CNY day 9
On Sunday, at about 12 midnight, I walked over to my neighbor's house ready with some CNY gifts. Both of them looked so cheerful. They always have this celebration every year and I am sure to be invited.
sugar canes were being offered
The roasted pork was the highlighted item.
'miku'
sweet glutinous rice
'ang ku'
'ang ku'
steamed egg cake
pomelo and watermelon
red eggs
After distributing ang pows to my neighbour's grandkids, I was ushered into the house and served..
fried bihun, curry chicken and sweetened vinegar pork knuckles
After prayers, the roasted pig was cut and hence I was given some. Some agar-agar too and most importantly the Carlsberg. Well, I don't drink but this time I was not spared. The landlord poured some Carlsberg into my glass and told me to finish it. I had to finish the drink before I called it a night. I was already feeling like 'floating' and before I got drunk, I made a move.
So goodbye I said and off I walked back.
Miku look like pink Twinkies!
ReplyDeleteit looks cute too..
Deletehey Wenn, what nice neighbour you have.. my row of houses, no one celebrated the 9th day so lavishly.. most of them prayed and fired crackers only.. then go to sleep.. hahaha...
ReplyDeleteoh my two neighbors celebrate it every year..
DeleteI didn't pray although my in-laws pray each year (they skipped this year) because I usually need to attend to my young kids.
ReplyDeleteThey have to be in bed early as they have school the next day.
None of my neighbour pray that night. Only distant neighbour prayed and I watched from our balcony, haha~
DeleteYou have such thoughtful neighbour, wenn. And you yourself is a nice neighbour, too!
Deleteit wouldn't be nice to miss the occasion as they are nice people..
DeleteI prayed to the Jade Emperor too. We started 3 years ago. Because we didn't get to sleep too, if we didn't pray. So I just told my husband to join the fun of praying.
ReplyDeleteMy husband is a Cantonese, so we celebrated and prayed in a very simple way. Just presented fruits and kuih. No sugar cane and meat.
DeleteMy husband and kids were having fun playing outside the house with fire crackers. I took a half day off just to sleep in for some time on the next morning.
Deletemy mum always goes back to pray in Taiping and sometimes I will go back to pray..
DeleteThe Jade Emperor prayer is one of the important event for the Hokkien, both my family and in laws also have this every CNY.
ReplyDeleteToo bad this year I din't really pray that long and enjoy those food as I was engaged with Aden, he was frightened due to the endless fireworks around the neighborhood.
I remembered my kids used to be scared of the fire crackers too..
Deletewow, great!! you are so closed with your neighbour that they invite you to their house for the Jade Emperor prayer every year..
ReplyDeletemy neighbour opposite does this every year.. and it would be a nightmare for me instead.. cos they will burn firecrackers and fireworks non-stop until i cannot sleep~~
Deletewould be easily 2am when they stop the activities, then only i can sleep peacefully.. @_@"
Deletethey say this day is more important than the new year to the Hokkiens.. look at how grand their celebrations can be..
Deleteyour neighour really had a lot of offerings to the Jade Emperor.. the "miku" looks very cute, i have not seen that before..
Deleteyou certainly had a good supper at their house huh?? i am sure they are very hospitable and keep feeding you with food?? :p
Deletehahaha, so did you walk back home in a straight line?? and you managed to reach home instead of sleeping on the roadside?? geez~~
Deletehaha, I was worried that I might walk zig-zagly but luckily I could walk straight home..
DeleteWhat a celebration. :)
ReplyDeleteyea..
DeleteIt is good that you know your neighbours well. So much food to be eaten after midnight, surely all visitors will be very full and cannot sleep after that. Are your neighbours Hokkein?
ReplyDeleteyea, they are Hokkien..I am Hokkien too..
DeleteLuckily you managed to walk home safely despite feeling like "floating". Did your husband go with you to your neighbour's house?
ReplyDeleteNo, my husband was at a friend's place who celebrated too..
DeleteYou must be very, very, very full after eating fried bihun, curry chicken, sweetened vinegar pork knuckles, siew yoke, agar-agar and drank a glass of beer. Especially eating all those after midnight. Did it make you stay awake?
ReplyDeleteluckily I could get to sleep..
Deleteoh gosh.. the roasted pork.. we call it here as Litchon and I am a big fan of this highly caloric and rich in fat dish LOL... but who cares about the rich calorie... we usually have this once a year .. why not grab and embrace the opportunity right buwahaha
ReplyDeleteit's yummy when it's newly roasted..
Deletehey what's that Miku.. it looks pretty cool... is it some sort of dessert?
ReplyDeleteyea, it's made from flour. It's soft and sweet too..
DeleteI love miku very much and it is very difficult to find good ones in KL. I miss eating them! I usually steamed them before toasting in oven and eat them with butter. So heavenly!!!
ReplyDeletemy kids love to eat it after steaming them..
DeleteIt is very nice and auspicious for your neighbour to invite you over on the 9th day of CNY! I believe that good luck will come to you! No wonder Wenn always so lucky!!
ReplyDeleteoh really? I was invited for the past few years but at times I missed it..
Deletewell is this a party for the whole neighborhood
ReplyDeletethey hosted? wow that's great i mean
there's only few i knew that would do that
not really for the whole neighborhood..mainly for relatives and friends..
Deleteroasted pork seems really crispy!
ReplyDeleteand that is how i want it haha
is there any sauce for that? those gravey like?
I didn't see any sauce over there..
Deletethat miku it seems like buns?
ReplyDeleteor are they? i think it was some sort of
sweet bread like dessert
you are right..they are sweet and soft..
Deletethat sweet glutinous rice seem like
ReplyDeleteour kalamay here, but it was brown in color
what are those brown thingy on the top?
that the red dates for decoration..
Deletethat ang ku?
ReplyDeleteare those some sort of sticky dessert?
what is it made of?
and it goes in two shapes huh
i think ball like were better
yea, sticky and had lotus paste as fillings..
Deleteegg cake huh? how that does differs on the regular cake?
ReplyDeleteand i wonder what does that chinese character written
on the top meant?
it's made from just eggs and flour..
Deletethe word supposed to mean prosperous..
at first i thought that pomelo was
ReplyDeletecoconut drinks haha
they decorated it too huh
yea, all items got to be decorated..
Deleteby the way that table on the first picture
ReplyDeleteis that an altar or something?
i love how it was decorated
yea, it's a temporary altar..
Deleteim sorry for my delayed comments iv'e been quite busy haha
ReplyDeletehave a great and god blessed day wenn
take the best of care and happy blogging
it's ok..thanks for coming..
Deleteuiks...miku change jor ah? i thought it's turtle type geh
ReplyDeletewow...whole roast pig...nice....
Deleteso many offering. Bagus :)
Deleteuiks...how come my name not appearing in the comment section at the bottem geh...usually it will list how many comments i have left in the blog gah
Deleteyea, a lot of variety of food..
DeleteI'm not sure about that..