Yu Sheng

I love yu sheng, give it to me anytime of the year and I'll gladly take it. We didn't had the chance to toss yu sheng on the 7th day and 15th day of CNY as both were working day. Finally had the chance to do it on 18th day when everyone is at home. This year I bought the Kwong Cheong Thye brand as I've read good review on the net about this brand. Its more expensive, but trust me, it really taste better, and it came with 2 packets of crackers haha

 

We added in shredded radish and carrot, as well as a huge handful of pomelo

 

and realised that the plate we used is too small and its gonna be real messy if we were to toss in this small plate....

 

so... we transferred the yu sheng to this huge glass plate! Now it looks so much better. 

 

beautifully (and messy) tossed yusheng, I just love the vibrant combination of colours.

And it taste sooo good....omph....so tasty this huge plate was all snapped up in no time!

Maybe I should try making my own yu sheng so that I can have it anytime of the year =)

CNY Seamboat Dinner

Steamboat dinner with my family on 4th day of CNY:

 

My homemade yong tau foo

 

 Bubbling pot with everything in!

Breakfast on 4th day of CNY

Wow, looks like I'm really keeping track of what I ate during CNY haha. I cooked this simple noodle as breakfast on Sunday, using dried oysters, mussels and sea asparagus, and my hubby's favourite yellow noodles. He finished everything, even the soup =)

Lunch on 3rd day of CNY

My mother-in-law prepared these on the 3rd day of CNY

 

Pig Trotters - yeah yeah my favourite! Wouldn't get sick of it no matter how often I eat 

Steam Mantou to go along with the pig trotters - perfect match!

 

Stir-fry vegetables

 

Cereal Prawns

 

Braised limpets with broccoli

 

Steam Cod Fish

CNY Eve Reunion Dinner

This year we had reunion dinner with my in-laws at China Court @ Subang Avenue.

This is the restaurant

Dishes we had

Prosperity Salmon Yu-Sheng - A must have to start off CNY meals

 

Yu-Sheng after tossed. The colours looks so nice after its been blended together.

 

Deep-Fried Imperial Crispy Chicken platter

 

Steam Garoupa Fish with Soya Sauce

 

Braised Shark's Fin Soup with Crab Roe

 

Roast Goose- this is very nice, and supposedly the restaurant's signature dish

 

Pan fried Nian-Gao

 

Glutinous Rice Ball in a Ginger Tea

We also had a fried rice and pig trotter with fatt choy, which was my favourite of the night. I had forgotten to take a picture of it as I was too busy eating!

CNY Eve Reunion Lunch

A table full of goodness....prepared by my mum with me as her assistant hee =)

Meat Balls - I made this, but let my mum do the frying as I don't know how to fry things

 

Chinese Leeks - Suan (算）, a must have on every CNY reunion, you will see everyone snatching this in supermarkets during the new year. Eat this and you'll have lots of $$ to count in the new year!

 

Black Vinegar Pig Trotter - my personal favourite! I especially like to pick those with big pieces of skin, they are very rich in collagen!

 

Roast Pork Belly - my dad's favourite, also a common dish during CNY reunion, you'll often see long long queues forming outside the more famous stores, and prices inevitably increased during the CNY period. Decided to do this myself this year as I realised its really not too difficult to make. Got good comments from the family (except it could be slightly more salty) and am happy with the results.

 

 

Blanched Chicken (白斩鸡）- again we decided to make this at home instead of queuing to get from the stores. More economical and taste good as well

 

Steam Black Garoupa - Fish is a must have during CNY. It signifies abundance in the new year! 年年有余！

 

Had a very good and satisfying CNY reunion with the family!!

Cranberry Cornflakes Cookies

Ingredients

250g Butter (I used 227g as the butter I bought came in this size and I was lazy to add on =p)
175g Icing sugar (I reduced to 130g)
1 Egg
1tsp Vanilla powder (I used vanilla extract)
350g Plain flour
1 tsp Baking powder
160g Cornflakes (crushed)
50g cranberry

Method

1. Combine plain flour, baking powder and vanilla extract together with the crushed cornflakes, set aside.
2. Cream butter, egg and icing sugar together till light and fluffy.
3. Pour in all the plain flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix well. Fold in the cranberry.
4. Use spoon to scoop the mixture on to the baking tray.
5. Bake at 180C for about 15 mins.

Homemade Bak Kwa