Catfish and cats…

Several weeks back, we had a clan reunion with all the members of my grandma’s side of the family invited. The activity was held in our place, tents were put up in the backyard, a videoke machine was rented and a lot of the cousins came. Since we were hosting, we had a lot of cleaning up to do at home and the cooking was left to my dad’s brother and sisters. I like this kind of occasion as most of the foods serve are traditional or locally available. Of course, there are pork stews and noodles. But one of the dishes served was catfish – some grilled and the others fried to be topped with sauteed tomatoes and kinchay (Chinese parsley?).

Tomatoes are sauteed with garlic, onion and black beans. Add some water and squish the tomatoes to make the sauce thick. Then kinchay is added before it is taken off the fire. Some cooks prefer to add the fried fish to the sauce them boil for a few minutes. What my cousin did was to separate the sauce. Which is a good idea as I really don’t like the sauce I prefer to dip the fried catfish in soy sauce and chili!

Speaking of cats, my friends J and K gave me saltshaker of a cat for my birthday the other week. Cute right?

Now, I can add it to my collection of cats! I might need a cat condo for them later on…