5 posts tagged “cny”

Chinese New Year Day 5

Feb 5, 2009
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We invited the Ohlssons over for a steamboat dinner on Friday evening.

They brought flowers!

pretty chrysanthemums

And see what Ella drew for us!

'Ella in a long train'

"Happy New Year, From Ella"

This was their first time doing the lohei.... and they loved this asian salad dish!

before steamboat dinner... some yusheng

Chinese New Year Day 4

Feb 4, 2009
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While everyone was supposed to be back to work, Dave was still enjoying the Lunar break; he took the week off, and invited his team over for dinner on Thursday evening.

I did not cook. We ordered zhi-cha. Oh! But I did shred the carrots and radish for the yusheng! :)

getting the yusheng ready

more plum sauce!

Dave's team... preparing to lo-hei

digging in...

(almost) time to eat....

Dave's indian colleagues game for some chinese food!

Guess what we did after dinner? Taboo!!!! the Singaporean version! :) And gambling till 1am!!! What a fun evening!

I've never knew of the '4 Heavenly Chefs' until my father-in-law suggested Dragon Phoenix for a reunion lunch before Belinda and Ah-Aun returns to China. In fact, it was these 4 chefs who created the Yusheng dish that we've all come to associate with Lunar New Year!

Ah-Aun treated all of us and we had a huge feast!

the original yusheng

lohei

A friendly waiter said each couple should feed the other the yusheng... and that's what we did. Kinda fun!

Aunty Chun enjoying being fed!

Ah-Aun & Belinda

feeding the mommy!

feeding the daddy-O

I must say the yusheng was seriously good. It's just too bad I'm not allowed raw fish till after my delivery.

There wasn't much of a variety for dimsum though, but it was a satisfying meal despite not ordering any of their signature dishes (chilli crabs, yam basket, spring chicken)!

feasting on the 3rd day of CNY

my 初一

Feb 4, 2009
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I've heard of how hectic some of my friends' Chinese New Year visitations can get; starting as early as 8am and visiting as many as 6 relatives' homes... all in a day! And if kids are in the picture, there'll be lots of logistics arrangements to be taken care of, like special food (if the kids are below 1 year), diapers, new sets of clothes for after bath at relatives' homes, toys... and I'm pretty sure that's not all!

I must consider myself extremely lucky as we've never needed to visit more than 3 places during chu-yi (初一); the first day of the Lunar month. All relatives will gather where the eldest and most senior member of the family lives (and since my grandpa stays with my folks, that will be my family!), so it's basically a 1-stop bai nian (拜年).

Our first stop on 初一 was my father-in-law's house. Aunty Chun even prepared the Henghua's traditional main xian (面线) for us!

with father-in-law and Aunty Chun

Henghua's mian sian

We'll then visit my maternal Grandparents, and have a healthy steamboat lunch!

we started on the steamboat lunch!

steamboat lunch

This year, we managed to sneak back home for a late afternoon nap!!!! Gosh.... did I mention how sleepy I can get at this advance stage of my pregnancy? Nothing beats freshening up and preparing for the last stop for dinner at my folks' place and some friendly gambling through the night!

all set to bai nian!

My Lunar week (Part 2) - reunion

Feb 11, 2008
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Had a very sumptious reunion dinner at my father-in-law's place last Wednesday. Homecooked food rocks! Thanks to my mother-in-law and Aunty Chun! Prepare to drool!