Posts Tagged New Year
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? :P 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 we
01.26.2012| Featured, Food | iamthewitch| 436 views
Weekend is here! Not only is this weekend particularly long, it's also very festive due to the upcoming Chinese New Year celebration! Well to start the brilliant season, let's fill our tummy with a hearty Big Breakfast. :) This time, we visited Tom, Dick & Harry's for the second time to try thei
01.21.2012| Featured, Food | iamthewitch| 387 views
Remember the countdown party that I wrote about a couple of weeks before the year 2011 ended? Like you, I had my doubts about going to crowded places on New Year's Eve, thinking that the traffic would be horrible, parking would be a mess and the sweaty crowd would be a turn-off. Still, judging from
01.18.2012| Friends, Fun | iamthewitch| 283 views
Can you believe it? In just 10 days, it will mark the beginning of the new year, the year of the Dragon. It feels just like yesterday when I was tossing yee sang in the shape of a Rabbit! To welcome the new year of the Dragon, also the most popular year in the Chinese zodiac, Toh Yuen Restaurant has
01.13.2012| Food | iamthewitch| 401 views
Last weekend, Saucer and I went back to my hometown in Kampar on the second day of Chinese New Year. Kampar, a small town situated about 160km north of KL is the place where I spent my childhood years in, and the place where my grandparents and parents still reside currently. As usual, Chinese New Y
02.9.2011| Food, Travel | iamthewitch| 2,765 views
As mentioned in my previous post, this is my first year celebrating Chinese New Year with my in-laws. Therefore, everything we did this time around, from the places we visited, to the relatives, were all foreign to me! We began the first day of CNY with a happy mood, all dressed in new clothes and a
02.7.2011| Food, Life | iamthewitch| 1,087 views
... is not the one with the most expensive slice of salmon, or the one with the biggest piece of abalone.
Neither is it the one at the Michelin star restaurant, or the one served on a golden plate.
The Best Yee Sang in the world, is indeed the one that you toss with family and close friends. Now I
02.2.2011| Food | iamthewitch| 993 views
Many people have been asking me how many times I have 'lou sang' or tossed the Yee Sang this year, and my answer is always 'Never too many!'. :) I love 'lou sang' and I look forward to this joyous period every year - the get-together, the chatter, the laughter and the merriment of Chinese New Year!
01.28.2011| Food | iamthewitch| 1,034 views
In just a matter of days, the Year of Rabbit will welcome us in all its furry glory. :) Are you excited? This year, various restaurants in KL are running Chinese New Year set menus to usher in the new year. One such restaurant is Toh Yuen at Hilton Petaling Jaya. What better to celebrate the new yea
01.21.2011| Food | iamthewitch| 1,963 views
Ever since my first visit to Il Lido a few months ago, I couldn't stop raving to Saucer about how good the food was, and that we had to go try it one day. The plan was postponed over and over again until one night, when we decided to go there to celebrate 3 occasions - Christmas + New Year + Monthly
01.4.2011| Food | iamthewitch| 850 views