Chinese New Year Eve

Usually my mum is the one who cooks for my family but she's back to her home in Taiping. So for today I have to cook my own meals. Here I have cooked three very simple dishes for my family.

Lunch menu:

1. lotus root soup- a very nutritious and delicious soup

ingredients: red dates, lotus roots and chicken


just slow-boiled for 2 hours


added some soya sauce


2. fried kueh teow and yellow mee- appetizing


ingredients: yellow mee, kueh teow, bean sprouts, garlic and prawns


stir-fried the garlic and prawns- nice aroma


added the bean sprouts


fried the kueh teow and yellow mee,
added soya sauce and black sauce,
mixed with the above dish,
garnished with omelet eggs


Dinner menu:

steam boat- a very nutritious and interesting dish


ingredients


boiled the soup with prawns, meat, mushrooms and wolf berries
kept on adding the other ingredients

Yummy!


What about you? What do you have for your meals today?


Happy Chinese New Year!

Comments

  1. GattinaFebruary 13, 2010 at 10:18 PM

    This looks delicious, that's the kind of food I adore. But preparing it is another story I wouldn't know a shop where I could buy all the ingredients, so I think I have to go to a chinese restaurant as usual !

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  2. linaFebruary 13, 2010 at 11:53 PM

    A feast Wenn... and they are made with love. :)
    Happy CNY!

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  3. KelvinFebruary 14, 2010 at 12:08 AM

    Happy Chinese New Year

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  4. VanillaSevenFebruary 14, 2010 at 12:40 AM

    Wow! It looks yummy! Can I have a taste too? Happy CNY!

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  5. Martha@A Sense of Humor is EssentialFebruary 14, 2010 at 12:40 AM

    I haven't done my meal planning for today, so can I come over for a bite? YUMMY photos, looks delicious.
    Happy New Year!

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  6. CH VoonFebruary 14, 2010 at 12:56 AM

    HAPPY CNY TO U AND UR FAMILY :)

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2010 at 12:57 AM

    Happy New Year!

    Great dishes you're sharing.

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  8. CloudyFebruary 14, 2010 at 12:58 AM

    Today I had a big Hamburger and two sandwiches with strawberry jum...
    Servus and have a nice day
    Kvelli

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  9. Self SagacityFebruary 14, 2010 at 2:15 AM

    Happy New Year Wenn!

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  10. TekkausFebruary 14, 2010 at 3:53 AM

    *sob* This year Chinese New year....no more mama to cook for us...for our reunion dinner. :(

    Anyway Happy Chinese New year to you Wenn.

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  11. Somewhere in SingaporeFebruary 14, 2010 at 8:46 AM

    Happy Lunar New Year!!!

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  12. uLi.佑莉February 14, 2010 at 9:15 AM

    Happy CNY to you and family :)

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  13. betchaiFebruary 14, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    wow, they all look yummy. i'll try the lotus root soup

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  14. CherylFebruary 14, 2010 at 12:04 PM

    The meals look so yummy and very healthy too! I have never made any food such as this, maybe I should give it a try. Hope you all have a Happy New Year.

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  15. Elaine YimFebruary 14, 2010 at 12:37 PM

    The meals are simple, yet nutricious and fit for the occassion. Nothing beats the taste of a home cooked meal. I had a vegetarian meal for lunch since this is the first day of CNY.

    Happy Valentine's Day and Happy Chinese New Year. Gong Xi Fa Cai!

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  16. CandlelynFebruary 14, 2010 at 1:12 PM

    wow~awesome n yummy yummy cny eve dinner~happy cny and valentine's day to u too~

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  17. CheaHSanFebruary 14, 2010 at 1:20 PM

    GongXiFaCai..:)

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  18. SJB aka SUELYN J-B.February 14, 2010 at 1:39 PM

    I will try make the appetizing.

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  19. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪February 14, 2010 at 2:04 PM

    Happy New Year to you and Valentine's day.

    You proved yourself a good wife and mum by cooking two great meals.

    I am ashamed that I bought pizza for my son. Just the two of us.

    My husband is in Malaysia, my oldest daughter is in Singapore, my other daughter is away.

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  20. mollyFebruary 14, 2010 at 2:04 PM

    Happy New Year & Gong Xi Gong Xi!!

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  21. The Chair SpeaksFebruary 14, 2010 at 4:08 PM

    Gong Xi Fa Cai to you, Wenn and your family.
    I, too, had steamboat on the eve. Cooked vegetarian steamboat for myself. Will perhaps blog it next week.

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  22. Kimmy SuzukiFebruary 14, 2010 at 4:19 PM

    Happy Chinese New Year!Wenn!..^^..

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  23. DenesaFebruary 14, 2010 at 5:14 PM

    Gong Xi Fa Cai!

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  24. BenFebruary 14, 2010 at 9:42 PM

    Wenn, wish you& family all the best of happiness, health and prosperity throughout and beyond this TIger Year ;) Wow, looking at your photos on the preparation of the dishes making me drooling :D

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  25. eastcoastlifeFebruary 14, 2010 at 9:55 PM

    Happy Chinese New Year!
    Gong Xi Fa Cai!
    Wishing every one a great Tiger year ahead!

    Happy Valentine's Day too!

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  26. This Is My Blog - fishing guyFebruary 14, 2010 at 11:33 PM

    Wenn: What a great celebration.

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  27. Betty ManousosFebruary 15, 2010 at 12:08 AM

    Did I mention that I do love Chinese food?

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