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: : 3rd day ~ A Nonya’s Memories : :

Fast forward to the 3rd day of CNY. Yeah yeah, 2nd day not covered but wait first lah!

Woke up really late this morning becoz of the stomach and bladder problems of last nite. Thank goodness for cranberry pills. Anyway, we were talking about nonya cooking and nonya’s in general :

Granny : Wei! Kuku told me about that nonya cooking article in the newspaper. So, I cook lor!

Wena : No lah! Too many things to eat! (There were the mangkuang, cabbage, duck with soy sauce, potatoes. A lot lah!)

And, we sat down and chatted about her younger days back in Penang. I just found out that I’m a very rojak Chinese with mixtures of Hokkien, Fuchow and Teochew blood in me. Also, seems like Granny’s relatives are still in Penang although we never really kept in touch with them. I wonder if they’re reading this blog. Have to check with Granny what are their names.

Since we’re on the topic of Nonya cooking, I must see if the book Nonya Flavours is available in the Kuching bookstores. Else, it’s going to be an order via MPH (and having to pay an extra RM10 for the courier service). Seems a bit more pricey in the bookstores in Singapore though. This article was especially fun to read where the reporter was talking about the different types of food found in Nonya cooking.

Going to town tomorrow and see if the bookstores are open or not.

: : 3rd day ~ A Nonya’s Memories : :

Fast forward to the 3rd day of CNY. Yeah yeah, 2nd day not covered but wait first lah!

Woke up really late this morning becoz of the stomach and bladder problems of last nite. Thank goodness for cranberry pills. Anyway, we were talking about nonya cooking and nonya’s in general :

Granny : Wei! Kuku told me about that nonya cooking article in the newspaper. So, I cook lor!

Wena : No lah! Too many things to eat! (There were the mangkuang, cabbage, duck with soy sauce, potatoes. A lot lah!)

And, we sat down and chatted about her younger days back in Penang. I just found out that I’m a very rojak Chinese with mixtures of Hokkien, Fuchow and Teochew blood in me. Also, seems like Granny’s relatives are still in Penang although we never really kept in touch with them. I wonder if they’re reading this blog. Have to check with Granny what are their names.

Since we’re on the topic of Nonya cooking, I must see if the book Nonya Flavours is available in the Kuching bookstores. Else, it’s going to be an order via MPH (and having to pay an extra RM10 for the courier service). Seems a bit more pricey in the bookstores in Singapore though. This article was especially fun to read where the reporter was talking about the different types of food found in Nonya cooking.

Going to town tomorrow and see if the bookstores are open or not.

: : More graphics from wits0 : :

Now this was good… hehehe! The fruit flan was definitely a nice picture.

wits0 is getting better and better with PSP8. So, when are you going to start your own photoblog ah? We’re all waiting lah!

: : 1st Day of CNY ~ Part III : :

Stomach and bladder not feeling too good today. Sigh. That’s the problem with CNY. The food and drinks are just too tempting. Hopefully, I’ll be alrite later. Urgh. Still, caught up with my sister and her two friends from childhood. Gawd! It’s been years since I last chatted with them. Of course, pointed them out to this site as my sister’s engagement pics are here. :p

The outer ring is mostly sweets that are both sweet and sour at the same time except for the white stuff. That is Dahfa fish slices. Very chewy but addictive all the same. Center section contains the traditional fruit cake but this one looks pretty fresh.

More goodies here. Just too much stuff to eat!

Some more love letters but the rolled up kind.

Oh, these raisin cookies were nice. Slightly burnt, it offset the sweetness of the raisin.

My favourite : dried cuttlefish. Too much sugar and red colouring though but it was very soft and chewy. Stinks as well. Cannot imagine kissing a guy who has just eaten this though.

Oh! Now this is nice! Local pickle salad called acar made from cucumbers, chillis, carrots, ginger and dried prawn. Very sweet though as a lot of sugar is added into it.

Prawn crackers that were eaten with acar. So nice!

The largest looking pomelo I’ve ever seen. Took the pic at Patty Cake’s home.

Gosh! Look at the time! Time to goto bed and hopefully my body will revert back to normal. Urgh!

: : More CNY stuff : :

From wits01. He sure is having fun with PSP8. Wah!

Also, a CNY medley for those who did not manage to celebrate CNY back in their hometown. I received it in an email CNY greeting although I have no idea who made it. If you were the person, it is a wonderful piece of music! Lucia has a put up a posting on the English translation to the songs.

GONG XI FA CHAI! (again!)

From the Taliban…. hahahaha!

: : 1st day of CNY ~ Part II : :

I still have quite a fair bit of pictures from the 4 houses I visited yesterday. So, here are some pictures of goodies from my Dad’s mum’s house. The first house that I visit every year for CNY since I moved to Kuching 5 yrs ago.

Ah Ban : Aren’t you going to take any photos for your blog?

My cousin, Ah Ban, was teasing me yesterday as I didn’t tell him about my blog. He found out through Squidman.

So, as not to disappoint him, I took out my camera and started snapping away. Above is the pictures of various cookies that was served : cheese cookies, peanut cookies, kuih bangkit @ the white biscuits that absolutely melts in your mouth. There’s also some sugared jelly treats, Dahfa fish slices, sweetened dried cuttlefish, and some marshmellows.

Mei Ai : The marshmellows very nice one! Try some!

Went over to her house later and she had a cookier jar filled with those stuff. She adores marshmellows. Well, she has definitely influenced me so was eating 2 pieces at her place later on in the afternoon.

Some love letters but these were plain ones. Not the decoratively ones that Grace made the other day but just as nice.

Anchovies! Yes, we eat those pungent smelling fish. Of course, we eat the baby ones which were fried until crispy. It was further subjected to more torture by coating it with honey and sesame see. Now, do not cringe away in disgust as this is a favourite TV snack and pub munchies. Goes down extremely well with beer.

We also had some sugar (I think) coated peanuts. Yum yum yum! I also had some keropok @ prawn crackers with acar @ spicy pickled veggie. It was amazing that my stomach did not have a revolution considering the amount of food I had for the 1st day. Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures of the good food from Patty-Cakes house. Her Mum remembered me from last year :

PC’s Mum : Eh! Got pork leg stew for your boss ah! Must come one!

Groan. So malu @ shy lah! Still, it was nice to visit Pat again. Her Mum had ordered this wonderful ayam masak merah @ chicken cooked in red, which was extremely spicy! It was both sweet and spicy at the same time. Wah!