Asian
Cuisine!
May
20, 2004 - by guest writer Isabelle Ashfield
Isabelle
Ashfield of Sim Parade is a highly respected food writer, contributing
to Simmerville web with her series of food related articles. Today she
interviews Mia Kong on Asian food.
Sims
today have more food options than our ancestors. With migration and global
communication we can cook meals from all over the world. We sometimes don’t
even realise that Asian food is all around us.
Not
so long ago our Asian meal options increased when Super Stars came to town.
They brought with them sushi. If you have been to Studio Town you should
have tried the sushi! It may be expensive but it’s worth it.
But
what if you can’t get to Studio Town? Some catalogues provide Asian food
and many other types of international cuisine. Some of these are:
Nightcrawler's
Food (SimSanity)
S-206
Sultry
Earth
Simorpher
These
meals are purchasable through your main catalogue. Some are already cooked
others you have to prepare yourself. But believe me it’s worth it. They
are really delicious and are full of a variety of ingredients.
Asian
food has been here for a long time
Hey
just because we average Sims didn’t cook Asian food until now what about
those Asian Sims who came here long ago. Today I talked to Mia Kong. Her
parents took herself and her brothers here to Sim Parade many years ago.
She talks about how Asian food has been here for a long time.
Isabelle:
Hi
Mia. Thanks for doing this interview.
Mia:
That’s
fine Miss Ashfield. I’m doing this to help Sims realise that Asian food
has been available for us Sims a very long time.
Isabelle:
Thanks
Mia. OK, when did your family first come to Sim Parade?
Mia:
Well I’m not entirely sure! I came here around 40 years ago. My parents
decided to move from Asia as my father had business opportunities here.
He set up a company making boats.
Isabelle:
Wow
that’s so long ago! What do you remember about the food?
Mia:
My mother loved the kitchen. She was so worried when we moved here. She
was afraid that she couldn’t get the right ingredients for all her recipes.
Well she was right. There was nowhere to get fruits and vegetable unless
they were potatoes and cabbage! Luckily my mother brought some over but
they couldn’t last. We met other Asian families in the same situation so
we grew our own vegetables and spices. We got the seeds from a box father
brought to Sim Parade. And to earn my money back we sold the left over
vegetables to other Asian families.
Isabelle:
Wow
Mia. So did you as a child ever cook?
Mia:
Of course! With the lack of ingredients my mother only cooked simple meals
like noodles and sometimes spring rolls. So because the meals were simple
us kids would always make them! I remember we always used to sit by the
pond and dream about all those tastes from our old home. So one day it
was mother’s birthday. Us kids snuck out and went to the market. Other
families had followed our example and grown Asian vegetables and were selling
them but they were very expensive. So we put all our money together and
bought a sprig of lemon grass. My mother loved it. She planted in on the
windowsill and soon we could cook food that tasted like home.
Isabelle:
That’s
sounds great Mia. You must be a good cook! So do you still cook Asian food
today?
Mia:
Yes I do! My children have grown up themselves so now it’s just my husband
and I. We cook a special Asian meal together every night for dinner. And
you know that business my family ran when I was a child. Well my mother’s
special blend lemon grass paste was a hit! Today my husband and I still
run the family business of running an Asian food store. Now we sell everything
from lemon grass paste to lemon grass and even soymilk!
Isabelle:
Wow
the history of Asian food in Sim Parade goes way back and Asian food is
still thriving today. Well thankyou Mia Kong for letting me interview you
on Asian Food.
Mia:
That’s Ok Miss Ashfield. Oh would you like to try some food?
Isabelle:
Yes
please!
Well
that was my interview with Mia Kong. I hope this article has let you learn
something new about Asian food in sim Parade and the rest of Sim City actually.
Maybe next time you chose your meal look for something Asian! |