Sunday, January 29, 2006

新年快乐

Happy chinese new year! The year of the dog, moxie's favorite :)



For our 'tuan yuan fan' we met up with two couples at Chau Chow City in Chinatown. You see 6 is a lucky number ;) As we ate, we lamented about the cny foods we missed most. Kueh bankit, pineapple tarts, bak kua, fried prawn rolls ..argk! Yeah we're deprived, gone 10 years without partaking in the festivities. Also talked to my family, they seem to be having much fun (without me). Hubs and I resolve to celebrate CNY in singapore next year.

Weird, I never really missed the whole lunar new year thing till this year. I don't know why, maybe as you get older you get more nostalgic ... it's nice to celebrate in a big way like the americans do thanksgiving. Even though both festivals really stand for the same things, spending time with family, thanksgiving just doesn't have the same feel since it's not something I've grown up with.

Fish Maw soup. I don't remember why but eating fish maw is supposedly auspicious?
Fish Maw Soup

Yummy duck
Duck and Clams

Pigs trotters with fatt choy. We clogged our arteries but we'll be rich!
Pigs Trotters and Fatt Choy

Sea cucumber ...
Sea Cucumber

The obvious ... 年年有鱼. This was actually really tasty!
Steamed Flounder

2 comments:

matreshka said...

Xin nian kuai le wan shi ru yi!
Yong ma jing shen!
Nian nian you yu!
Bu bu gao sheng!
Kuai gao zhang da!
Feng he re li?

mini said...

erh i don't think i can zhang da anymore :)