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The seventh day of the Chinese New Year is also called Yan Yat, which means Everybody's Birthday. It's believed that on this day, Goddess Nü wa created human beings by molding them from clay. Goddess Nu Wa spent first six days creating animals. This year Yan Yat Seventh day of the Lunar New Year...
Happy Birthday, everyone! Today, the 7th day of Chinese New Year is also known as Renri人日. According to Chinese customs, renri was the day human beings were created and hence is viewed as the common "birthday" of all human beings.Just yesterday, our close relatives came to visit, so we decided to...
Prawns are a must-have ingredient during Chinese New Year, asprawns symbolise happiness and good fortune, as the sound of the Chinese word "har 虾" sounds like laughter "ha ha ha". On the 4th and 6th Day of CNY this year, we served stir fried prawns with garlic, curry leaf and cili padi.For...
Since the kids are on CNY school holidays, we decided to do some CNY baking with them to replenish our CNY cookie stock ;) I chose a simple recipe - cornflakes cookies, which requires only 6 ingredients and is very easy to follow, even for kids.It was a fun morning for us making these cookies -our kids...
The second day of Chinese New Year is known as Hoi Nien or The opening of the Year in English. We usually celebrate the day by having a feast at home. Here are the dishes taken with a new Sony a6000 camera, an early birthday gift from my beloved. There're twelve dishes. Abalone with bok...
Hello everybody! How did you spend CNY eve this year? As usual, we would head back to my grandparents place for the reunion dinner... look at the reunion feast that we had! Yum :)As we come from a Hokkien family, the must have dish is pork trotters with sea cucumber... I love this! We also had a fish maw...
Heres wishing my friends and readers, Healthy always, happy always! Gonna stuff myself with cookies and more cookies. I hope you do too. 😜 Kong Hei Fatt Choy! The post Happy Chinese 猴 New Year 2016 appeared first on Che-Cheh.
Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous New Year - Gong Xi Fa Cai from us all at GoodyFoodies.Check out this cute CNY greeting from #BabySumoKids.Here's to an abundance of good food as well as lots of good luck and "gold" in the new year.May the Fire Monkey year be a great one for you all!If you enjoyed...
Many Chinese, including our family, follow the practice of abstaining from meat and eating vegetarian food on the first day of Chinese New Year. It is believed that abstaining from meat consumption on the first day will ensure longevity. Vegetarian food can include mock meat as well as vegetables.Here is a...
I once had fried rice topped with foie gras at a Chinese restaurant, and enjoyed it - so I told myself I must try to make it if I ever get my hands on some foie. Ever since we discovered a place where we could buy it, we've been experimenting and cooking different dishes with it, and I remembered about the...
Chinese New Year falls on the 8th February 2016 this year. To usher in the Year of the Monkey, I have put together a list of hotel restaurants (which I have personally tried and would recommend) for your reunion dinner, CNY family dinners or to entertain your business clients and...
Another must-have dish for us during Chinese New Year reunion dinner is Chinese roast pork aka siew yuk. Siew yuk is a popular dish during CNY as pork symbolizes strength and wealth. In my family, it is usually offered to the ancestors during the prayers (pre-reunion dinner), and then later enjoyed by all...
Celebrate the arrival of the Chinese New Year with a spring reunion at Pullman Kuala Lumpur Hotel Residences’ Cantonese restaurant, Tai Zi Heen from 18 January to 22 February 2016.To usher in the Year of the Monkey, Tai Zi Heen will be offering three selections of a 9-course festive set menu packed...
My mother in-law is an avid Coca-Cola fan, evident from her mind-boggling collection of collectibles that she started more than 30 years ago. I was first introduced to her growing collection 10 years ago 8 years ago when rif took me home to meet her for the first time. Ever since, her Coca-Cola collection...
Last week, we had the pleasure of attending the Chinese New Year Yee Sang Dinner Review at Vistana KL. The CNY menus here are created by Hong Kong Master Chef Ng Wing Lam, an accomplished Master with over 40 year of experience in Hong Kong and Asia.At Vistana KL, there are 3 menus to choose from - Set Menu...
Pineapple nastar rollis our family's favorite CNY cookie. Without fail, we will bake pineapple tarts every year for Chinese New Year. Over the past few years, I have been using this recipe and have made slight amendments to further improve it.Some minor changes that I have made to improve the...
2016 will herald the Year of the Monkey and to celebrate the arrival of the Chinese New Year, Hubby has been getting creative preparing some monkey "art" for around our home this festive period.If you are observant you will remember during Dec 2015 my blog displayed a "BabySumo Santa" avatar and likewise my...
Welcome the Year of the Monkey with festive favorites with your family and friends at Five Sen5es, The Westin Kuala Lumpur's authentic Cantonese Restaurant. For the Chinese, the Lunar New Year revolves around five blessings, namely, Longevity, Riches, Peace, Wisdom and Virtue.From 2 to 21 February 2016,...
Welcome the year of the Fire Monkey with family, friends and relatives and savour the delectable festive menus at Lai Po Heen, Mandarin Oriental KL from now until 29 February 2016.Join in the ritual of tossing yee sang for prosperity, good fortune and health - there will be 5 yee sangs available here,...
Once again, Ive been invited to The Haven Ipoh to experience a new festive menu, Poon Choi. It seems like yesterday that I was enjoying Christmas and the Christmas vibe still lingers even... {{ Visit http://www.sinfully-delicious.net to continue reading this sinfully interesting entry! }}
