Masak Masak
22.09.06 11:14 Filed in: Others
My earliest
memory of being in the kitchen was when I was about 1 or 2. I was
potty-trained in the corner (near the WC) while my mum cooked away
in our avocado green HDB
kitchen. I
would sit there watching her earnestly, absorbing all the details
so I could reenact it all during Masak
Masak play
time. Masak
means to cook
in Malay and
Masak
Masak is a game
little kids play to pretend they are cooking wonderful and
delicious meals for their friends and family. I had my very own
little kiddy wok and a plastic coal stove. I also had a little cane
basket (like Little Red Riding Hood) I would take with me when Mum
brought me along to the market so I could help her carry our
groceries back home.
My first ever task in the kitchen was when I was 3 and that was refilling the soy sauce bottle. The other pretty significant task I had was also to stand on a bamboo stool over the stove to help stir Kaya. We had a wonderful housekeeper from Malacca, Ah-Chim (Auntie) who made the best Kaya ever - Over the years I've tried to make Kaya that tasted like hers. But it's not the same. Hers was a wonderful deep reddish brown jam - that was smooth and wonderfully aromatic.
My first ever task in the kitchen was when I was 3 and that was refilling the soy sauce bottle. The other pretty significant task I had was also to stand on a bamboo stool over the stove to help stir Kaya. We had a wonderful housekeeper from Malacca, Ah-Chim (Auntie) who made the best Kaya ever - Over the years I've tried to make Kaya that tasted like hers. But it's not the same. Hers was a wonderful deep reddish brown jam - that was smooth and wonderfully aromatic.