So, after an early shower at 6.30pm, i was ready to start cooking. Now, being a student who lives in a place with no kitchen, i have a handy induction stove. However handy it is, it's a real energy sucker, we'll get to that later. So, i started off by boiling the pasta al dente. While i was cooking, i smelled burning rubber and i was worried with the extension wire connecting my room's socket and stove. Like i said, i have no kitchen but there was a table next to a small sink. To prevent my room from smelling like oil and the floor being an oily mess, i cook there.
Anyway, i proceeded to adding my broccoli into the boiling water. Just when the broccoli were thrown in for 2 minutes, my whole place's electricity was cut off. Shit... I have had that experince before but it was only my room's electricity that got cut off; this time it was the whole freakin place! Luckily no one was at home so nobody freaked out except for me. Well, i only was freaked out a little bit for a tiny while. I checked, ok, it really was just my place with a blackout; checked the fuse box, everything is on, ok strange....
While i tried to salvage my pasta and broccoli with a torch light placed behind me, the electricity came back! Hallelujah! :D Ok, the show continues. Next, it was time to pan fry the salmon steak. I have diligently asked for advice on how to cook a salmon. The pan must be oiled and hot enough to prevent the salmon from sticking disastrously on the pan. So, i poured in enough oil to cover the base (probably 2 tbsp) and put the mode in 'Frying' mode. After hearing some 'pop' noises from the oil, i laid the fish on. Again, another mayhem has occur. The salmon unsuccessfully stuck to the pan. -____- We all know that salmon itself is a fatty fish and i think i may have put too much oil, so with the fishes fat coming out and the existing oil in the pan, everything was just a disaster. Well, again, i went on anyway, i fucked up the pan but i aint gonna destroy the expensive fish too!
I somehow managed to salvage the fish and the next stage with a much smoother flow, i managed to cook the Alfredo sauce. Well, it was from a can and i dare say shame on me for not knowing how to use a can opener. Hehehehe, it's been awhile and i had those no brainer types of can openers at home. I never used the traditional one with a handle. Of course, it was no daunting task for me to open it, and i was greeted with a heavy smell of mushrooms. Well, i did buy 'Alfredo with mushroom', ok, heavy white sauce + oily fish, i'm starting to wonder if this was a good idea..... O_O"
So after about 1 hour of kitchen labour, i managed to cook my Alfredo fettuccine with salmon and broccoli!
Tada! my Alfredo fettuccine with salmon and broccoli
Salmon saved! Phew!
* As you all know, i was too tired and lazy to pull out the DSLR to take photos, so i resorted to just my handphone
Final verdict: I was delighted that the salmon was quite good, i didnt overcook it :D (my sister would be so proud of me -v-) Despite being cooked ever so briefly, the broccoli were alright, i like them crunchy anyway. The pasta however was kinda umm, 'inflexible' and too al dente and some strands stuck together, i probably should have boiled it in more water and a longer time... The Alfredo mushroom sauce was well, very 'mushroomy' and heavy. It tasted decent until my worst thoughts came true when i was almost finishing my plate- it was getting greasy. You know, the feeling like you want to throw up from eating something too greasy and heavy? In BM, it's called muak! And i definitely felt it when i was at the last leg of my plate. Well, i forced it down and gulped a lot of apple juice afterwards.
My conquest to cook myself a fancy dinner turned into a bitter sweet experience. I had an alright meal but i had to go through a lot of mayhem to cook it. Well, at least i experienced it, 1st step to learning is to make mistakes anyway ;) now i know how to cook salmon and to leave cooking white sauced pastas to the chefs. Oh, and to never ever use an extension plug with an induction stove! (You might read some labels that tell you to pull out all the wire if handling high voltage appliances, well, dont bother using them, it's VERY dangerous, unless you have an insulated wire)
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