CNY preparation

It's CNY approaching again. We say goodbuy to Bush, the rat and welcome the Bull instead.

My wife and I have been spending some spare time going for shopping for CNY goodies the past 2 weekends. I guess this is the only time of the year that we buy abit extra and will not have the wasteful feeling.

So far what we have bought include Bak Kua, love letters roll, pineapple tarts (the outer type and the inner type), fried mini kok zai, fried mini shrimp roll, crispy cuttle fish, pandan buscuits, oranges, drink (lots of them...for the gathering), sweets, albalone, bird's nest, pine nuts, roast nuts, etcetc...and not forgetting the tibits we bought back from Taiwan too (almond buscuits / saseme buscuits /pineapple tarts taiwan style etc).

Noticed this year the selection of sweets are much much less than last year. Most likely due to the tainted milk incident. Cannot find big white rabbit now!! In the end i have no choice but have to use my personal packs of Japanese sweets used for teaching to filled up the sweet box at home. And guess what!! the kids love it and they are now hooked!! (wonder if it's the same with the students??)

I aalso bought the wheel brand mexican albalone first time this year. Yi Fan loves albalone and every year I have to fight with him during the steam boat dinner for the limited supply. And we have agreed to do a double blind test in year dinner. Wife will prepare the cheapo Australian one and the mexican one, who ever cannot taste the difference between the 2 types will have to settle for the cheapo brand. I think he is abit stress by now already....hahahahah.

CNY gathering also gathering pace....coming number reached 60 last night...could go up abit more still as there are still afew cannot confirm by now. Booked also the karaoke room last night...just to have extra space for the crowd. Looking foreward to seeing all of you.

Will pack the ang pao with wife soon...I guess the only thing we have not bought is the jellys from taiwan...that we will buy during the visit to chinatown after the dinner. that again is our annual routine to do some last minute shopping and looksee looksee in Cow car water.


WISHING ALL A HAPPY HEALTHY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!! :)