CNY 09 Food Post! Mmmm... ;P

I'm oh-so-very-tired... went back to work today after the CNY break. Students 'stoned', I also 'stoned'. During the first few minutes of curriculum time, we sort of just ended up staring at each other while waiting for our brains to start functioning. :p

Never mind, never mind. At least there's the thought of yummy food I had for the past few days for me to relish... hee.

Pre-CNY meal: SCORE!!!

The day before CNY eve, I cooked lunch for Hubby and myself. I was so pleased while eating the lunch cos, for the very first time since I started cooking for us, Hubby awarded me up to 8 marks outta 10 for the dishes I prepared! *grin grin grin*

Tada! Here's my first masterpiece...broccoli with stir fried prawns and capsicum (Ooohh... love the fat fat prawns. They're more expensive than the usual type I buy, but I think it's worth it...The first time I cooked them was with pasta, but they didn't taste fantastic. This time, I improved!)

Actually, there's a second dish that I got a high score for, but it's minced prawns and meat roll prepared by Mummy, and which I simply cooked with some onions, golden mushrooms and seafood chilli sauce, so I don't think I can gain full credit for that. :p

CNY 09 Reunion Feasts

The next day was CNY eve...Hubby and I had 2 meals that left us really bloated. :p We had reunion lunch at AMK with my in-laws first. Cool... loved all the dishes cos, like I told my MIL, each dish was a representative of my favourite for each food type.

See... prawns (fav seafood), mushrooms (my all-time fav), chicken (fav meat), leek and broccoli (fav veggies) and there's soup (yep, I'm a soupie). Yum... and MIL mixed chilli padi and garlic with light soya sauce, which went really well with everything, especially the steamed prawns. Thoroughly enjoyed the lunch (though I unknowingly consumed a piece of pig's stomach, which I thought was some kinda mushroom... eeewwww...wish Hubby hadn't told me later on).

In the evening, we went back to BT for steamboat, the usual form of reunion meal that Mummy prepares annually. Love the soup... so sweet cos of the yellow beans and scallops that were added, and also loved many of the 'balls' that were on the table.

Fish maw, button mushrooms, prawns, tau kwa, seafood tofu sandwich, cocktail sausages, balls with mushroom filling, shitake mushroom balls, sliced fish, salmon 'balls', fa cai, abalone, cai xin, shrimp wanton, large fishballs with cheese filling (which I really really loved!)... wah, initially thought the meal was manageable, cos there didn't seem a large quantity for each item, but boy, was I wrong! Just a bit of everything = a lot of food! In the end, we couldn't even finish all the stuff. :p Luckily I went for a walk after dinner with Hubby, Beebee and Qiyan, who popped over as usual after her reunion dinner. That really helped to ease the bloated feeling.

CNY Day #2

Day #1 saw Hubby and I chilling out at home, with me spending some time preparing work which, I was later told, was not a good way to start the new year. Oh dear, guess I have to be ready to slog like an ox this year. Haiz. But still enjoyed most parts of the day with Hubby. :)

Then came Day #2. Hubby and I went temple visiting with Papa, Mummy and Beebee as usual. We made it for mee sua at the famous temple at Bishan (alamak, famous yet I forgot the name :p). And cos we didn't have that many temples to visit as last year, we ended the temple visiting by mid-afternoon and were able to jalan jalan at Jurong Point.

Wow, discovered that the NTUC Xtra there is open 24 hours a day. Cool... but hmmm, would there be shoppers in the wee hours of the morning? Anyway, we also came across this kawaii place where people could purchase and design their own cakes! This would be a really sweet gift for someone. What a delicious idea... :D

Later in the early evening, we settled down for dinner at Fig & Olive. It was the first time any one of us tried the food there. Overall not bad lah, but Hubby didn't quite enjoy his meal cos instead of the medium steak that he ordered, he got a well-cooked steak instead, and had to chew glumly on the tough meat. *sayang sayang* But the rest of us pretty much enjoyed our meal.

We also visited my aunt and uncle, who helped to take care of me when I was a kid. It's been so long since I saw them. Felt a little sad upon seeing them cos they've really aged a lot, and visiting their apartment brought on a sense of nostalgia. Sigh, those days when I was younger were really so much more carefree too, compared to the hectic and stressful working life that I lead as an adult now. But at least, I have Hubby now. :)

Okie, I'd better get back to work now while I watch the animal documentary on Okto. :p Looking forward to meeting up with Elmo and TC come Friday evening. :)

PS. The fortune cookies I bought were so 'zhun' lor! Had so much fun distributing to colleagues and family too. Some were so accurate that they were hilarious! Must buy again next year... hahaha.. ;D