Thanks to Azzy of Shape Mag I finally have a digital copy of this month’s cover. Hehe. The finished product of what we worked on last April (http://www.hannahtan.com/index.php/20100418480/Journal/Shape-Magazine-Shoot/) *grin*

June 2010

Compare the difference to the first cover I did with them 3 years ago…!! (oh how I have aged!!!! *smirk*) *laugh*

June 2007 *laugh*

And to answer the question on the cover – “How she got this body without a trainer?” Well, the obvious would be – the wonders of digital touchup! Hehehehe. Anyhoo I thought that since I haven’t been posting up much on food lately, I’d show you what I had for dinner this weekend. Hehe. Homemade sukiyaki!!! *grin*

ready!!!!

For those of you who are not familiar with this sorta meal, I took the liberty to quote this from Wikipedia for your reference and understanding *smile*:

Sukiyaki is a Japanese dish in the nabemono (Japanese hot pot) style.

It consists of meat (usually thinly sliced beef), or a vegetarian version made only with firm tofu, slowly cooked or simmered at the table, alongside vegetables and other ingredients, in a shallow iron pot in a mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin. Before being eaten, the ingredients are usually dipped in a small bowl of raw, beaten eggs.

Generally sukiyaki is a single dish for the colder days of the year and it is commonly found at bonekai, Japanese year-end parties. There is a theme in Japanese comedy that one can make passable sukiyaki even on a very tight budget.

I love LOVE mushrooms! *grin*

my favourite part of the sukiyaki - glass noodles! hehe

Hope that made sense. *smile* Well since I haven’t quite acquired the taste for raw eggs yet I omitted it this time round. Truth is, when I was a child, my dad (who coincidently happens to be the best dad in the whole world *grin*) used to whip up this unique blend of what he would call an energy booster (which he had learnt from his mum when he was a child, hehe) for the few times when my mum and I were sick and unable to eat anything. And what was in this energy booster was the most interesting bit. *laugh* Are you ready for this? Hehe…

Well, he actually put a raw egg into a cup of hot milo, which may not be too alien to a typical Malaysian Chinese family (as I would understand)…nevertheless I reckon since then I didn’t quite have such a fondness for raw eggs. *laugh*

Oh well, I reckon just like how I started off not being able to eat sushi, sashimi, wasabi and the works about 8 years back, I would eventually get the hang of it. It’s only a matter of time, ne? Haha.