I think no one would be able to guess where I went to today, on the Eve of the Chinese New Year. Hubs brought me for a foot reflexology! He had gone to this acu-pressure centre at Jalan Imbi a few days ago on recommendation of his close friend. Yesterday, he brought my mil there and today was my turn. The appointment was fixed at 10:30am and we spent over 2 hours there. This foot reflexologist claims that he can cure people of many ailments, even cancer. The man who was before my turn has cancer and he was trying his luck in getting the cancer treated through foot acu-pressure and reflexology. Anyway, I shall blog about this in my health blog later.
It’s 5:30pm now and our house is filled with the aroma of CNY dishes, the smell of which is making everybody’s tummy rumble…. braised mushrooms with sea cucumber and dried scallops and a pot of abalone chicken soup. My mil’s also going to steam a ‘yim kai’ aka castrated chicken (castrated chickens costs over RM50 a kilo and a bird normally costs between RM150 – RM200!), kon cheen har loke (fried prawns), some waxed meat which is a must for CNY, re-toast a big fat chunk of crispy siew yoke which she bought this morning, stir-fry a mixed veggie and steam pomfret fish.
I vowed that this CNY, I shall not gorge on CNY cookies, and especially on pork and chicken jerky and deep fried arrowroot chips.   The foot reflexologist told me that I’ve got a poor digestive system (revealed through pain from specific points on my foot) and should avoid deep fried food and food laden with oil. Oh well, it’s better to trust him than to indulge in these sins, only to regret later right?
My mil brought these lovely plants back from Hong Kong last week. When she brought them back, the flowers have not bloomed yet. Now, they are blooming with pretty white-yellow flowers.
How are you celebrating your Eve of Chinese New Year? I’d like to wish all my blog readers koong hei fatt tai choy and may the year of the rabbit bring everyone good health, good wealth, peace and happiness.
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kung hei fatt choy to you and yours 😀
LOL… so ‘tan'(enjoy), which is good to pamper ourselves especially during this festive season! Wishing you and your beautiful family a prosperous New Year!
Me, New year eve, sushi king set meal for lunch and reunion dinner at MIL’s house lor, every year almost the same!>_<
We had “yim kai” for lunch at my parents in-law’s house today too . I still prefer “choi yin kai” (kampung chicken) more. The “yim kai” was a bit too tough to chew or perhaps my mom inlaw had oversteamed it. 🙂
Gong Xi Fatt Chay…….to you and your family.
All the very best for the Yr of the Rabbit! How did we celebrate? Well, major snowstorm here, blizzard overnite. Horrible drive into work. Also working 6 days this week! (Looking for some pity…)
Thanks all for the CNY wishes 🙂
Chris, poor you. Is there a China Town there where you can enjoy the CNY festive mood?
pretty mummy, happy chinese new year to u….n family too!