Aunty Lee's Delights Quotes

“As Aunty Lee always said, you can’t cut out bad memories without removing part of your heart, but you can always create good memories to override them.”
― Ovidia Yu, Aunty Lee's Delights

“As far as Aunty Lee was concerned, people ought to go through the ideas they carried around in their heads as regularly as they turned out their store cupboards. No matter how wisely you shopped, there would be things in the depths that were past their expiration dates or gone damp and moldy---or that has been picked up on impulse and were no longer relevant. Aunty Lee believed everything inside a head or cupboard could affect everything else in it by going bad or just taking up more space than it was worth.”
― Ovidia Yu, Aunty Lee's Delights

“In life as in recipes, it was often the smallest pinch of contrasting flavor--the lightest splash of seasoning savored undetected--that made all the difference to a dish.”
― Ovidia Yu, Aunty Lee's Delights

“She cooked the way some people drove - while carrying on conversations, applying lipstick, and texting messages - trusting the instinct that came with long practice and only focusing on the main task when something unexpected came up or went wrong.
Fortunately Aunty Lee did not drive.”
― Ovidia Yu, Aunty Lee's Delights

“That was the problem with Australians playing tourist. They dressed for comfort and it was impossible to tell how much they were worth.”
― Ovidia Yu, Aunty Lee's Delights

“You can't cut out bad memories without removing part of your heart, but you can always create good memories to override them.”
― Ovidia Yu, Aunty Lee's Delights

“people ought to go through the ideas they carried around in their heads as regularly as they turned out their store cupboards. No matter how wisely you shopped, there would be things in the depths that were past their expiration dates or gone damp and moldy—or that had been picked up on impulse and were no longer relevant. Aunty Lee believed everything inside a head or cupboard could affect everything else in it by going bad or just taking up more space than it was worth.”
― Ovidia Yu, Aunty Lee's Delights