The previous time we gathered at this friend's house was to usher in the new year 2016. And here we were again, this time to celebrate Chap Goh Meh i.e. the 15th day of the Chinese New Year 2016. It was a good opportunity to celebrate with food and good company.
A friend bought this "Prosperity Toss" from a restaurant.
We all love this "Prosperity Toss" salad.
We topped it up with lots of crunchies, crushed toasted peanuts, toasted sesame seeds, special sweet sour sauce, salmon slices, etc. Then its time to toss and mix the salad.
This curry chicken with potatoes was cooked by the lady host.
She also cooked the following food.
Stir fried vegetarian rice vermicelli with cabbage.
Pan fried "nian gao" or sticky sweet glutinous new year cake with egg batter.
Sweet drink dessert - lotus seeds and dried longan with cane sugar. A very tasty dessert.
A "we-fie" for sweet memory.
The string of fire-crackers 8 feet was tied to the palm tree before we started our dinner. Now it is time to light the fire-crackers to end the new year celebration.
Today its "Good Fences" day.
This is the back view of Ipoh Railway Station with the creepers slowing covering the fencing.
Another time he asked,
"Who ever heard of someone lighting a lamp and
then covering it up to keep it from shining?
No, lamps are mounted in the open where they can be seen.
This illustrates the fact that someday everything in men's hearts
shall be brought to light and made plain to all.
(Luke 8:16-17, TLB)
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ReplyDeleteWhy does the food other people make look so good, I am not a great cook, I won't kill you with my food but I am just an average cook and my food rarely looks as good as food others make
Thank you, Jo-Anne. Lol! you are most welcome! I do cook but I admit that I am also an average cook. Ha ha...
DeleteIt looks so delicious. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Beauty. Have a beautiful day!
DeleteYummy gathering to end the CNY! Now I hope the prices of food are back to normal... :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Claire. I do not know about that, we will have to check it out at our frequent haunts to see if the prices will go down or not.
DeleteNancy, all the dishes look so good, even the simple vegetarian bee hoon. In particular, I like the prosperity toss.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Phong Hong. I too like the prosperity toss the most and also the sweet lotus seeds desserts.
DeleteA good way to gather by having home cooked food with some food being bought from nice eateries. I like the dessert at the end the best!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mun. Oh yes, I like the dessert too!
DeleteLooks like you had a good time with friends. So nice that your host cooked all the food!
ReplyDeleteHello Joyful. We are blessed that the host is a good cook.
DeleteA lovely gathering and food.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rose. Have a lovely day!
DeleteCNY Eve & Chap Goh Mei, toss for prosperity, guess by now everyone has prosper in one way or another. That's a lovely gathering not only in terms of food but fellowship. Thumbs up.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Irene. Lol! Indeed we all have prospered, especially I because my weight has increased! Time to sweat it out!
DeleteAnother mouth watering post. Is longan the same as a lychee, they look very similar? We used to grow them in South Africa, another fruit I miss here. Diane
ReplyDeleteThank you, Diane. Longan is not the same as lychee but do look similar.
Deletethe fried pan looks are similat to our pancakes..
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gosia. Have a wonderful day!
DeleteQue fotografias deliciosas.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.
Thank you, Francisco. Have a great day!
DeleteI loves the curry chicken with potato cooked by the lady host...
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sharon. Oh you chose rightly, her curry chicken with potato is very special, very yummy too!
DeleteHello Nancy!!:) The chicken did look good, but all the other dished looked appetizing as well.It's good to have these get togethers, and you all look so happy on the photo.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Breathtaking. It was a wonderful get together and the food was good.
DeleteAll the dishes look SO good, Nancy! You have certainly enjoyed much good food and fellowship this New Year!
ReplyDeleteThe Ipoh train station is very nice building and the fence looks pretty with the vine covering!
Have a lovely day!
Thank you, Christine. It was a good fellowship with yummy food. Have a lovely day too!
DeleteGood friends + delicious food = excellent gathering.
ReplyDeleteThe happiness of your friends and you shows in the we-fie.
Thank you, Ishmael. Have a happy day!
DeleteHello Nancy, the salad looks delicious. I love the we-fie shot, very nice group photo. Enjoy your Thursday and the weekend ahead!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eileen. Have a wonderful weekend ahead!
DeleteThis entire dinner looks so yummy. So many things that I like to eat all at one time. Nice fence, too. Once the vines cover it, it will be lots prettier.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Genie. If the workers didn't remove the vines, it will really cover the fence.
Deleteso much yummy food and you are all so thin!!! well done!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Debbie. We are complaining we have put on so much weight!
DeleteHi Nancy, what a great way to celebrate the 15th day of Chinese new Year. I love the we-fie and the name too. You look beautiful. Now I can put a face to your blog.
ReplyDeleteThe food looks tasty.
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JB
Thank you, Julia. Have a beautiful day!
DeleteHappy Chap Goh Meh evening, Nancy, it looks wonderful!
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Thank you, dear. Have a wonderful day!
DeleteI like the station, Nancy!
ReplyDeleteThank you, William. Have a great day!
DeleteAll of that food looks good to me. I enjoy trying food from other cultures. Firecrackers are fun and that is a nice fence.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Peggy Jones. Have a happy day!
Deletegreat celebration
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tom. Have a beautiful day!
DeleteVery interesting Nancy & the food. I think I would try to eat some of this. The photo with your group, they look very happy and full.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Thursday Nancy. See ya.
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Thank you, Paul. Have a happy Friday!
DeleteNancy ~ Great 'foodie shots' and neat fence shots too ~
ReplyDeleteHappy Week to you ~ ^_^
Thank you, Carol. Have a happy week too!
DeleteA fun post Nancy! Loved the weekend and all that delicious food. Happy New Year to you all :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Denise. Have a lovely weekend!
DeleteYou know how to celebrate the new year. Good friends and good food. Yummy.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day Nancy. ☺
Thank you, Sandee. Have a fabulous day too!
DeleteLovely post! xx
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Thank you, Vildana. Have a happy day!
DeleteSounds like you had a wonderful time together!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Marleen. Have a wonderful day!
DeleteThat looks so delicious :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ti. Have a lovely day!
DeleteYou have very interesting celebrations there. The firecrackers would have scared me, I don't like loud bangs. - The food as always looks good but is very different from what I'm use to eating. Nice shot of the fencing with the creeper on it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ida. I too do not like sudden loud bangs but since it festive season, there is no avoiding it.
Deletei like the station's roof design. the prosperity toss is a neat idea.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Theresa. Have a great day!
DeleteOh mine, look at the curry chicken, looks so delicious, I can almost smell it now
ReplyDeleteThank you, Libby. That is one tasty curry chicken.
DeleteI'm a big fan of the prosperity toss salad. I don't need so much dressing as what is often added, but I do like the fresh crunchiness of it all.
ReplyDeleteNow we have to wait till next CNY to enjoy the prosperity toss salad.
DeleteThat toss salad looks so tasty....
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rose. Have a beautiful day!
DeleteHad me drooling over the chicken curry, Nancy. I do love curries!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sharon. I too love curries especially the potatoes.
DeleteThank you, Felicia. Have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteLovely post
ReplyDeleteThank you, Beena. Have a happy weekend!
DeleteThat salad and dessert make me drool, Nancy. What a great celebration and beautiful scripture. Love the photo of all you good looking people!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary. Have a beautiful day!
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