We had less than a month to prepare for our Chinese New Year hamper orders, take away Menu, Pineapple Tarts and Orange Bloosom Cookie orders since we got back from Hobart late January. Thankfully, my Pineapple Tart 1st run was perfect so no time was spent developing it and although taxing our orders were extremely encouraging compared to the year before.
We didn't have our usual family reunion dinner, loud noise and crowd since this was our Mia's 1st year away from home. Apart from hearsay, we have no proof as yet of any chinese bloodline but here in Malaysia we celebrate it typically the chinese way anyways. We exchange (ang pows) red packets, we "feng shui" our home and wallets, welcome the prosperous chi, we gamble, we visit, we say because we are related by law to some chinese folks, my BFF is chinese and some of us do speak more chinese dialects than some chinese we know but most of all because the entire Malaysian culture is part chinese. So, Chinese new Year is very much a big part of our life, we can't help or dispute it!
For us Palencias, our must haves for food are, Chicken Rice, Prawn Pineapple Salad (deliciously spread onto Fatt Choy aka Good Fortune Leaves) , Sweet Corn Soup and definitely a good helping of old and new dishes by special demand.
Because we missed Mia terribly this year we had a quiet Chinese New Year dinner at our Nessa Twyla's....
