The best part of Chinese New Year when you are a kid is definitely the ang pows! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Ang Pow Na Lai. 😉

Here are some dishes I made tonight…there were eight courses in all! I was actually aiming for nine, lol. Yes, I’m insane…insane for even contemplating doing it. However, it is a family tradition and I find that as I get older, tradition becomes increasingly important. […]

It’s Chinese New Year Eve today! In Malaysia, we would have a huge family reunion dinner tonight to start the celebration but in the States, it would just be the three of us. 🙂 Normally, we would invite close friends to celebrate with us but […]

Although seafoods were fresh and plentiful back in Malaysia, I had eaten a lobster only once before today, and that was almost 20 years ago. I had it in a restaurant, and it was hard, rubbery, and bland and I thought to myself, “This is […]

In the evening – it was grilling time! We wonder why we don’t do this often. 🙂 Note: Recipe for grilled pork can be found in a previously published post – Macaroni Salad and Grilled Soy Sauce Pork. For a bolder flavor, I divided 5 pounds of pork […]

We spent our Easter with each other and we took opportunity of the gorgeous day to clean up the yard and put some plants in the garden beds. 🙂

The Easter bunnies stayed up late last night to prepare today’s egg hunt. 🙂

Being super-busy with our daily lives, I decided to put off making any Chinese New Year treats until this past weekend. Not that last weekend would have been any better (time-wise) since I work both Saturday and Sunday every week but I was determined. Then, […]