Traditional Lunar New Year Cake (Nin go)
THE signature Lunar New Year staple in Hong Kong – Nin Go (Year Cake), a sticky, sweet treat that we make in batches to give as gifts and snack at home during LNY.
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Lunar New Year
A list of recipes that will make your Lunar New Year celebration more authentic and delicious.
Jin Dui (Sesame Balls) – My fondest memory of mum, of Lunar New Year
This post is dedicated to my mum. She passed away over 20 years now and I wish I knew it would’ve been my last time watching her made these before I left for the UK. Anyway, these tasty little morsels are the highlights of my…
Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go)
Turnip cake is a Chinese New Year staple food, you will also find it in any dim sum menu.
Prawn Wonton – Swallowing Cloud?
You might have seen this one in a Chinese restaurant. Wonton – literally translated to ‘swallow cloud’ in Cantonese. I have no idea why it’s called that, but I always thought when they are boiled they have this lovely frilly shape that is like a…
Chinese New Year Treat – Gok Jai (Peanut Puff)
Chinese New Year is always a festival close to my heart. Mainly because I have so many childhood memories attached to it. Like… helping mummy to grate one Daikon after another till my fingers go in the grater (ouch), chopping millions of peanuts and they…
Water Chestnut Cake
I’m soooooooooo excited about Chinese New Year!!! There are sooooo many things I want to make, and today we went to the chinese supermarket and I spotted the fresh water chestnut that they sell. So I thought I just HAVE to make some water chestnut…