冬至汤圆 and Christmas 大餐 21/12/2008 (Tissues and Napkins needed to standby before viewing this post)

Saturday (20/12/2008) is my dog Novel's 14th birthday (the mother of the 3 dogs in the top photo) and also my third brother's wife gave birth to a cute baby girl. Congrats to them.

After meeting, still early, decided to go to Auntie Irene's house. But I was a bit too late to miss my favorite Fish Head Bee Hoon that she prepared. Luckily I am not the only one to miss it, Nicole, too. :)

The yummy Fish Head Bee Hoon which I missed, looks yummy

Then we made this Scones which Margaret had been asking Auntie Irene a number of times.

French Scones best served with Ice Cream, Jam and Honey

Ah! Sunday! Its 冬至, time to eat 汤圆 and be older by one year (wondering how many one year older we can get in one year ... 吃汤圆 + one year, lunar birthday + one year, etc.) If counted like this, we would be a few years older every year. Kekekekeke.

Long time never 吃汤圆, this year really enjoyed the 汤圆 with peanut fillings cooked with Gula Malacca, ginger and pandan leaves at Auntie Irene's house with Auntie Irene and Margaret, errrr.. Nicole not there again.

Thank you Auntie Irene! :D

冬至吃汤圆 with peanut fillings

Morning, busy preparing the ingredients for this following Chicken dish for Hui Ji. It will be the grandest and most delicious dish among the four. By looking at the photo below and you can image for yourself ... (Reminder : Please don't drool here and flood my blog, use the tissues or napkins you standby earlier.) :D

汇集十全十美凤凰宝

Finally, remember that Traditional Christmas Fruit Cake we made on 07/12/2008. Its harvest time! After 2 weeks of "watering" with Rum and Brandy, Auntie Irene cut up the cake, rewrapped with aluminium foil and ready to distribute to her friend.

Traditional Christmas Fruit Cake unveiled

Traditional Fruit Cake ready to be distributed

Lastly, we used the excess ingredients from the two days to prepare our 冬至 and Christmas 大餐. The chicken became our "Turkey". Seaweed left from the Fish Head Bee Hoon became our soup and the rest from the chicken to cook this Mixed Dish (zap pa lang). Yummy yummy.

Dinner time : 十全十美凤凰宝, Seaweed Seafood Soup and Yummy Mixed Dish

So by now, your tissues or napkins must be soaking wet! :D
U know what to do, right?


Of course, Thanks Auntie Irene for this 冬至 and Christmas 大餐!


Merry Christmas (4 days to go) and

a Happy New Year (11 days to go)!! +

Gong Xi Fa Cai (36 days to go)!! :D