{"id":12310,"date":"2023-07-20T14:39:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T06:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/?p=12310"},"modified":"2023-08-15T14:54:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T06:54:41","slug":"how-to-start-learning-to-cook-an-expats-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/explore\/how-to-start-learning-to-cook-an-expats-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Start Learning to Cook\u2014An Expat’s Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-4-percent” column_padding_position=”all” background_color=”#fefeff” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”10px” top_margin=”-20%” width=”5\/6″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none”]
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<\/div><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”How to Start Learning to Cook\u2014An Expat’s Guide” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1689820875361{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”You don’t need much to conquer the basic skills of cooking.” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1689921515341{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Full disclosure: I’m only Malaysian. But before I learned how to cook I was reliant on food from hawker centres and fast food, which can get boring, fast. It took me a while to get myself to start cooking, though the biggest fear I had was something rather silly. It wasn’t that I was afraid that I couldn’t cook up a delicious meal or mess up the cooking process. No\u2014I was just afraid of turning on the stove. I had this irrational fear that I would accidentally blow the kitchen, and myself, up. As silly as it is, I finally got around it, right around when COVID hit. So I was able to have hearty home-cooked meals during the pandemic, which helped me cope with missing home during then. If you want to start cooking but have no idea how to, you needn’t be afraid. Here’s how to start cooking for yourself, even if you’re new.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1689821088859{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]\n

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