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Recipe : Waxed duck and Chinese sausage rice

I am super-duper full and satisfied after a meal of my own homecooked waxed duck and sausage rice. I just took a look at my previous post and found that I had some horrijible, lousy waxed duck rice last year in KL. I was staying in Boulevard and I remembered I went to one of [...]

Posted by lilian on January 5th, 2008 under Festivals & Religious, Food | 5 Comments »

Chinese culture – colourful and full of meanings

The shopping malls barely have time to take down the Christmas decorations and now, they are putting up Chinese New Year decor. Red lanterns are going to be everywhere. The above is a photo taken a year back. Chinese New Year is such an interesting festival. Compare to the others, it is one of the [...]

Posted by lilian on January 4th, 2008 under Festivals & Religious | Comment now »

The fifteenth day of Chinese New Year – Chap Goh Meh

This will be the last day of the Chinese New Year celebrations. On this day, some of the Chinese, especially those from Penang and maybe Melaka will end the Chinese New Year with a sweet dessert call the Pengat. It is pengat and not bubur cha cha. Though they use almost the same ingredients, they [...]

Posted by lilian on March 2nd, 2007 under Dessert, Festivals & Religious | 1 Comment »

Claypot waxed meat rice

I had a little disappointing meal which will be somewhat the reunion dinner this year. My three older children were fast asleep and refused to wake up for the dinner which I was hoping to eat together. So, that left me and my hubby plus the toddler. We headed downstairs to the restaurant nearby our [...]

Posted by lilian on February 18th, 2007 under Festivals & Religious, Food | 2 Comments »

Annual loh bak for Chinese New Year

Between my sisters-in-law and I, we normally trade foods instead of giving gifts. There are four of them so what I did was to bake cakes for them. However, I am taking a breather this year as I am leaving for KL this Saturday. I will make it up to them after Chinese New Year. [...]

Posted by lilian on February 14th, 2007 under Festivals & Religious | 4 Comments »

The secret to the peanut cookies is the LARD

I bought a small container of peanut cookies last night. It costs me RM15! Doesn’t taste that good and it doesn’t have the L-factor. The above photo is my homemade batch of peanut cookies I made for Chinese New Year last year. You can find the recipe in my MalaysiaBest food blog under Chinese New [...]

Posted by lilian on January 15th, 2007 under Festivals & Religious, Recipe | 4 Comments »
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