I cooked Ma Po Tofu for dinner.

The funniest thing happened. just thinking about it makes me cringe at my own goondoo-ness. cherie was chopping garlic for her fried rice and chopped a little bit for me too and left it in a bowl. thinking that that was onions i looked at it and exclaimed, "how come so little?!" so i chopped more. and more. and more. and after i finished cooking the dish, and tried it, fwahh it was super garlicky la!! at first i couldnt put my finger on how come it had a funny after taste. and then it hit me!! i thought the bowl of garlic was onions, even though they look and smell entirely different! someone shoot me. andrew said i should change the name of the dish to 'garlic tau hui'. the bean curd was too soft la, so it looked mashed. well but im lucky to have friends who love me. despite how it tasted, they finished most of it. aww.. such encouragement. i'll get there. i'll get there. i thought of taking a picture of it, but i figured it would probably deter more people from even considering to eat any other food cooked by moi in future.

the girls and i are in the midst of planning our dinner menu for the week. i'm cooking panfried linguine with bacon & mushrooms! i'll get my onions and garlic right this time.