once the rice is done, stir it up and air it. The rice will become slightly dry, which is just nice for fried rice. You can also use “overnight rice”.


Start frying the garlic till it’s half cook or just cooked, then start mixing it with the rice and put in the garlic butter. Mixed them evenly. Put in the seafood and start frying/ mixing it. Lastly, add in some fish roe for color.

Mum took this photo as she has never seen me cooking at home. :)

Me - not curi makan but food tasting

Walah, it is done. Simple isn’t it?

We had it for supper too!!! At the end of the day, I asked for feedback. What was the verdict?

“Yummy. Delicious. Thank you.”

It’s all worth it. The travelling and time spent. :)