: : Kailan & New Stove : :
A gruelling day today and so near CNY. Was thankful to rest my feet and sit down to a nice dinner. We had some kailan.
Add the stem of the Chinese broccoli plant. Was definitely sweet and crunchy. The first time I had this was in Singapore back in 2001 whilst during training. Had never tasted such things before so was very intrigued by the looks. Then, after taking a bite out of it, was immediately addicted to it.
Granny’s new stove. The stove costs about RM200 with an interesting figure : centrifugal flame. There is now more flames than before and it rotates! Scares me quite a bit but Granny was intrigued by the salesman during the Kuching Fest last August that she bought one. The ventilation system, imported from Taiwan, costs RM1000.
Wena : Wah! How to clean the oil ah? Doesn’t look easy.
Granny : Turn this knob and will clean itself lah! Salesman say just turn and when it tings! all done liaw.
Wena : Errr…maybe need to switch power on first?
By turning the knob, lights come on inside that thing. I can only deduce that it heats up the oil so that it drips down towards this small pan. Don’t know if it will work well or not but let’s see what happens. There is also a little story behind the whistling kettle in the picture. I sort of spoilt Granny’s old whistling kettle (that no longer whistles anyway) so had to quickly get her another one before she came back from her holiday. Phew! That was 2 yrs ago. What happened? The plastic knob melted into the kettle, the water dried up and the bottom became discoloured. Don’t ASK!