1. Food! I went to just a few open houses this year – close friends and relatives. The good thing is that more people are serving hot food, which makes for a more substantial meal than snacks and cakes and such – it’s a nice savoury change.
2. This is a thin fried yellow noodle with hints of Thai chilli sauce and prawns. It’s very good, so much so that I went back for second (and third) helpings.
3. There’s also beef in satay sauce…
4. …with the accompanying ketupat.
5. Arthur also broke out the kacangma chicken. I was reminded of a joke another friend told about cannabis, he said he accidentally pulled out a packet of the good stuff to pay for a meal and only later realized it wasn’t a wad of cash. Luckily the auntie who was the (unintended) recipient said “What’s this? Kacangma herbs?” 
You just had to be there.
6. This is some great baked chicken wings to complete the feast. I had an awesome lunch here on the first day.
7. Here’s a photo of me with Arthur!
8. One of the more unusual cakes I had – the lowest right is a honeydew cake! It’s not sweet at all and just had a hint of the melon. Delicious! I had this at Alex’s house and was happily munching on some macadamia nuts he had on hand too (love them, they’re my favorite type of nuts).
9. Huge pot of nasi briyani at another friend’s house.
10. An unusual Chinese snow beer that weighs in at 4.7% alcohol. Very refreshing stuff, you can’t get it outside. Funny story, as we were visiting this house, there was another guy which I didn’t know there. The host suddenly brought up the topic of weed and how it relates to sleep. Thus, I joined in and said “Yeah, ganja is a lot better than alcohol, at least you won’t have to wake up at 3 am to pee” and saw my friend laughing. He later asked me “Do you know who the other guy is? He’s with the police and he’s in Narcotics.” -_-
11. With my bro Eddy and his wife. I hung out here most of the time, it’s nice to feel truly welcome instead of having someone be snarky and calculative behind your back. Eddy has always been solid, he’s always got my back regardless of what I did and I’ve learned a lot from him. You can tell the ultimate measure of a man by the friends he has in real life and this person probably has more than anyone can count.
12. Drinking The Macallan Whisky Maker’s Edition.
13. Pork belly cooked with a spice mix found in the Philippines that’s the most awesome thing I had – ate here three meals in a row.
14. It went very well with the daging masak hitam (beef cooked in black sauce) too. Tons of flavor!
15. Me with my niece, who’s getting bigger now! 🙂
Thanks for dropping by, Huai Bin. Sure was great to see you again. When my in-laws came for dinner a while later, they all loved the noodles I fried and they were gone in no time at all. Hope the Year of the Goat will be a great one for you! Cheers!
Wishing you and your family & darlings A very Happy & Prosperous Chinese New Year!
You sure kept yourself happy and sober with good company.
I see a lot of non-Chinese food which is a refreshing change when one has eaten too much traditional Chinese food already. Like the looks of that mee goreng and those beef dishes. Wishing you and your loved ones a great year ahead!
Happy Chinese New Year!
So much food during CNY …..and I like the idea of serving non-Chinese food. I shall try serving that next year.
nice pics! can you believe it’s technically not even halfway through the CNY season, since it’s only the fifth day right now. i feel all CNY-ed out, especially after all the arrowhead crisps and pineapple tarts i’ve pigged out on 😀 p.s. i like your opinion on how people deserve the friends they get 🙂
Happy CNY to you and your family, Huai Bin! =) There’s not much of the CNY hype over here; life goes on as usual, I guess. Annoying ketupats, you say? Uhh, I take it you’re not a big fan of it?
You seems have an enjoyable CNY!! Happy New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Been pretty busy lately, today start work liao.. I see all food, haha.. We have 15 days of cny, and everyday is about food and cookies, really.. Everyday is about shandy, pineapple tarts, bak kua and ngaku chips.. (Pssstt, those are my favourites actually).. And everyday is about white steamed chicken, braised meat with mushrooms and lou sang.. Food, more food and some more food !!!!! Gain any weight?
That’s so much food!!
I ate a lot this CNY, cham! Don’t know how much weight I put on already =_=”
Gong Xi Fa Cai! May you and your loved ones have a prosperous and happy “Goattt” Year!
Nice photos and super delicious food!
So the narcotics police man did not take down your details! LOL!
Hi! Gong Xi Fa Cai! 🙂 I am amazed to see ketupat on CNY! I bet you have a happy celebration, right. I celebrated CNY here too with lots of food!