tldr: i love you mom You really take it for granted.The truth is, last year should've been the last mothers day in a long while that I would get to actually spend with my mother and family. Covid-19 decided differently and this year, I got to spend mother's day at home. So naturally, I went all out. Here are a couple of things I decided to make for my mom. Theme: Guangzhou food from when my mom and I went to Guangzhou last summer Dishes1. Tanghulu 2. Sauteed onions, bell peppers, & cabbage (veggies lol) 3. Tang yuan (soup made with jiu niang, egg, tapioca balls, dates, and goji berries) 4&9. Japanese souffle pancake (topped with greek yogurt, melted chocolate & strawberries) 5&6. Cheung fen (added green onions after microwaving because they tended to stick weird) 7. Baked 5 spice popcorn chicken (added a ketchup, honey, black vinegar, & sriracha sauce coating) 8. Black sesame & nut candy (added peanuts & cashews, halved the sugar) Additional notes- took about 6 hours to a full day to do everything
- tanhulu aka the candied fruit ended up not coating properly so it was just fruit and sugar syrup which honestly was still bomb - papa chieng a.k.a the harshest critic VERY MUCH enjoyed EVERY SINGLE DISH. Can we take a moment because this was a very significant, magical feat. I dare you to try and get him to say that about your cooking. - souffle pancakes kinda deflated after a few hours, we're a little..dry(?) - black sesame candy was pretty sweet but the nuttiness and the bitter from the black sesame made it OK - greek yogurt is an amazing pancake topper for added protein - cheung fen took so. much. time. to make lol - bought my mom an ergonomic mouse off amazon and she really liked it aka I killed mothers day this year :)
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