Happy Lunar New Year!
Lunar new year is a big, cultural thing for ethnic Chinese with activities beginning before it starts with spring cleaning, shopping for new clothes, baking and continues with house visiting (relatives and friends) and basically food bingeing for the first 15 days after that.
My first activity for the new lunar year is to dress nicely and visit my parents' house which is literally just five minutes' walk away! That's the advantage of staying near parents; we are never too far away but hey, Singapore is just a little red dot!
After all the auspicious greetings, it's time to hit the kitchen where the aroma of food beckons! As i don't have the habit of having breakfast, i would usually be famished.
This year, mom made curry chicken and even though i don't like to eat carbohydrates; it's impossible not to have tons of white rice drenched with curry! My god, i already feel so fat on day one of the rat year.
Sweet soup made by mom to signify sweet beginnings for the rest of the year! This is rather similar to the dessert i had in Yuen Kee Dessert (源記甜品專家) in Hong Kong; maybe i could ask my mom for the recipe. The only problem is that i dislike peeling the ginkgo nuts!
Photo-taking time after the tummy was filled!
Although our family is close-knitted and meets quite regularly; nothing beats taking photographs to lock down the moment. Dad was wearing the shirt i bought for him; thankfully it suited him real well.
Our recent custom of having the younger generation in our family doing the official lunar new year greetings to our parents! With age catching on for our parents, i think the key message nowadays is to be happy and healthy!
And for the younglings; added message for them to study hard! haha
Well wishes from my family; wishing everyone a great rat year ahead and with the Wuhan virus dampening the festive mood, please be healthy and drink plenty of water (especially with the amount of trash we are having)!