Fried noodles versus instant noodles

2008
09.14

fried noodles

I haven’t seen Mrs BB since I woke up. She is probably helping out at her mother’s. Benghui had a wushu session this morning so I cooked fried noodles for him.

Ingredients : noodles, kangkong, tauge( brussel sprouts ), strips of chicken, black sauce, salt, tomato strips, carrot strips, big onions. It tastes great or at least acceptable but I didn’t add in ajinomoto msg ) but you won’t be able to tell because of the chicken meat. He didn’t even bother to taste it.

He refused to eat. He said he prefers to eat instant noodles, the Ibumie Penang Har Mee.

instant noodles

I refused to cook it for him as I had already gone to all that trouble to cook for him. He then said he wasn’t hungry. He can be as stubborn as me.

When I went to pick him up after wushu, his wushu coach said, “Bengbeng, Benghui is sick. He almost vomited just now.” Did I do wrong? I am so fed up. He has to learn he is not the centre of the universe. :( When I was young, I considered myself lucky if I had a proper and nutritious breakfast like this.

18 Responses to “Fried noodles versus instant noodles”

  1. Fatima says:

    The fried noodles look great!!!

    I’m really sorry Benghui was being so stubborn :( Hopefully, he’ll learn his lesson and be more appreciative of the people around him…

    When he came home, his hunger overpowered him, I suppose :) But talking abt being appreciative, I seriously wonder if kids know the meaning of being appreciative :)

  2. annant says:

    back then my typical brekkie was bread, half boiled eggs, bread, oat, *yawn yawn*
    Mami would rather zzz then cook us brekkie :(

    da stubbornness is inherited from u lo, like father like son ma :D

    his is only 20% of mine :)

  3. physiomom says:

    My kids oso like that lor. Dnt appreciate mummy wrk partime on unpay leave period..sometimes demand to eat good food outside refuse to go simple. After lecturing them hopefully something got injected inside. Every weekend before their tution n taekwando this poor mommy wish rush to cook up breakfast for them before she goes to earn extra income…sigh they’ll be sleeping till the very last minute to attend classes..but at least they do say THANK you mommy if my preparation happens to be what they like(thank God most of the time it’s what they like..sphagetti, nasi goreng tom yam, maggie mee with fried egg, garlic , Vono instant soup with potato bread.

    we shud hold hands in solidarity hahahahahaha

  4. Bengbeng says:

    physiomum,
    how come yr frustrations same as mine huh? guess it is called parenting :)

  5. Alvin says:

    wah, kids nowadays so demanding ah? last time i don’t dare to pick my food 1. coz my mum will either be super sad (sometimes cry, and i dont like to see my mum cries) or be super fierce and don’t give me any food. ahahha.

  6. wuching says:

    eh, I like Har Mee also wei! better than Maggi Mee I think & tauge is not brussel sprouts lah, its bean sprouts nia.

    oops :)

  7. QuaChee says:

    maybe he’s not feeling well? but if he is you are doing right – in my eyes.

    he was jus being difficult :(

  8. Che-Cheh says:

    Since he’s somewhat like you…then you should be able to tackle this matter. Think…how to make me eat stuff that I don’t usually like to eat…Hahaha

  9. cheekybear says:

    Don’t worry lah.. Kids memang like that. You give them rice they want noodles, give them noodles they want porridge, give them porridge they want rice. I tell you sometimes I get so frustrated I tell them I’ll cook you instead. Kah kah kah! Anyway to make things easy for you, just ask him what he wants to take, so long as it’s not the same thing everyday should be fine. If he wants instant noodles just add in a bit of veggie and egg or something extra.
    Cheer up!

    think his taste buds have been spoilt by msg

  10. Adino says:

    I don’t think you did wrong. You cooked a nice meal for him and he didn’t want to eat.

    Beng Hui if you read this, you must appreciate what your father is doing for you. Not many children have the opportunity to eat home-cooked food, and many more don’t even have food to eat!

    he read it. he is still sulking :)

  11. foongpc says:

    What you did is correct. You have to be firm otherwise your son won’t take you seriously and climb all over you. Anyway, it’s never easy bringing up children : )

    i had another incident today. :(

  12. Darren says:

    i guess ur fried mee is delicios than the ibumie but just benghui want to have more salty ibumie hehe.

  13. jam says:

    Nowadays kids are like that. Less appreciative than what we were last time.

    if i compare myself n Benghui i would agree with u

  14. Jasmine says:

    yayaya..the noodles looked nice leh.. why he is not interested? Appreciative? Nah.. its not going to happen now… maybe 15 more years later? hehehe

  15. i Share says:

    I agree, fussy children are difficult to deal with. We need to have more patience.

  16. ahmike says:

    Wah, bro,. Ho Ciak Man!

  17. foongpc says:

    What incident?

    he jus chose to eat the eggs n meat n jus left the vege alone :( He will get constipation soon :)

  18. foongpc says:

    I think a lot of children just dislike vegetables. I guess you will have to think of ways to make him eat his veges. Last time when I was small, I remember my mom holding a cane and that was enough for me to force myself eat those vegetables! : ) Sometimes, if soft approach don’t work, need to use hard approach.

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