happy niu year!
Yup, the customary reunion dinner at home, a rather sumptuous spread I might add, although my mother has been preparing smaller portions lately ever since our metabolic rate couldn’t keep up with our age, and tummies!
Going clockwise starting fromthe famliar carrot salad (it rhymes!), which is actually just yu sheng with a plateful of salmon, we also got giant prawns (use the jar of cashew nuts as a gauge as to how friggin big they are), steamed cod fish, abalone on kai lan, and rounding up with shark’s fin soup right in the middle.
But I think I’ve been taking my mother’s cooking for granted. As I just found out a couple of weeks ago, my mother actually spent six months in her youth learning how to cook, and from the then-owner of Red Star no less! No wonder home cooked food always taste the best lar. Then again, that adage only applies to proven recipes, considering the numerous bad experiences with experimental recipes my palette has had. But shhh don’t tell my mother that.
On a side note, interesting to note how much more it would mean for one to wish for prosperity in times like these. But then again, I really do hope that at least for this weekend, people are spending more time worrying about chilling out with the family, or taking care of their health, instead of worrying too much about their cash flow at this moment.
That being said, wishing one and all a happy, meaningful and prosperous year of the Ox!