Chinese New Year 2012 Highlights
Happy Chinese New Year 2012! Can’t believe the CNY holidays are all over! And now we’re back to reality. Can I just say that I’m suffering from CNY hangover? 
Anyway, for those of you who are still having holidays, let me just say I’m jealous! But for the rest of you, let’s make the rest of the week better by feeding ourselves with CNY cookies, mandarin oranges and yee sang. This is going to be a pictorial post on the highlights of my CNY during the past few days. Perhaps glaring at the pictures longer would make me feel just a tad better? 
CNY Lantern
Chinese tea perfect for catching-up sessions with relatives or friends
Who could miss out on CNY cookies? My favourite are peanut cookies and pineapple tarts!
Mandarin oranges or ‘kam’ in Cantonese, rhymes with gold (in Cantonese)
First day of CNY at 7am :O
These days, more and more modern families are opting to celebrate the reunion dinner with either Steamboat or BBQ, since they don’t require that much preparation work. With BBQ, we just need to buy and marinate the meat beforehand and the cooking process would be done during dinner itself. That was what we had on CNY eve – BBQ but with an extra dish of Aglio Olio Spaghetti, which was cooked by me!
Saucer was the ‘chef’ that night
Some of the food we had
Aglio Olio Spaghetti with seafood and bacon
Our dining table
“Dik dik kam” – what is this called in English?
On the second day of CNY, it’s a custom for the couple to visit the wife’s family. Back at my hometown, my grandma would never fail to cook up a storm. Most of the time, there would just be so much food that we would have plenty to make ‘Choy Keok‘ (a dish cooked with leftover food mixed with cabbage). During dinner on the second day, we had Yee Sang that we bought from Kam Ling, together with various dishes cooked by grandma.
Plum sauce drizzling on Yee Sang
Yee Sang
Chinese waxed sausage “Lap Cheong”
Steamed chicken
Steamed grouper
The full works
Those were the highlights of my CNY, peppered with visits from relatives, friends, watching CNY movies on TV and munching on cookies. So how did you celebrate your CNY?
Comments (21)
what a great spread..and u look so cute:P Happy New Year to you and ur loved ones!
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Gong Xi Fatt Chai
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haha, but going back to work today also lots of ppl still on holidays what.. hey pasta for CNY, that’s “fusion” huh?? should use siu yuk instead of bacon to be more fusion gaga!! anyways, we’ve been steamboating for more than the past 10 yrs for reunion dinner..
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CNY BBQ!! So syiok! I like, I like!
Gong Hei Fatt Choy!
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Gong Hei Fatt Choi!
Sausages? For Chinese New Year dinner? I think there is a special significance in having steamboat – all together as one like yee sang…but barbecue? Hmmm…I had that once with my brother’s family…on Christmas Day in New Zealand.
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Gong Xi Fatt Chai and Happy Chinese New Year to you.
ahahah for us, I think for the past 10 yrs..our reunion means eating out. So no cooking, washing, etc
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Happy Chinese New Year…
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looks like a food & fun-filled four days! hopefully the four-day holiday weekend during chap goh mei will be equally enjoyable! i really appreciated being able to spend time with my visiting family members this new year, especially my aged grandparents. i guess in the end, it really is true that family are the people we gotta love the most
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Happy CNY Witch!
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Hello pretty! Happy Chinese New Year!!
I want angpau!! :p
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Happy CNY
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Gong Xi fa Cai!
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terima kasihhhh!! =)
Wow! All the food looks yummy! And yes, staring at those pictures will help you feel better a little bit haha!!
foongpc recently posted..A Yummy Pre-CNY Dinner At Kuan Yin Vegetarian
I used to play “dik dik kam” when I was small! : D
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Happy CNY dear!
Is that keropok on your yee sang?
Baby Sumo recently posted..Comedy High @ Samplings on the Fourteenth, Berjaya Times Square Hotel Kuala Lumpur
Yes those were home made keropok by my grandma! hehe
“Dik dik kam” = sparkler
ChloeandDanielsDaddy recently posted..Comedy High @ Samplings on the Fourteenth, Berjaya Times Square Hotel Kuala Lumpur
Ahh.. sparkler.. Thanks for the info!
I spent mine eating and eating and eating. Only. And sleeping, almost few hours during daytime.
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