Chinese New Year 2012

It was yet another simple, uneventful yet happy CNY for us. Thankful for that. I have been reading a lot about freak accidents that happened during the CNY. It’s pretty depressing to read such news on a happy occasion. As long as my family is safe and everyone does not have any major health issues, I am already very thankful to God.

Besides the usual pai lin (house visiting), there were lots of pigging out on the usual CNY dishes and snacks. Have also been weighing myself on the scale every morning and thank God, no dreaded weight pile up, phew! I have learned to manage my weight pretty well now. I still eat everything that I like (including high carb food) but in reduced portions, eat all the sinful grub and junk food in the morning, keep dinner the lightest meal of the day (this is pretty hard as dinners during CNY are always lavish and very meaty) and EXERCISE every morning!! Whether I feel like it or not, I force myself out from bed and out of the house to exercise for at least half an hour every morning. The result is amazing… I can indulge without the torment in my mind that I will be fat kekeke…

Our dinner on the 2nd day of CNY, all whipped up by the mil…

The steamed chicken dish is no ordinary chicken. It is castrated chicken (yim gai) and cost close to RM200 for a bird!! And the medium sized pomfret fish cost over a hundred Ringgit. Crazy right?

Reunion lunch with the hubster’s relatives at Oriental Chinese Restaurant @ Jaya 33 PJ yesterday. We waited for over an hour before the yee sang came…. and then waited for another half an hour before the 2nd dish came. By the time we finished our lunch, it was already 3ish pm. We arrived at the restaurant at about 12pm. This is one of the crazy things that I dread during CNY – long waits at restaurants for all our restaurant meals.



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Author: Shireen

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7 thoughts on “Chinese New Year 2012”

  1. First of all, Gong Xi Fa Chai to you and your family. Nice CNY dishes your MIL has prepared. This year my MIL goyang kaki as we in charge of the reunion dinner preparation.

  2. Actually what is the different between normal chicken and “yim kai”?

    What a wide spread of dishes your mil prepared. Looks good!

  3. Adrine, I never knew too until recently! I wouldn’t buy it if you ask me if I would, me an el-cheapo haha.

    Sue, yim kai is castrated, thus the taste and texture are different from non-castrated chicken.

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