First CNY Eve with the In-Laws
This year marks the first time I’m celebrating the Chinese New Year with my in-laws. According to the Chinese tradition, the reunion dinner is very important and brings significant meaning to the family on the eve of Chinese New Year. Since I’m now part of Saucer’s family, my reunion dinner this year was held at his mother’s place – a brand new experience to me. We were there just before lunch, to witness a table outside of the house, full of delicious dishes of meat, vegetables and fruits.
Vegetarian spring roll
It is our custom to give offerings and prayers to the ancestors first before we had our own feast. The table was filled with plates of chicken wings, BBQ pork, steamed chicken, pan-fried fish, yam cakes and fatt gou.
Chicken wings
Fatt gou (Chinese prosperity cup cakes)
Yam cake
Char siew (BBQ pork)
Stir fried vegetables
Steamed chicken
Table of goodies for the ancestors
So much food!
When all the dishes were ready, we burned some red Chinese candles and got ready to pray.
Burning Chinese candles
Each of us grabbed 3 pieces of joss sticks, burnt them and said our silent prayers as well as asked our ancestors to have a good meal on this auspicious day.
Even the little ones followed the tradition
Burning red candle
Nephew Hanson saying his prayers with a grin – “Let me have more pocket money…”
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Wow I love the Chinese prosperity cup cakes, look so fluffy!
:D
Ohhh so u just only got married is it? Congrats to u and I hope u and hubby had a wonderful first-time reunion dinner with his family this year. Gong Xi Fa Cai!
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We got married just before CNY last year, but we were on honeymoon in Maldives during CNY, so we didn’t get to celebrate it with the in-laws that year.
Yum! The cup cakes looked fluffy indeed!!
Oooo…so you were onTV? Eeee…celebrity kot! LOL!!! Thought you’ve been married more than one year? Last year did not have reunion at in-laws kah? Watch out for my post on the food we had in my post tomorrow…
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I was married before CNY last year, but during CNY we were on honeymoon in Maldives! Haha.. so technically we didn’t really celebrate CNY that year.
wow, this is indeed a very special reunion dinner huh, got other friends from different races and somemore telecast!!
p/s: i also want that chicken wings, looks so nice leh~~
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Thank you! Glad you liked it!! Yea, the chicken wings were good!
wow. like your pics… clear and nice angled!
Happy CNY!! =D
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wow, interviewed by RTM!!! Happy Bunny Year 2011 to u & Saucer
Wah! Nice food!! : )
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Huh? Your sis-in-law is a noted newscaster with RTM? Mandarin news? And the crew filmed you all? So will you be on TV?
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She’s a newscaster for Malay news on RTM at night!!
I was on TV for a short while on the eve of CNY, at 12.30am!! 
Can check the clip from my Facebook!
yummy food …Happy Chinese New Year
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yay! so this is d one u filmed in the TV1 news eh?
very the famous dy!! 
Caroline recently posted..Gong Xi Fatt Chai !
hehe the reason i love CNY the most cz of lotsa foods!! mwahahahaha!! eeee so yummy la!
Caroline recently posted..Gong Xi Fatt Chai !
this reunion very special n merrier! i likey! Gong Xi Fa Cai to u saucer darling.
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Thank you darling! Happy CNY to you too!!
Girl, I’m so glad you share all these pictures with us. Even though I’m Taiwanese, but I forget when is the last time I had a great Chinese New Year meal like this. I miss the Fatt gou so much. I remembered I had those many years ago. Arh- this is what happen when I don’t live in Asia. haha
Babe you’re most welcome! I’m glad you found this post useful, I definitely had the intention to keep the CNY spirit going strong.
This brings back memories from my life in Malaysia 2008/09
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Oh you were in Malaysia before?? That’s interesting!! I’m sure Taiwanese practice something similar on Chinese New year as well?
wow..nice! Gong Xi Fa Cai!
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I do miss the get together our family used to have for Chinese New Year now that we’re living in the states… one of the very few occasions when we get to see all of our relatives together.
Those pics bring back good memories.
Happy Chinese New Year!!
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I’m happy they brought back good memories! Indeed this tradition brings relatives from all over the world together for the yearly catching up!
gong xi fa cai. may you have a joyous celebration with the family
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Yep, I used to live in Penang and Batu Pahat and I’ve traveled all around the Peninsular part
I still have many friends there. Malaysian Chinese are more festive than Taiwanese. Also Malaysians decorate the houses, bake so much and invite many friends, in Taiwan it’s all on a smaller scale. And in Malaysia angpau givers are the married ones, in Taiwan are the ones with job (no fun), haha.. And Taiwanese don’t give 2 oranges when they visit. I think your way is closer to the one in Guangdong. Sorry for talking so much 
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waaa ang ku kuih!!! last few years ago I still follow the tradition, I think praying that time I not in the house! was working LOL!!
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I mean my own house la XD
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Hahaha this year have to give double angpau lo. Double happiness to you
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that’s an awesome spread of food, keong hee huat cai!