Siomay and Tea Time

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# 46 The other day my friend came over to just hang out with me. She then had this idea to make something for us to snack on… When it comes to cooking, she’s the total opposite of me. She loves doing it, and while I’d be horrified of the thought of cooking anything from scratch, it’s like nothing at all to her... So we went to an Asian market and got everything she needed to make siomay. It’s basically a dish of steamed fish cakes in peanut sauce. The hardest part was probably making the fish cakes – well, it looked hard to me but she did it with no hassle at all. She then let me helped her to stuff the fish cakes mix in the steamed tofu and bitter melon – after she showed me how to do it first, of course. We also steamed some baby potatoes... The fish cakes wrapped in small wonton wrappers were really what siomay was all about. (It’s the ones below on the white plate where the hard boiled eggs were in the picture). She said it’s missing the steamed cabbage as she forgot to get some. Oh well... There were 2 kinds of peanut sauce that she made. One was made of normal peanuts, and she used cashew nuts for the smoother one on the right of the picture. We snacked on these as soon as I finished taking picture and everything was simply delicious... I served the Twinings tea as a complement. I love all their tea flavors and always have a stock of at least 3 different ones in my cupboard for people to choose from. Earl Grey, Lady Grey, and Pure Peppermint were the ones I happened to have at the time – they were my favorites along with the soothing and minty Camomile & Spearmint infusion... (Collage made using free Photovisi site)