Yesterday was a Sunday and it was also the eve of Chinese New Year 2016. On Saturday night, a friend who came back home for the festival, messaged to inform that he will be joining us for Sunday Church celebration.
We will be meeting in church after breakfast.
Due to increase in goods prices, the festive celebration has been slow in picking up. Last few years have been very quiet.
Pretty "ang pau" (red packets) decorations on the wall of my friend's coffee shop.
"Ang Pau" (red packets) fan. If the fan is bigger, more beautiful! All the decorations are very pretty. Maybe next year if I remember, I will do some. I love origami craft.
This was my breakfast. 2 slices of coffee bread with butter and coconut jam (kaya) and a cup of piping hot non-sweetened coffee.
After church, 6 of us "old friends" gathered here for a Reunion Lunch.
The restaurant has recently shifted to this new address, a short distance from their old address.
A plate of "Sing Chow" Beehoon (stir-fry rice vermicelli) with eggs, beansprout, etc.
Stir fried Hor Fun (flat rice noodle) with prawns and pork.
Stewed Yee Meen (deep fried noodles) with pork, prawns, greens, etc.
The moment we reached home after our lunch, I quickly watered my Petunias. The weather is very hot and Petunias in hanging pots need to be watered before they withered.
I have to keep rotating the pots because the Petunias are turning toward the sunlight.
My Petunias are also in festive mood!
Our Reunion dinner consists of some home cooked dishes and some bought ones.
Bought a whole roasted duck RM 50 (approx. 11.98 USD).
Bought a set of Yee Sang from a nearby restaurant.
My family loves this salad dish with plenty of crunchy crispies.
Cost RM 48 (approx. 11.50 USD).
I boiled a pot of soup and I totally forgot to take a photo to show. The ingredients were oink oink stomach, oink oink lean meat, shallots, gingko nuts and crushed black peppercorns.
And a dish of assorted items - green veggie (blanched siew pak choy) to line the plate. Stir fried 2 types of fresh mushrooms, carrots, snow peas with gravy. I pan fried 7 pieces of scallops seasoned with crushed blacked pepper and salt. This was our simple Reunion and Thanksgiving Dinner.
"Amen!" they said. "Blessing, and glory, and wisdom,
and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might,
be to our God forever and forever. Amen!"
(Revelation 7:12, TLB)
All of those noodles look yummy. Happy CNY!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Happy CNY to you too! Have a great day!
DeleteThe fan is lovely.
ReplyDeleteYour petunias are very pretty.
Thank you, Margaret. Have a lovely day!
DeleteThat all looks so yummyx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Michelle. Have a lovely day!
DeleteYUM! Happy Chinese New Year, Nancy. Your petunias are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Angie. Happy CNY to you too!
DeleteHappy New Year
ReplyDeleteThank you, Thomas. Happy CNY to you too!
DeleteMmmm I am now feeling hungry looking at all this good food. Diane
ReplyDeleteThank you, Diane. Have a wonderful day!
DeleteSo many type of noodles. Haha.
ReplyDeleteHappy Chinese New Year.
Hello Rose, my friends wanted noodles for lunch. Happy CNY to you too!
DeleteYour Chinese New Year celebration meal looks so yummy. It's always so much fun celebrating with friends.
ReplyDeleteKeeping your hanging petunias healthy in the hot sun must be a full time job but you're being rewarded with such beauty and doing a good job of it.
Have a great day.
Hugs,
JB
Thank you, Julia. I hang the pots under my porch away from direct sunlight but I have to water them daily to keep the soil moist. Have a great day too!
DeleteHello, the reunion sounds like fun. Happy Chinese New year! I love your beautiful flowers and the food looks delicious. Happy Monday, have a great new week ahead!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eileen. Happy Monday and a great week to you too!
DeleteBeautiful ang pao fans. That's my kind of breakfast too. Your reunion dinner dishes looks tasty. Gong Xi Fatt Cai to you & your loved ones.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Irene. Gong Xi Fatt Chai to you and loved ones too!
Deletethe food always looks so yummy and today's flowers are especially beautiful, my colors!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Debbie. Have a beautiful day!
DeleteHi Nancy, What a lovely post. I imagine the reunion lunch was perfect.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy this new week. Blessings, xo
Thank you, Celestina. We did have a good reunion lunch. Have an enjoyable new week!
DeleteThough I don't drink coffee, coffee bread sounds interesting!
ReplyDeleteHello William, the coffee bread taste great. Have a lovely day!
DeleteI'll have everything you had to eat on your Chinese New Year. What a wonderful feast for each meal.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day. ☺
Thank you, Sandee. Have a fabulous day too!
DeleteWhat a feast! Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ladyfi. Have a happy week!
DeleteThe landscape in the first photos looks like Maui.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tom. We don't always get a misty mountain view. Have a great day!
DeleteHappy CNY to you and your family! May all of you enjoy good health, great fortune and happiness! Your breakfast is very rich, especially the two slabs of thick butter.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mun. Happy CNY to you and your family too! Wishing you all the same too! Ha ha very seldom I used all the butter. It was served together with the bread. I must remember to tell them to served one slab of butter, that will be just enough.
DeleteReally interesting post...thx for sharing! xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Beauty. Have a wonderful day!
DeleteHappy New Year and have a great week! xx
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Thank you, Vildana. Have a great week too!
DeleteNancy have a great healthy year.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gosia. Have a great and healthy year too!
DeleteHappy chinese new year nancy, the angpau very cute..
ReplyDeleteThank you and have a beautiful day!
DeleteI love your great pictures :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ti. Have a great day!
DeleteHi Nancy,
ReplyDeleteGong Xi Fa Cai!!! Your petunia flowers are very pretty! You must be a very caring person and that's why your plants are very well cared :)
Zoe
Thank you, Zoe. I am learning to care for Petunia flowers. Have a happy day!
DeleteLovely photos. It is always nice to see old friends again, isn't it? I do love the scenic shots at the beginning of your post and the food you've made looks delicious. I'm afraid it will be a few more months before I can plant my summer garden. Happy week to you and Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Joyful. Have a happy week!
DeleteThe duck looks so good...that is one thing I have never tasted.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rose. My whole family love roasted duck. Have a good day!
DeleteLots of interesting food- love the flowers- I do miss the color, and can't wait until spring when I will see blooms here. Have a blessed day!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Terri. Have a blessed day too!
Deletelove the beautiful fan :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, dear. The fan is beautiful!
DeleteAlso really like origami. The range of amazed me, and beautifully blooming flowers. Regards.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Giga. Have a lovely day!
DeleteDear Nancy, I'm so happy to have discovered your blog. I am enjoying looking at your previous posts on gardening, delicious dishes, sightseeing outings, everyday daily life... Your words and pics give me a peaceful and happy feeling. Thank you :) @blueskywarmsea
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind and encouraging comments. Have a lovely day!
DeleteThe "ang pao" fan is so nice... Loves it...
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sharon. I like the angpao fan too!
DeleteI love seeing those decorations, the food and your beautiful flowers. You are getting me all excited for the new year too.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Erika. How I wish I could share more about the new year preparation.
DeleteHi Nancy, first time visit your blog, hope you have a great year in 2016
ReplyDeleteThank you, Libby. So nice of you to visit my blog. Happy CNY!
DeleteHeyy you can cook well. :)
ReplyDeleteHa ha Stacy, as long as my family doesn't complain, it is good enough for me.
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