My Mom, the Executive Chef

During my month-long visit in Singapore last month, I got a chance to savor my mother’s cooking. While Singapore, being a melting pot of cultures, has an abundance of cuisines to wet my appetite, there is nothing like the unspoken comfort of sitting down to a table of food prepared by the Executive Chef of this household.

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(BOTTOM) One of the first meals my mom cooked when I got back to Singapore last December. (TOP) A local fruit called the durian.

My mom has the chance of visiting me in Oklahoma back in 2007 and without fail, she took over my kitchen (and I gladly let her). Unlike her kitchen in Singapore which is in a separate room, my kitchen was initially too “open” for her. After assuring her that I don’t mind the smell of her cooking filling up my home, my favorite dishes like sweet ribs and stir-fired cabbage quickly made their way to the dining table.

In an earlier blog “I Believe I Can Fly”, I mentioned one of two new floor plans Home Creations recently released. It got me to thinking about a kitchen layout that my mom, the Executive Chef, would like. The other new one, a 1,544 square feet Anthony (a Wellington Elite floor plan) seems to fit the bill.

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