We broke our tradition for CNY this year. Every year if the MIL is here, she would cook ‘jai’ (vegetarian food) on the first day of CNY. There would be a stir-fried vegetarian vermicelli and a ‘jai’ dish (dish made up of Chinese cabbage, wood fungus, mushrooms, golden needle mushrooms, glass noodles and fermented red soy bean). This year, we did not have all these but spent our ‘chor 1’ at the mall… and had Japanese food 😀
Our brunch at Yuzu Japanese restaurant.
I wanted to take a picture of my Charlie’s Angels in red but Alycia the camera-shy one just refused to have her picture taken! I managed to steal a picture of them whilst they were playing…
… and stole this candid snapshot when she was caught off-guard haha!
We had sashimi, udon, cold soba…
… and a steamed beef dish on a wooden crate. Beneath the wooden crate are some lemon slices, which impart a zesty aroma onto the plain beef, when steamed.  Under the beef slices is a bed of cabbage. The beef slices are to be dipped into a bowl of specially prepared sauce before serving. This is a simple yet unique way to serve beef. Beef lovers who love the natural taste of beef would like this dish. I did not quite like it as the beef had a strong smoky taste, imparted from the wooden crate.
Sukiyaki has always been one of my favorite Japanese dishes as I prefer food that is non-oily and non-fried. Check out the Kobe beef slices in the pot of delish soup, yummeh!
After lunch, the foodie hubs brought the girls and the mil to Espresso Lab to enjoy their favorite cuppa coffee and his favorite Milicrepe cakes. I almost wanted to puke when he suggested cakes and coffee but to this foodie, being able to enjoy good food is orgasmic to him 😛 As usual, while they stuffed themselves even fuller, I did the activity that gives me the most pleasure – my 2-in-1 hobby of retail-therapy cum exercise 😀
Oh yes, did you know that shopping can help you burn quite a bit of calories?
Check this chart:
Estimated Energy Burned
Shopping
| 5 Minutes | 15 calories |
| 10 Minutes | 29 calories |
| 15 Minutes | 44 calories |
| 30 Minutes | 88 calories |
| 1 Hour | 175 calories |
| 2 Hours | 351 calories |
| 3 Hours | 526 calories |
| 4 Hours | 701 calories |
I think I burned all the calories from the cookies that I ate on ‘Chor 1’ after my 2-hour shopping marathon!
Here’s wishing all my readers a year full of high horse power and a very happy neigh neigh year! May you succeed in everything that you undertake and may you gallop away with lots of good fortune!
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