Quay Po Cooks: in memory of an unborn child

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Monday, June 13, 2011

I may be gone but I live in your heart forever....

To my blogger friend, Ah Tze of A way of mind, who had a miscarriage recently, I am so sorry. I am thinking of you and hope time will heal your pain. I am sure all your other blogger friends feel the same for you.

I have chosen a poem and made a card for you in memory of your child.

The Love You Bring

I looked toward the clouds today

and for a moment saw your face

And wondered just where you have gone

with the hope it's a peaceful place.

Did you show yourself to me today

to tell me you're all right?

Or was it just a daydream

playing tricks upon my sight.

Then I thought of when you left

still too young to say a word

Yet the look you gave us said it all

in our hearts, your good-bye was heard.

You have changed our lives forever

your short time here not in vain

And hope you know we tried it all

to keep you safe from pain.

We will always feel the void inside

because you are not here

But each new thought you send our way

let's us know you're always near.

So until our journey nears its end

and we hear the Angels sing

We'll face each new day as it comes

and live off the Love you bring.

By James Sullivan

A LITTLE ABOUT THIS QUAY PO

Before I was married to my "Quay Lo" (Guaylo) husband, I did not know how to bake or cook. Subsequently I learned some baking and cooking Western cuisine from him, and providing his food for him launched an interest in cooking in general. Many of my Chinese friends and family told me that "Quay" is the wrong spelling for devil in Cantonese. The right spelling should be "Kwai" or "Guay". Well, somehow I like the spelling "Quay" better although I have to agree that it does not sound very Cantonese. Try asking a Westerner to pronounce "Kwai" and you will probably hear "Quay" haha. Whether is "Quay" or "Kwai" or "Guay, just know the devil woman is me when you see Quay Po Cooks. My hubby said if people pronounce "Quay" as "Key" is even better because I am the key to his heart. LOL!

Only now, have I started to learn the traditional Cantonese cuisine of my Mum. She cooks fabulously and all her specialties are divine. These two interests, my husband's Western food, and my mother's traditional food, prompted me to document them so they will not be lost.

Here, I wish to share my cooking and baking experience with my readers. I also hope to inspire those who do not know how to cook or bake to do so because, trust me, if I can, you can too.

Something I'd like to mention is that I find that many people are rather unwilling to share their recipes. However, for me, I think differently. I think good recipes should be shared thus allowing as many people to enjoy it as possible. Unless those recipes are for doing business, I don't see why we want to keep them all to ourselves. So if you are generous in sharing your recipes, you are welcome to share on my blog. Send the recipes to me and better still with pictures of the final products and I will be very happy to post them them with credits to you of course.

Our cuisine is a deeply embedded part of our culture. When two cultures come together under the same roof the results in the kitchen can sometimes be comedic, sometimes confrontational, but more often it is a journey full of surprises and discovery. There is joy in our food. If we think upon this, it is intuitively obvious. This blog is a journey of joy and sharing, reflecting what the French like to call "joie de vivre" (joy of living). No one could be more different from one another then my husband and my mother. Yet one thing they share in common is knowing intuitively that food, cooking, and sharing can be avenues of joy in life itself. So herein, help yourself, to a little joy and , if you like it, share it with your own family and friends. Joy is something that should be shared.