Chinese New Year Celebration Part 1

Do you know what we do on the 1st day of Chinese New Year? Days before Chinese New Year, I called an ex-colleague/friend to meet me for lunch in Flushing, Queens. I plan to visit the temple first ,then lunch later. My friend K agree to meet me for lunch and he told me his mom is going to join us too. On that day while I was driving to Flushing, K call me again, he told me his mom decided to change the lunch venue. When he mentioned the restaurant name, I know right away where it's but never eat there coz I'm not a vegetarian. Well, of course I don't have to be a vegetarian to eat there. Usually on the 1 st day of Chinese New Year,it's also know in lunar calender as Full Moon ,mostly Buddhism prefer to on vegetarian diet. This vegetarian restaurant is well know in NYC
To my surprised, it's not only K and his mom arrive at the restaurant but his dad and mom's friends as well. We need a big table and the waiting is about 20 minutes
Look !! this place is so packed! And I didn't know they serve Vegetarian Dim Sum too!! All these fancy name Dim Sum make by bean curd/tofu..It's really delicious!! My first time eating this dishes and love it! Now I know where to get vegetarian Dim Sum!!
Duck flavor meat ,sort of tofu
Taro/Yam " "Woo Kok"
Look good,huh!!








Shumai
Shumai make from sticky rice (glutinous rice)
Steam Roast Pork Bun
Roast Pork Bun..it's really taste like real "char siew" but it's not! Don't be fool by it's appearance!! Everything make from tofu and vegetables
Look pretty and yummy,right?
Roast Pork Puff "Char Siew Soh"
Chinese Cruller (Yauh Char Kwai) wrapped rice sheet (chee cheong fun). I dunno what it's called..but it's taste gooood!!
Chee Cheong Fun
This gal was in bad mood coz I drag her from her slumber sleep and bed. She refused to speak to anyone which is rude but all aunties said it's OK coz she still a small child.
At last she eat some Dim Sum. Few aunties gave her "ang pau" (red packet)but she not interested!! lol!

Mishu just love soy sauce,she finish up all the soy sauce but not her food.
After we finished our lunch,said good bye to everybody ,we visited the Mighty God temple nearby to gave our prayer.
It's really frigid cold and windy on this sunny day..This China Doll wannabe was bundle up and refused to walk. Luckily I brought her stroller along.Stay tune for more foods and lion dance !!


Our Chinese New Year Gathering in NYC

Last Saturday ,we was invited to a Chinese New Year gathering by a long time friend of mine who live in NYC .When I come back with Mishu from her music class ,Eliot told me he is not feeling well. Actually we planned to visit my friend in Bronx ,then his mom who still at NYU hospital. But unfortunately he have to stay at home alone. It's took me approximately 2 hours to reach Bronx . I never been to Bronx and lost my way there..Anyway I forget to use my GPS ,thought there is no reason for me to get lost why should I use it? But when I reach the end of Manhattan island, I see few bridges spread all over and afraid to cross it ,so I used Highway and it's turn up I'm at the wrong side of the island. Long story short,I have to call Eliot for direction coz I'm running late. Anyway, that night before our Hot Pot gathering,I cook my speciality foods to bring with me. Look what I brought for my friends below!! Nian Gao or Sticky Rice Cake or Kuih Bakul..You can hop over my kitchen blog if you want to know how I make this nian gao..
Hot and Mild spicy curry chicken ..You can find this yummy delicious Malaysian curry chicken at my kitchen blog too.
Kumquat Chiffon Cake..going to post this recipe at one of my kitchen blog soon..
The moment we reach their home,we was serve with this yummy delicious soup by "A" s hubby.He is really a good cook!! At first ,Mishu reserved to taste this soup... but after taste a soup spoon,she whack finish her portion.
This little gal is a soup drinker.







I dunno what it's called but it's have sea cucumber,abalone, mushroom and shark fin..
Did you see the shark fin swimming on the surface?

