The moment of festivity is almost at its end for the Chinese! Despite leaving home for almost a week now, the thoughts of how Chinese New Year used to be is not all that distant. From late night firecrackers to early morning prayers followed by a scrumptious all day vegetarian meal, its one childhood memory that will never be lost. This year the celebration was a little smaller than it used to be, but mom did not hold back on her cooking for the reunion dinner! We had so much to eat that night, to start:
Yee Sang! The prosperity toss!
Next came mom’s superb sharks fin soup!
Unlike most places which would put less ingredients, there was no holding back from mom! Fresh crabs steamed and peeled, superior broth, dried scallops and pure sharks fin! Now, that is what I call a New Year delicacy!
After having all those appetizers we had the mains with rice:
Mom’s fried pomfret with fried garlic and herb garnishing! Something which is not available fresh in Perth! I wonder why? Pomfrets are so good!
Mom’s baked crabs because steam crabs are too mainstream :P!
This was really yummy! It has been a long time since I have had this! Probably almost non-existent in Perth!
My contribution for the night:
Salt Pepper Prawns hehe! Luckily it turned out ok even though the batter has already lost its crunchiness when the relatives arrived!
This was for the Sang Choi Bow! Mom made a special meat mixture with carrots, chestnuts and spring onions to be wrapped in lettuce! YUMS!
Arrow head with sliced pork and cilantro in fermented bean curd sauce!
This is one of mom’s specialty which took me ages to like! Now its like omagawd every time she makes this! Probably one of the dishes I look forward to the most each festival!
After having all the yummy food we did not just stop there. We continued with tea and all the lovely CNY cookies which mom got! Also present was the Mochi which I brought back from my trip to Taiwan! So next up on my blog? Taiwan ;)!
Also, Happy CNY to all my readers :)!
WenY
