Digitizing a cookbook filled with memories

Twenty years ago, Win Nie gave me this handmade cookbook when I moved to Lyon.

see how the staples on the left have rusted...

So, what recipes are inside?

I never made this, because where would I find that herb in France? Not that I knew what it was...and I still don't. Haha...

I never understood why this recipe called for one whole egg and one egg white. I think I tried it once with one whole egg (or two?), but being someone who doesn't eat a lot of rice, I think there wasn't enough hot rice to cook the egg. Oops!

I already made prawn omelette with only prawns and beaten egg seasoned with soy sauce and pepper. This recipe is a lot more complicated. Lazy me says it is not needed!

I tried this once, but the egg kept falling apart because I wasn't quick enough to fold the egg over before it was fully cooked (and couldn't close the packet any more). So I gave up :P

I tried this once...I even specially bought a pack of raw groundnuts to make it. But I couldn't get the groundnuts to soften (I think I didn't expect it would need such a long time). Give up!

I never tried this because I didn't even really know what fish maw was at the time, nor where to find it.

Deep-fried stuff. No thank you, I'm not deep-frying anything. Pass!

I already had a braised chicken recipe which is a lot simpler because it skips the complicated plating step. So I skipped this recipe. (Psst...I can't believe they use up to 500ml of soy sauce for just one kampung chicken! I guess that's what makes this recipe taste better than my simple braised chicken? :P )

This recipe is too complicated, and I don't like porridge enough to go through all the trouble. :P

This is my favourite recipe! I used canned clams and skipped the coriander, spring onion, and ginger juice. Even after coming back to Malaysia, I made this once in a while...until I couldn't find canned clams in supermarkets any more. :( And I am too lazy to do this with fresh clams...

It seems that most of the recipes are skipped due to my being lazy. :P But looking back, the first recipe might be doable in a rice cooker... (that's me being lazy again, looking for shortcuts)

Win Nie even left me two blank pages to add my own recipes to, but I never added any.

Anyway, I decided I had to digitize this cookbook, because I would be really sad if something happened to it and I didn't have any backup!