Chinese New Year Goodies

"BAK KWA" This is a must-have for this time of the year. Here is the "Bak Kwa" aka barbecue pork meat which I bought from KIM HOCK GUAN, I used to buy from Bee Cheng Hiang and after knowing that this is Singapore’s oldest bak kwa chain and ranking No. 1 in local Newspaper. I "kiasu" + I could get it at corporate rate + never tried before so I bought 1kg last week.

After tasting, I think I'll just stick to this brand! Chewy and look at it, no burnt corner and they are not using minced meat, can't resist the temptation even though I am so conscious about my weight!

Showing the price list is to let you guys know, next time buy EARLIER!

Kim Hock Guan
Jan 5 = $38
Jan 12 = $38
Jan 19 = $38
Jan 26 = $38
Feb 2 = $43 (I bought it at $39 on 9th Feb)

Bee Cheng Hiang
Jan 5 = $38
Jan 12 = $38
Jan 19 = $38
Jan 26 = $38
Feb 2 = $38 (Ben bought it at $48 on 15th Feb!)

Reunion Dinner

This will be my final year having my reunion dinner with my immediate family as I am officially Mrs. Goh! Ben agreed to go back on his own and we will be going to his place for the first 3 days of Chinese New Year from next year onwards.

As usual, we have

All types of oily Chinese sausages with leek. According to Aunt June, this is a Hakka style.

Chicken, a must-have-dish for all families!

Prawn(symbolise "laughter") come on, don't ask me why, just try to pronounce prawn in Cantonese.

Duck

Hainanese mixed veg, this dish contains many many ingredients. Everyone cooks this every year, I mean the "Lim's Family" and each has their own taste even though they are using exactly the same ingredient! *rolling eyes*


Fish


"Lo Hei" aka "Yu sheng", dad doesn't like raw fish so just substitute with the Abalone from New Moon, of cause we need to shredded.

Guess what, when we went to Uncle Steve's place for second round of Reunion Dinner, we have the same food(see I told you is standard dish)again except he cooked Shark Fin Soup and we had the Pig Organ Soup.

"Lo hei" is not new to Cheryl this time round and see our little girl...

I like the decorative

It's 14th Feb again..

It was a last minute thing when we decided to stay in a hotel for this day last year, I still remember we checked in to Hotel Miramar (so old!)and the room was .... well, no choice as there wasn't any rooms available for all hotels at Clarke Quay area(no idea why he likes this area so much, maybe is near the Singapore River). Ben proposed to me and we had wonderful Valentines' Day dinner at Clarke Quay.

This year, I was thinking maybe we can just have simple dinner at home and so we decided to have "Tender Chicken" together. Ben was late and I was a little upset while travelling home alone until the surprise came after the dinner.

Ben handed me a gift, I thought he would buy me a stalk of flower which he did not. It was a bear holding a little pillow printed with that three words, yes you know which three. While I was puzzled why did he give me a bear when he knew I don't fancy that all along. I saw this....

Ben got me a necklace from Tiffany & Co again! According to the sales personel, this is the latest design but I was wondering if I could have it change to another design. :Þ

Anyway, thanks thanks thanks and many kisses to my little hubby !

honey, do you think a Coach bag will be more matching with the dress I bought lately? *wink*

The Year of Boar [PiG to me,hehe]

As Chinese New Year is around the corner, I decided to decorate our little humble house and bake some cookies.
Mum has been travelling to aunt Monique's house for baking cookies as she has to complete about 150 boxes before the New Year! Yes she is selling them and trust me the cookies are delicious and 100% home-made. When I told her that I need some sample for my colleagues to try out, she told me she has stopped taking orders due to the overwhelming orders over the past few weeks. At that moment, I was hoping so much that if we could own a bakery shop to bake the lovely cookies and of cause my little cuppies!

Mum is good at these goodies which we used to call them "Bee-Hive Cookies". It is so easy to make and believe me you will definitely come back for more !

As no one is making the shrimp rolls this year, I decided to make them together with mum and giveaway some for each family. Is it easy to make? A picture speaks a thousand words.

The Menu !

Weekend Chinese Dinner Menu

We are allow to customise our own Wedding Menu by selecting one-course from each category

APPETIZERS

The Oriental Lobster and Hors D’oeuvres Combination Platter - Lobster, Prawn Salad, Vietnamese Spring Roll, Sliced Honey Chicken, Topshell

The Oriental Combination PlatterCreate your own combination by selecting five following items- Wakame Seaweed,Salmon Sashimi, Seafood Roll, Lobster Meat, Roasted Eel, Sliced Suckling Pig, Roasted Duck, Jellyfish, Meat Roll, Baby Octopus

SOUP

Braised Shark’s Fin with Crabmeat and Dried Scallops

Braised Shark’s Fin with Three Treasures - Shredded Abalone, Fish Lips and Dried Scallops

Double-Boiled Shark’s Fin in Clear Chicken SoupBroth of Dried Scallop and Crabmeat with Hasma

SEAFOOD

Seafood in Dual Style Stir-Fried Scallop with Spicy Sauce and Deep-Fried Crispy Scallops

Crispy King Prawn in Honey Sauce

Steamed King Prawn with Minced Garlic

Stir-Fried King Prawn in Sweet and Sour Sauce

POULTRY

Stewed Duck with Five Treasures - Chestnuts, Red Dates, Sea Whelk, Taro and Lotus Seeds

Roasted Crispy Chicken in “Thai Style”

Deep-Fried Chicken with Crispy Garlic and Prawn Crackers

Roasted Duck in Herb Sauce

VEGETABLES

Braised Baby Abalone and Dried Mushrooms with Seasonal Vegetables

Braised Sliced Abalone and Dried Fish Maw with Chinese Spinach

Braised Sliced Abalone and Sea Cucumber with Mustard Plant

FISH

Baked Sliced Cod Fish in Superior Teriyaki Sauce

Deep-Fried Marble Goby with Oyster Sauce

Steamed Fresh Garoupa in Superior Soya SauceSteamed Pomfret in “Teochew Style”

VEGETABLES

Braised Trio Mushrooms with Seasonal VegetablesSautéed Broccoli with Dried Scallops and Golden Mushrooms

Duet of Flower and Abalone Mushrooms with Seasonal Vegetables

NOODLES / RICE/ BUN

Fried Hong Kong Noodles with Prawns and Shredded Chicken

White Noodles with Spicy Minced Meat Sauce

Crab Meat and Deep fried Bun with Sweet and Sour Sauce

Fragrant Fried Rice with Scallops and Prawns with Crispy Garlic

INDIVIDUALLY PLATED WESTERN DESSERTS

Double Happiness (Manjari Chocolate Mousse with Chocolate Jelly and Mango)

Sweet Passion (Passion Fruit Cream with Crispy Swirl, Raspberry Compote and Pistachio Tuile)

The Bliss (Seasonal Fruit Salad in Spiced Syrup and Coconut Sherbert)

Everlasting (Cheng Tng Jelly)

The Invitation Cards Designs

Here are the designs of the invitation cards from The Oriental Hotel. We are most likely going to choose the red and the ivory, well, not much choices as you could see and I really dislike the black and green. Arrgghh..