A MALAYSIAN FOOD & TRAVEL BLOG
In conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration, the best chefs from 8 of the Top Chinese restaurants in Klang Valley will cook up a storm to prepare customized Extravagant 8 menus that will satiate the palate and tantalize the taste buds between 20 January and 17 February 2011 exclusively for Standard Chartered credit card holders. Priced at RM888++ per table of 8 pax, Standard Chartered … [Read more...]
Chor 7: Lou Sang! Ipoh Leng Luis Chor 8: Bai Tin Gong The ninth day of Chinese New Year is a significant day for the Hokkiens, it is a day of gratitude for their ancestors’ relive. The story goes like this: intruders invaded the village - the Hokkiens ran for their life and hid themselves under the clusters of sugarcane - tntruders left, the Hokkiens came out from the clusters, and it is … [Read more...]
How was your Chinese New Year Celebration? We travelled home (Kuala Terengganu & Ipoh) to visit friends and families. Traditions remain strongest in small towns, a big reason why we look forward to join our families to to celebrate the most joyous holiday of all. The Chinese New Year holiday has always been a quiet time in Terengganu, the state where Chinese made up a mere 2.6% of the total … [Read more...]
Pantai Seafood, under the same management as Unique Seafood (PJ) Sdn Bhd (read our amazing geoduck experience here), is famous for its fresh seafood picks and good dishes being value for money (approximately RM20-RM30 per pax). We have been here a few times (friends' birthday, CNY dinner, etc) and Pantai Seafood has never disappointed us. The infamous "Jiu Da Ming Chai" (mandarin) or Nine … [Read more...]
Some random pictures from my Oxpicious New Year: #1 Chinese Festive Decoration at Home (the mini mandarin oranges are so sweet and juicy!) #2 Cuteness Overload #3 Angpow Giving Ceremony to Perak Thalassemia Society #4 Ipoh Girls (@ Maria's, Josephine's Cafe & Friends' Cafe) #5 Assam House, Greentown (very nice halal Nyonya Food) #6 Weng Seng, Gunung Rapat (my family's … [Read more...]
Happy Chinese New Year! KampungBoyCityGal wish YOU a prosperous year ahead. Gong Xi Fatt Cai! Picture from: www.corporategiftscompany.com … [Read more...]
Growing up in a traditional Chinese family, winter solstice is a rather big festival attached with great importance. My mum has always been telling us that we’ll be one year older after finishing bowls of brightly coloured tang yuan, which symbolizes reunion. For me, it is supposed to be a time of gathering with families and friends for a heart warming dinner as such: (From L to … [Read more...]
Yes, we had a not so romantic v-day celebration this year because it coincides with the eight day of Chinese New Year (bai tin gong). Nevertheles, KampungBoy enjoyed himself tremendously for taking part in such ceremony for the very first time while I had so much fun meeting my friends and relatives. Our place is crowded by friends and relatives, chatting away or trying on their luck on a game or … [Read more...]
Today marks the seventh day of Chinese New Year, which is the common man's birthday in Chinese believe too. I would like to extend my warmest wishes to all of you, Happy Birthday!! What is greater than Yee Sang (raw fish salad) to celebrate our mutual birthday? Toss the colourful salad higher and say Lo Hei at the same time to usher in prosperity and abundance for the year of RAT! … [Read more...]
On the first day of Chinese New Year, we would wake up earlier despite staying up late the night before. It is a tradition in my family to lit joss sticks and gave lavish offerings to our god and ancestors, hoping that they would grant us a better year. Bear in mind that sweeping floor is a taboo on the first day, as the elderly believes that it will sweep all the good fortune … [Read more...]
Days before Chinese New Year, my family would give the house a thorough cleansing and "makeover" to sweep away all the bad luck and make way for good luck for a new year. My mum loves to decorate the living hall with paper cutouts of zodiac of the year and upside down "fu" that symbolize luck of fortune has arrived. Various food and offerings are put up at the altar of god and ancestor … [Read more...]
Daisy Mocha Cookies (Recipe from Agnes Chang's I Can Bake) A:200g butter/margarine, 120g castor sugar, 1 eggyolk, 1 1/2 tsp coffee paste B:420g plain flour, sifted, 60g chocolate rice Cream ingredient A in a mixer till well combined. Mix in ingredient B and form into a dough. Place the dough in between 2 layers of grease proof paper and roll it to 3mm … [Read more...]
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