We had 2 more Chinese New Year celebrations. Dinner on the 8th Day of the Lunar New Year We had one on Friday night which is Che Peh, or the 8th day of CNY. This is the day the Hokkiens ( a dialect group from the Fukkien area of China) celebrate Chinese New Year. Legend has it …
Chinese New Year – Year of the Dog
This Chinese New Year (CNY) did not have a good start for me. I fell and slipped and twisted my wrist 2 days before Chinese New Year, that is on Valentine’s Day!! After phoning 111, and made known to the customer service lady that I do not wish to go to A and E, I …
Shrove Tuesday, Pancake day!
Tuesday is pancake day. I actually should be posting Chinese New Year recipes as it is on Friday. But I have posted most of my recipes, I have only a few more left unless I experiment more with new recipes. I now post this pancake recipe and will get to my Chinese New Year stuff …
Chinese New Year Almond Cookies
I have always wanted to make almond cookies for Chinese New Year. I have this recipe for quite some time now but I have not managed to test it. It looks pretty similar to my peanut cookies. Finally, I manged to buy a kilo of ground almond which I used to make torta de …