People have asked me. Does it cost more to cook your own food than to eat out? Well, many ingredients – like those ready-made pastes are expensive. It definitely costs more to cook your own than to eat out at a hawker centre. But if you want more control over the taste and the quality of some of the ingredients, then you should definitely cook your own. There is no reason for paying people to cook something which we can do better ourselves.

Cooked egg noodles and bean sprouts. Blanch in hot water for half a minute.

Ready mixed mee rebus gravy thickened with starch.

Lots of lime juice, sweet soy sauce, green chillies and diced fish tofu completes it. Tastes much better than any food court or hawker centre mee rebus.