{"id":1189,"date":"2009-01-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.com\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2009-01-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T00:00:00","slug":"post_13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/?p=1189","title":{"rendered":"\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50\uff0c\u4e07\u4e8b\u5982\u610f"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese New Year’s Eve’s reunion dinner was spent with my immediate family and my uncle’s family. There were 10 of us in total and the only person was my sister who’s now living in Sydney. Reunion dinners should be enjoyed with lots of people…the more the merrier, don’t you think? Of course, it’s hard work for the cooks and my mum laboured all day for the night’s lovely dinner. Kudos to the chef!!!
\nHere’s what we had:
\n\"Tossed<\/a><\/br>
\nYu Sheng \u9c7c\u751f
\n\"Bean<\/a><\/br>
\nBean curd spring rolls filled with minced pork, prawns, water chestnuts, spring onions and black fungus
\n\"Stewed<\/a><\/br>
\nA traditional Cantonese dish to have during CNY is this stew made out of dried oysters, black moss, sea cucumber and Chinese mushrooms. Oysters are known as \u869d which sounds the same as the word \u597d meaning ‘all things good and well’ in Cantonese, thus it’s something auspicious to have during the new year. Black moss is known as \u53d1\u83dc which sounds the same as \u53d1\u8d22 meaning ‘to prosper’, so it’s also another auspicious thing to eat.
\n\"Soup<\/a><\/br>
\nClear soup with bamboo pith, crab meat and bean sprouts
\n\"Thai<\/a><\/br>
\nThai Red Curry with Duck – a dish contributed by my aunt
\n\"Chicken<\/a><\/br>
\nChicken Adobo – a Filipino dish made by my grandma’s maid
\n\"Abalone<\/a><\/br>
\nThe centre piece was the Abalone with Spinach and Wolfberry. Abalone resemble gold ingots (\u5143\u5b9d) used in ancient China and are meant to represent wealth and prosperity in the year ahead.
\n\"CNY<\/a><\/br>
\nWe were stuffed by the end of it and desserts were the pineapple tarts, almond cookies, love letters and other biscuits that we had at home. Our post-dinner activity was the decorating of the Chinese New Year tree, a type of willow my mum buys from the nursery every year. My cousins and I made lanterns and cranes out of hongbaos and hung them up on the tree. The tiny firecrackers are ones that my mum bought many years ago but still make their appearance every Chinese New Year.
\n\"Cow<\/a><\/br>
\nAnd just because it’s the Year of the Ox, I took a little toy from my sister’s room and placed it here for good measure. \ud83d\ude42
\nHappy New Year and may the Year of the Ox be a good one for one and all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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