16 July 2020

Some of you may wonder why I "reopened" my kitchen. Doesn't Ms. Yip cook every day? To be honest with you, I don't cook every day. Especially during days I need to work at school. I leave the flat at 7am and normally come home between 5 and 6pm. I basically eat whatever my mom cooks. She likes to steam chicken legs with red dates and ginger. 90% of the time she prefers one vegetable which is Choi Sum. Whenever she wants to eat fish, it must go with her blackbean sauce. There is not much variation but there is also nothing to complain about.

I would just make something different when I have the time and energy. And this second quarantine just hits at the right time. Instead of travelling out of Hong Kong, now I'm staying home for my 閉關修煉 "secret training". Today, I used the rosemary I've been growing to marinate the chicken thighs. It is usually paired with cranberry sauce but there's no cranberry in this season so I replaced it with pluot sauce which tastes pretty similar. The whole dish doesn't take more than half an hour to make. Hopefully you'll find cooking at home easier and easier.

Recipe