Left to right – Angel hair spagetti & prawn, sausage & cheddar cheese, baby mandarin orange.

In Cantonese Prawn is called ‘har’ which is also ’siew har har’, that is lots of laugh.  So if you want a happy new year ahead, cook lots of prawn and make sure you eat them too!

Since I have quite a collection of girly food picks, I decided to get something more boyish for my boy.  Love this sword foodpicks very much!

A month before CNY, I almost sign myself a slimming body wraps package. 

If you look at Robert Pattison or Zac Efron, both of them have the deep V shape on their abdomen.  I find them HOT! 

Aiyoh, eat so much during CNY you all got go pangsai or not?  My daughter is the type that can only shit in her own house.  During CNY when we go back kampung for a week, she will not pangsai for a week.  Scary isn’t it?  Worst thing is she refuse do any colon cleansing like taking any prune or laxative.

Every Lunar New Year when I met my other relatives, I always feel that the time passed very fast especially little children,

I was once told by my Malay colleague that if you take prenatal vitamins, you will have a big baby. 

This is what I love most during Lunar New Year. Beside playing poker, there’s nothing better to do than to eat, eat, eat!  Since this is the one year once affair, let’s just eat and not think of the extra pound.  Once the occasion over, it’s time to burnt all of the fats on the treadmills.  Oh yea, beside eating, there’s always the blackjet too.  Can’t wait for my luck to shout “PICTURE!”

Top Left to right:  Baby french beans stir fried with sweet raddish, fish ball soup.
Bottom left to right:  Fish Paste Roll.  (You can get the recipe by clicking on the link provided), white steam rice with a dash of seaweed powder

Just a quick update as I’m doing some spring cleaning and need to run down to the store to buy a new plasma mounts. Gong Xi Fah Chai to all!!!

During my childhood days, Chinese New Year is never complete without drinking lots and lots of soft drinks.  Being a girl, I love the strawberry flavoured soft drinks very much (even now!).  We would drink so much till our tongue turned red.  Thinking back, it really makes me wanna gag.  Imagine how much colouring we swallowed during those days.

Not that we have any choices.  Other than soft drinks, we had cordial and packet drinks only.  But nowadays it’s different.  We have many varieties of drinks in the market.  As to not repeat my history, I bought only the best health drink like this C2 – Cool and Clean Green Tea.  They are 100%  high quality non-carbonated ready-to-drink fruit flavored green tea, came in 3 flavourings that is lemon, apple and forest fruits.  They taste better when it’s chilled .  As green tea contains antioxidants, they are the ideal drinks after a hearty meal during the Tuan Yuen Fun.

The origin of C2 – Cool and Clean Green Tea came from Vietnam and they are brew and pack on the same day whilst retaining most of the green tea goodness and benefits which is normally lost in other extraction processes. Among all tea, it has the least caffeine and the highest amount of health benefits.  Over the years, Malaysian gradually added Green tea into their daily beverage as they are widely known to  reduce the risk of four of the major health problems: stroke, heart failure, cancer and diabetes.  Beside that anti-oxidant also helps Rheumatiod Arthritis, Clolesterol, Infection, Impaired Immune Function and detox.

Not only during CNY or festive season, during our recent trip to Fort Myers vacation rentals I always have a bottle handy readily chilled in the fridge for the kids after a hot day staying outdoor.

This is a very easy and unique dish to serve during Chinese New Year.  I bought the fish paste from those who sell yong tau foo in the market.  That way, I do not have to debone the fish. You are most welcome to make your own fish paste from scrap that is including adding sesame oil, pepper and salt to it.

Ingredients:
Fish Paste
Scallion
Nori sheet
Fresh Chili or Carrot

Ingredients for egg sheets:
Egg
Pinch of salt

Method:

Mix all the ingredients together.  Chop finely scallions and chili/carrot.  I would prefer to use fresh chili as a little bit of spiciness really compliment the taste and also giving it a nice red colour but since I have little kiddos at home who doesn’t fancy chilies at all, so I opt it with carrot.

To prepare the egg sheet, for that amount of fish paste you saw, I only can make one roll meaning I only need one egg sheet.  Depending on the size of your pan but usually for 9cm pan, I only need one egg.  Beat egg in a bowl with a pinch of salt.  This is my term life insurance quotes secret of making a really thin egg sheet.  Firstly, heat up pan as usual.  Once they are hot, turn off the fire.  Pour egg into pan and swirl it so that the egg will cover evenly on the pan.  Turn on the fire again.  Let it cool.

Spread cooled egg sheet and a piece of nori sheet on a working board.  Spread fish paste evenly.

Roll tightly and steam them for about 15mins.  Once they are done, cut while they are still hot or if you prefer, let it cool down a bit so that you won’t burn your delicate fingers. Serve with Thai chili sauce.