Special Occasion

:) thanks burpple

One of the favorite dish during the Chinese New Year is Lou Hei. This dish has its origin from Malaysia/Singapore. The dish consist of several different colored vegetables slice into tiny strips, indian crackers and fresh fish slices. During preparation, each participant will add one ingredient onto the dish while saying the Chinese prosperous phase that fits the ingredient they are adding. Once all the ingredient are in place, every participant will use their chopstick to mix the dish. Typically during the mixing phase, they will raise their chopstick with the mixture as high as possible while speaking prosperous phases they hope that would be fulfilled for the oncoming year. Once the mixing phase is completed, each participant will grab a portion of the dish and enjoy. :p

The reunion dinner, is the last meal in the chinese new year calendar. This is only eaten with close relatives. The food was prepared by my uncle 3 days in advanced.

kuah kapit a.k.a. love letters is a snack only available during chinese new year in the malaysia region. kuah means cake or pastry, kapit in malay means clamming down process. A good love letter snack should be crispy and leave a slight sweet after taste.