Abalone!! no wonder it's taste soooooooooooo gooooood!! The world finest soup! Must ask A's hubby his soup recipe but forget when I see all the wonderful foods on the table. I don't dare to eat sea cucumber before maybe all the time it's cook in soy sauce and look black,but this sea cucumber is so ,white ,tender and crisp..
See!! what I mean here!! another yummy delicious "yee sang"( sashimi/raw fish salad). I was told this "yee sang" rated 5 stars and sold at 5 stars hotel in Malaysia.It's a must for Malaysian and Singaporean when celebrate Chinese New Year .
It's taste heavenly good!!! We tossed with chopsticks,known as Lo Hei which symbolizes increasing prosperity, abundance and vigor. I quickly ask for the recipe. Another Malaysian friends told me it's too much work and difficult to make,maybe they are forbidden to give out the recipe..don't blame her..so yummy delicious yee sang!!
I keep going to second and third portion. Mishu also love it!
Shitake Mushroom and Enoki Mushroom
eeeerrrhh... I think it's beef
Nian Gao or rice cake as noodles
Romania lettuce
3 different type of balls..Fish balls,Beef balls and Cuttlefish balls I guess
another 3 different type of fried fish balls..
brown cuttlefish
green mustard ( choy sam)
I think it's veal
silken tofu
fresh sweet shrimps
surf clams
sea cucumbers
plenty of foods on the counter
when we start eating I totally forget to take cooked foods photos
I just whack and whack until tummy too full to walk,then I realised no eating Hot Pot photos..but managed to snap an almost empty hot pot soup stove! hehehe!
we still have plenty of leftover foods..Another friends brought a Pandan Chiffon cake too.The cake taste so good until Mishu eat non -stop.. Lastly I would like to said BIG "Thank You" to A and hubby who organise this gathering..After experience this yummy delicious Hot Pot,the following day I go to Queens,Chinatown to buy a Hot Pot Stove ,it's Stainless Steel Pot and few propane gas in can.stay tune for more Chinese New Year gathering and foods!!




Mishu 4th Birthday

Today is Mishu's 4th Birthday. She reach an extraordinary milestone to the next level. She really grown up,she understand instructions and have better communication with others. To my surprised , all my friends praised Mishu, said she is a good and polite toddler. Yesterday we was at my friends home for Chinese New Year gathering. Will post our gathering at NYC later.I guess maybe she doesn't cry or throw any tantrums or give me much problem when we visiting friends



Turn up your speaker volume , listen to Mishu sing her Birthday song in English




And now Mishu singing her own birthday song in Chinese.
Mishu is so exciting on her Birthday.Exactly at 12.00 am, she can't wait to sing Birthday song and blow candle for self.
She even decorate her own Birthday cake with colorful icing and sprinkles.
Look at her face after she blow the candle!!
Daddy cut Mishu's cake.
hmmm...taste so good coz have plenty of sweet icing on the top,said Mishu..lol!
How is Mishu's decoration?? No bad for a 4 th years old,right? Of course I help her to fill the pipping bag and tips.









I make her a banana and blueberries cake..Going to post the recipe later at my kitchen blog.
The next morning,Mishu got a present from daddy.
She have plenty of Barbies in her room and all was destroyed by her..Anyway ,daddy still want her to have Barbie doll,so I get her Belle from Beauty and the Beast..
She is so thrill when saw her present.
She is looking at her other gift on the table..Will post her others gift at next post later.

We celebrated her Birthday 4 days in advance at her school with her class mate. I make some banana cupcake with Dora the Explorer and Diego design on it. Her teacher ask her to choose the cupcake.Of course, she choose Dora the Explorer.

Birthday celebration at her Preschool.Tune up your PC's volume

This Birthday gal with Princess tiara and everybody sing Birthday song for her.
Her teacher help her to remove the cupcake wrapper.
She woke up late,I didn't serve her breakfast ,just send her to school..
The boys have Diego's character cupcake and the gals have Dora's
She finished her cupcake in less than 5 minutes.She must be very hungry coz I know she not a cake fan. Will post my cupcake recipe at my kitchen blog later.
I bring some candies bags to her school for her classmate who celebrate her Birthday.
She come back with a candy bag I packed. She love her jewelery..
We was surprised she is a girly gal

when she put her fake earring on her ears ,we can't stop laughing!!
look at this gal sassy look!!
she told us she is a Princess!!
what Princess?? look at her face!!
For now, she happily playing with her fake jewelery..Come back for our Chinese New Year gathering and Mishu's others Birthday gift.



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Hi!! My name is Lesley and I'm a simple SAHM(stay at home mom) who currantly live in Long Island,New York with my daughter Mishu and hubby Eliot .I'm Malaysian who live in US and A for many many moon and I'm a person who love to eat, cook and bake.If you have any suggestions ,questions or comments please feel free to email me at beachlover1917(at)yahoo(dot)com. To know more about my life or my kitchen you can always hop over to my other 2 blog.