I remember the very first Chinese New Years I celebrated with Lucas while we were "dating." We had some fried fish, probably some steamed veggies, and noodles. Oh, and for dessert, we had bought those candies that look like lanterns, and were in red wrappers.
So, this year I thought we elaborate on the same theme as I recall you're supposed to eat these kinds of things for good luck. Lucas took charge of the fried fish, and it's his favorite: the pomfret. It has some Indian curry spices he brought back from India, so it was fun being able to finally use those. For veggies, we wanted to get cong qing cai, but for some reason couldn't find any at Ranch 99. Thus, we settled for some good ole whatever you call those long stalk thingies, with some oyster sauce over the top. Then, I wanted to try my hand at Crustacean's garlic noodles. I did some research on the recipe some people have come up with, and went with one. It was good, but it could have been better. Plus, I was feeling really guilty about all that butter the recipe called for, hehe.
For dessert, I asked my mom how to make fa gao. Turns out, it is incredibly easy in terms of the number of ingredients: sugar, water, rice flour, cake flour, baking soda. The tops were pretty good, but the bottoms were a bit dense. Perhaps I needed to leave it in longer to steam, or maybe it was Lucas' fault because he opened the pot mid-cooking. Yea, let's go with that. Haha...
So, this year I thought we elaborate on the same theme as I recall you're supposed to eat these kinds of things for good luck. Lucas took charge of the fried fish, and it's his favorite: the pomfret. It has some Indian curry spices he brought back from India, so it was fun being able to finally use those. For veggies, we wanted to get cong qing cai, but for some reason couldn't find any at Ranch 99. Thus, we settled for some good ole whatever you call those long stalk thingies, with some oyster sauce over the top. Then, I wanted to try my hand at Crustacean's garlic noodles. I did some research on the recipe some people have come up with, and went with one. It was good, but it could have been better. Plus, I was feeling really guilty about all that butter the recipe called for, hehe.
For dessert, I asked my mom how to make fa gao. Turns out, it is incredibly easy in terms of the number of ingredients: sugar, water, rice flour, cake flour, baking soda. The tops were pretty good, but the bottoms were a bit dense. Perhaps I needed to leave it in longer to steam, or maybe it was Lucas' fault because he opened the pot mid-cooking. Yea, let's go with that. Haha...
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