Comfort Food

What's your favorite comfort food? A comfort food is a food that you're always willing to eat, no matter what time, place, or who's cooking it, and no matter what the caloric content. For me, an essential comfort food is..... mac n cheese! (macaroni and cheese). I will eat mac n cheese at any time. When I cook it, it's a special event and I need to make a big batch. It's not the easiest food to make either! You may end up shredding 1, 2, 3, 4 different cheeses, cooking pasta, and making cheese/butter/milk sauce. You can add any toppings you want: tomatoes, broccoli, chicken, bacon, ham. Whether it's at a fast food place, a dining hall, the White House, I know I won't be able to resist the yellow cheesy gooey melty stuff. I do however draw a line at box mac n cheese; I don't like cheese powder.

The weird thing is, my parents never made mac n cheese for me as a kid, since it's not exactly Asian food. (See: cheese). I must have developed the taste for it as an adult, craving what I could never have. My parents made lots of tofu however, so I like eating tofu too. I stir fry tofu with lots of oyster sauce and nothing else -- tastes just fine! HAO CHI! Great Eats :)