I’d like to wish all my Chinese blog readers “koong hei fatt tai choy” and may the year of the Tiiiiiigerrrrrrrr bring you endless joy, prosperity, good health and may everything that you embark on be smooth sailing without any stumbling blocks. I am wishing myself and all my loved ones the same greetings too.
Reunion dinner at our home last night – a table placed with lots of meat – ‘siew yoke’ (roasted crispy pork), steamed pomfret fish, steamed ‘yim kai’ (castrated chicken which cost over a hundred ringgit each!), suckling pig, ‘pei par ngap’ (roasted crispy duck), braised turnip and stir-fried veggie (not in pic). There was also a pot of lotus root (stuffed with mung beans) – pork ribs soup. I now loathe at the sight of meat *buuuuuuurppppp!*
After dinner, we wanted to bring the gals to Thean Hou Temple to see lanterns and CNY decor. I had read from the newspapers that the Temple spent around about RM150k on the CNY decor this year. We made a U-turn when we saw a cars on a bumper-to-bumper crawl lining up the narrow road leading up to the temple situated uphill. This is a common scene every CNY as many devotees as well as non-devotees visit the temple to enjoy the scenery and CNY decor.
The gals helping mah mah remove the plastic bags from the mandarin oranges. Baby thought they were balls (she recently went to Jungle Gym and played in a ball pit) and kept throwing them everywhere hahahahah!!
Today, my mil cooked a big pot of ‘chai’ (vegetarian dish) and cooked 2 rounds of stir-fried vegetarian vermicelli. The Yap family’s CNY tradition is that everyone eats vegetarian on the first day of CNY.
Where did you have your reunion dinner last night and what’s for lunch today?
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