Home Food Defined

Before I begin, a little note that I'm making. The reason I'm publishing back-to-back is because I'm at this awesome American cafe (operated by a Chinese family) and I literally have nothing better to do. Heh

In general, I believe home food has to possibly taste good because if it didn’t, you probably wouldn’t prepare it in the first place. The main attributes of home food should be affordability, simplicity and durability. Home food should be affordable because you don’t necessarily want to spend more money than you would if you ate outside your home. Simplicity because home food is prepared fast as in within an hour and there would be no use for it to be appealing because you would have nobody to really impress unless you have guests over. Durability is the second most important next to affordability because given that if you absolutely cannot finish it, there would be room in your fridge for leftovers. Honestly, leftovers are awesome especially when you are as lazy as I am. You can bring it with you as your lunch for the next day like my dad does or just re-heat it the next night or the night after and it will still be good.

From my own home, my mom prepares the dishes. Aside from rice, she usually makes three dishes. A mandatory one being vegetables because it’s good for digestion. Here’s the unique thing about my family; I’m a picky eater and my dad prefers to eat something out of the ordinary. My mom would create a simple meat/vegetable or all meat dish for me such as a fillet, stir fried beef/chicken or something with eggs. My dad’s dish would be something more traditional like pork stomach or lamb. Occasionally, my mom would just go to Chinatown and buy an already prepared chicken or piece of pork (you know, the hanging ones). Either way, I love home food and it’s what brings my family together even with all our differences.