cOokiNg gaTheriNg & CHinEsE NeW yEaR ceLEbratiOn!! :)

A GREAT LONG EXCITING WEEKEND!

last thurs.. we went over to xianrong's house to cook lunch! :) or rather, he cooked for us! :) xianrong is now our RESIDENT CHEF! he's ZAI ok! dun pray pray ah! heeheee..

he cooks well leH! YUMMY fooood! :)

this is CHIEF COOK happily prepping n tasting for his PERFECT dish! :)

and yaolong n zijia busy trying to cook mapo tofu with our mapo sauce bought from asian market! tadah! our mapo tofu and xianrong's yummy spicy chicken+potato+goldenmushroom :) after that was a few games of bridge and daidee b4 heading home! :)

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nExT the HIGHLIGHT of the weekend..
STEAMBOAT and LOU HEI (lao yusheng)

us prepping all the fooood!!! yaolong was such a perfectionist and his only joy was to present the food so prettily for foto taking! hahaha

look at the AMOUNT of food we had to FOUR PEOPLE!!! enuf to feed army trooop!

from top left: prawns, crabmeat, fishball, fish slice, pork slice, tofu, shrimp wanton, chicken, golden mushroom, brinjal (cooked), cabbage finally, our MA LA HUO GUO (hot spicy steamboat) and the WHOLE TABLE of dishes!

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after we've all washed up and played a few games of daidee and bridge overnight, we started out LOUHEI!!! :) in the middle of the night la!! hahahaa.. i tink it was 2.30am!! hahahaha..

ingredients: carrot strips, white radish strips (self stripped), self crushed peanuts, lee kum kee orange sauce, jellyfish and SALMON!

it was the most unforgettable lao yusheng! so late! and we were trying so hard not to make too much noise so that we wun wake our landlord and aptmate up! :)
super duper fun!!! hehee.. and not forgetting.. RED WINE!! :) wooohooo! :)

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wunderful new year experience.. tho i really miss my family and relatives and being there with them gambling n drinking away!! :(

but nonetheless, it was a SPECIAL CNY coz I webcammed with SO MANY OF MY relatives!! and had the RECEIVE ANGPAO trick over webcam!!! hahaha..

it was HILARIOUS! my uncles n aunties pass angpao into the webcam over their side and i RECEIVE it over my side (coz i have angpaos with me) hahaha..

and im happy coz my aunts n uncles left their angpaos with my MUM!! muahahahaha... :) :) :)

I LOVE MY BIG FAMILY AND RELATIVESSS!!! they are a great loving funky bunch! i missss homeee!!! :( :(