Birds and Cats

Every morning, at around 7.10-7.20 am, many birds in formation will cross on top of my house. I am not a bird watcher, so have no idea what specie they are. They are kind of large, and majestic in flight.

Another Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner

The Dinner spread, before eaten!

Teochew braised duck. Needs sliced Galangal, five spice powder, dark soya sauce, sugar caramel in the preparation.

A very large steamed fish topped with fried ginger.

Sea cucumber in oyster sauce.

Ngoh Hiang - Chinese pork sausage with five spices.

Assorted dish of Archar, abalone, chinese sausages, grilled pork and preserved eggs.

Stir-fried snow peas with mushrooms and leek.

Prawn fritters.

Fish ball soup.

Chinese New Year Steamboat Dinner

The steamboat, a Chinese new year gathering dinner experience. Wow, see the number of dishes on the table! Even more inside the fridge. Squid, big prawns, sea cucumber, abalone, brown mushrooms, white mushrooms, etc. Hot home made spicy chilli sauce for condiment, just delightful. The steamboat soup base made with hours of boiling chicken bones and abalone. Loves the fish slices, fish balls, prawns and sea cucumber. Basically, to each's preference, just slightly dip in what you want in the boiling soup and eat with white rice.

Steamed Promfret in Hot Chilli Fish Sauce

Wonderful steamed fish, the base soup is slightly spicy and sweet. Ginger slices placed under chopped garlic and spring onions and chillies.

Angled Loofah Soup

Angled Loofah soup has dried shrimps, carrots, tang hoon and luncheon meat cubes for taste.

Dry Tom Yam Sea Bass

This fried sea bass had tom yam ingredients spread on top. Very hot and spicy! Great for a cold day.

Stewed pork with preserved vegetables

Pork stew, with Chinese vegetables

Chinese Herbal Soup

Prawn and vegetable curry

Yummy, slightly hot but not really oily.

Stir-fried Chinese vegetables and mushrooms

This looks like a healthy dish. Long headed mushrooms from can cut in two. The vegetable is Chinese cabbage also known as Snow Cabbage, Bok Choy, xiao baicai, Brassica rapa subspecies, commonly used in chinese cuisine.
No salt used.

Sardines surprise

Sardines from the can cooked with tofu, potatoes, tomatoes, and of course tomato sauce.

Pasta with shreds of roasted chicken

Stewed pork slices with chestnuts

Lovely dish of stewed pork, chest nuts, pumpkin, tomatoes

Fried Mackeral Slices

A wonderful fried fish dish.

Squids with vegetables

Tomatoes, orange colored bell pepper, squids and spring onions

Mixed vegetables curry

This is a cabbage and long bean light curry dish

Green vegetables with peanuts

Fried Black Garoupa with chille sauce topping

Delicious fish, simply fried. This is a black garoupa.

Stewed soy bean chicken soup

The base for this dish was soy bean

Pork ribs in pumpkin soup

Pumpkin soup is quite interesting, giving it a sweet taste.

Minced pork with bitter gourd, potatoes, mushrooms etc

Mixed vegetables dish really.