Happy Dong Zhi 2009 冬至快乐！

Happy Dong Zhi 2009 冬至快乐！

Morning everyone here, if you're a chinese you sure know today is what festival going on. Anyway, Let me explain to you what you celebrate today. Actually Dong Zhi is a festival which directly translate means 'Winter Coming'. It's the last festival of the year and before Chinese New Year. Usually people will make 'Tang Yuan' (汤圆) on the eve of Dong Zhi. 'Tang Yuan' which mean a little glutinous rice ball.
In traditional, my grandma told me that while children ate one 'TangYuan' they will elder 1 year old.

Just now about 10.00am in the morning I woke up and after did praying to ancestral, I ate one small bowl of Tang Yuan. My grandma used Tang Yuan to pray for GOD! Last night, we did the glutinous balls until midnight 12.00am! In total we did for four colours which means four seasons in whole year. I don't know which colour represent what... XD!

This is an annual festival event celebrated by Chinese. Some of them said 冬至大过年. So this festival it just seems like another Chinese New Year. My grandma later will cook something like Reunion Dinner. So now I ate the Tang Yuan and that means I grow elder! XD.

So have you eaten? Happy Dong Zhi yo~! 冬至快乐！

Homemade Bubur ChaCha

Homemade Bubur ChaCha

At the end of CNY, there should be have one meal which called Bubur ChaCha. It's only made specialize on Chap Goh Meh 正月十五. On that day, my grandma cooked it as one big bowl. She said that we love to eat so cooked lots.

By the way, I really like it very much. I love to eat the ingredients of yam, potatoes and the most special something like jelly. It's "Q"(in hokkien) enough and make I feel delicious. Did you eat this at the end of the CNY? Usually no need to wait until the last day of CNY la, you can make it yourself at home anytime!

My grandma pro in cooking everything and what she cooked are almost delicious. She cooked this and when I taste it that's seems different taste from outside, it's really tasty and nice. What she said to me is she won't save more in eating
"Everyday you must eat right? How to save? People doing business outside they almost cheat you, homemade no need to save much!"

She used the ingredients:

• Potatoes
• Yam
• Jelly
• Raw Peanuts etc.

I tell you, you should come to my house taste her cooking. Belanja you XD! =) Posted by GenYong 11.04.2009

Shark Fin soup, YuChi 鱼翅

Shark Fin soup, YuChi 鱼翅

Hello guys, I am lacking of time to update this blog. Sorry to everyone, by the way I had search some random photos from my photos storage. I found that I have missed alot of photos haven't share with all of you. So I take my opportunities to write something about it.

I know that this is already belated because almost CNY have a lot of meals. Dinner, Lunch etc. Anyway, do you like shark fin soup? Shark Fin Soup is almost included in Chinese Culture Dinner, it's almost come out as the 2nd meal.

Do you like this 2nd meal? I think almost kids like it because of it contains of something like soup with the good ingradients. Hmm.... delicious! The ingredients contains of course have sharkfins, meats, crab meats etc...

I love it very much! Give your comment below =) thanks. Posted by GenYong 11.04.2009

CNY 1st Day Breakfast

CNY 1st Day Breakfast

Hey guys, happy new year or Gong Hei Fatt Choi here. I believe that everyone was having a nice CNY is passed few days, today is the forth day and what meal will you have next? 'Lu Jiak Ba Bui?' in hokkien. Be a chinese always talk about eat, whenever you come over to one site, eat first then baru settle! During CNY, won't lose Reunion Dinner and many more meals.

Anyway, I didn't shoot for Reunion Dinner meals but I spot for the breakfast of 1st day. 1st day of CNY, what you ate?

What else you have on 1st day? Suggest out on the comment box! Thank you. Posted by GenYong 29.01.2008

Midwinter Lunch

Midwinter Lunch

Yesterday was the midwinter festival, Dong Zhi. There is one of the festival celebration of Chinese! Besides having glutinous rice ball, Tang Yuan there was also a reunion lunch for us. My grandmum spent a lot of time and energy to cook for us to eat. Old people said, 'Dong Zhi bigger than CNY' so that's must reunion.

What I have for my lunch before went tuition on yesterday afternoon?

I put all the dishes in the one plate and make it more easy to it. I love my grandmum's cooking and I trusted she is the best cooker! I like to eat my grandmum cooked dishes. It's seems have a homemade feeling and a special taste. Grandmum, I love your cooking! XD Posted by GenYong 22.12.2008

Sweet Tang Yuan

Sweet Tang Yuan

Today is the midwinter festival, this year the festival was celebrate on 21/12 and there not same like last year celebrated on 22/12. This festival have a special sweetmeats that called Tang Yuan in chinese. It's made by glutinous rice and yesterday we were busying to make the tang yuan and cooked this morning.

These balls was made by us yesterday night.

Just now I shot for this picture, it's seems so delicious and would you like to try it?

My mum was getting the sweetmeats for us. It's nice! Homemade can eat a lot right? Would you like to try? I like sweet Tang Yuan, do you like it? People said, ate tang yuan than you are become elder/older. This festival can nominated as there was bigger than CNY! Have you eaten Tang Yuan? Anyway, wish everyone Happy Dong Zi! Posted by GenYong 21.12.2008

Happy Belated 'Zhang' Festival

Happy Belated 'Zhang' Festival

Hi guys here, from last post I mentioned that I want to show you the 'zhang'(dumpling) photos right? Now let me show you! So sorry that I can't get my time to update the post. Alright now let me show you the belated photos.

That's 07/06 night shot de! I belated to post it! So sorry. Take from my grandmum(mother side). She really a good cooker and also a good 'dumpling maker'. XD!

Let's see she made a lot of dumplings for us! We really in happiness to eat it. But now already finished. Because dumplings can't keep too long.

That's the dumpling. Oh no! I snapped blur. But hope that just can ignore it la! Hehe. I will update very very soon. Keep in updating daily or weekly la! Thanks for support. Posted by GenYong 29/06/2008