Chinese New Year is the most important traditional Chinese holidays for my family. On the New Year Eve, all the members of the family will gather around for reunion dinner. Fish is a must dish on the table and it shall not ne eaten up completely to symbolized ‘nian nian you yu(fish)’. This will blessed the family with surpluses for the remaining year.
For me family, steamboat has been on the table for the pass consecutive year. Mum boiled the clear soup with mushroom, chicken, sea cucumber, chinese cabbage and scallop. Boy..It tasted soooo sweet!! Ooo..and grandma said that Hakka must have yeong tau fu during New Year’s Eve..So we bought lots of yeong tau fu, prawns, sea cucumber, vege and assortments of mushroom.
Steamboat beside the garden..The breeze of wind will blow away our sweat
Just to show you guys the “bee hives” that i made..Sweet and crunchy..Its one of my favourite new year snacks..
The most challenging part..Coz i hate the heat of frying stuff
Nice golden-brownish colour
would you mind posting a recipe for those?
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for the steamboat? or the ‘beehive’?
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The picture reminds me of rapat setia where my home is. Wish I can go home for Chinese New Year.
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gong xi fa cai! What a great spread and fantastic bee hives. They’re so addictive.
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phan: i stay there lor..gunung rapat area right??
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citygal,
Yah gunung rapat. Near Kek Lok Tong. Your house looks close to mine. I recognized the shape of the houses in the picture. My house is close to the one and only row of shop houses with two grocery stores. My family moved here twenty years ago. At that time, there were thick bushes everywhere. In fact, my father and I caught a ular sawa, a huge one. A few weeks before the incident, we ran over a snake on our way home. A few weeks after, one of our neighbors found cobras under their beds…hahaha… those were the scary days not like now. The snakes are gone. Rapat Setia is no longer a snake haven. I still wish i could go home after seeing your photos hahaha.
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Haha..What a small world..MY house is 5 min drive from Kek Lok Tong..I think my house is furthur inside..Those shops that you mentioned are closed down mostly..Last time my mum used to do her grocery shopping there..With more new shophouses a/v she changed place..Haha
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