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My Chinese New Year 2017
Feb28

My Chinese New Year 2017

One of the festivals that I look forward to (I actually love any festivals coz it meant HOLIDAYS!!!) is the Chinese New Year or better known as the Lunar New Year. As you know, 2017 is the Year of Rooster; Fire Rooster to be precise. When I was a kid, I love Chinese New Year because it means no school with lots of yummy food to eat and you get to receive ang pow whenever you wish ‘Gong Xi Fa Cai’, watch lion dance and not...

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Delectable Mooncakes from Grand Harbour Dim Sum & Chinese Cuisine Restaurant (大港茶樓)
Sep07

Delectable Mooncakes from Grand Harbour Dim Sum & Chinese Cuisine Restaurant (大港茶樓)

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important celebration for the Chinese after Chinese New Year. It’s the time to have gathering with family members. And Mooncake Festival is incomplete without eating mooncakes. This year, Grand Harbour offers twelve varieties of hand-crafted mooncakes, both traditional and snow skin mooncakes with one new flavour; Golden Emerald Dates mooncake. Classic favourites include White Lotus...

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Mid-Autumn Specials @ Pullman Kuala Lumpur Bangsar
Aug26

Mid-Autumn Specials @ Pullman Kuala Lumpur Bangsar

To celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, Pullman Kuala Lumpur Bangsar presented its Mid-Autumn Specials at Oriental Thai Chinese Cuisine with a range of special hand-crafted baked and snowskin mooncake selections. Mid-Autumn Festival is the time for gathering and reunion with loved ones and it’s a tradition to eat mooncakes. The mooncakes which are usually round in shape symbolize family reunion. Inspired by the Mid-Autumn...

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Mid-Autumn Mooncake Indulgence @ Dynasty Restaurant, Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel
Aug15

Mid-Autumn Mooncake Indulgence @ Dynasty Restaurant, Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel

It’s the season for mooncake again! This year, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 15th. With just about a month away from the Mooncake Festival, many restaurants, supermarkets and hotels have started selling mooncakes gift boxes. I was recently invited to sample a selection of handcrafted traditional baked and snowskin mooncakes from Dynasty Restaurant at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel. This year, Dynasty Restaurant...

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Celebrate Dragon Boat Festival with Yong Sheng’s Glutinous Rice Dumplings
Jun02

Celebrate Dragon Boat Festival with Yong Sheng’s Glutinous Rice Dumplings

The Dumpling Festival or also known as “Duan Wu Jie” (端午节) is a joyous festival celebrated by Chinese on the 5th day of the 5th month of lunar calendar. It’s a tradition to eat rice dumplings (zong zi) on that day. Usually families tend to prepare the rice dumplings but with all the ready-made dumplings available, it’s easier to buy them 🙂 I recently managed to try some delicious glutinous rice dumplings from...

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Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐) Chinese New Year Set Menus @ Pavilion
Feb07

Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐) Chinese New Year Set Menus @ Pavilion

Chinese New Year is the time for families and friends to get together, eat, drink & be merry. To celebrate the Spring Festival, many Chinese restaurants offer attractive Chinese New Year set menus coz these days people would prefer eating outside during festive period 🙂 Though the Lunar New Year 2015 is about 2 weeks away, I’ve been eating non-stop, celebrating with friends and trying out numerous Chinese New Year set menus...

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Pangkor Island Festival 邦咯海島節
Sep21

Pangkor Island Festival 邦咯海島節

As the joint organizer of the Pangkor Island Festival 邦咯海島節, Astro presented an unprecedented music concert by the sea to conclude the 2-week long festival on the night of 15 September 2013. 13 local-bred artistes from Astro were belting out over 50 pop songs and folk tunes of local composition with enthusiasm, on the floating stage which was creatively built in the middle of the sea. Artistes lineup includes Peace Teo, Chen Keat...

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Mini Shanghai Mooncakes  手工上海月饼 @ RT Pastry House
Aug25

Mini Shanghai Mooncakes 手工上海月饼 @ RT Pastry House

The Mid-Autumn Festival or better known as Mooncake Festival 中秋節 is usually held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar, and this year, it will fall on 19th September 2013 (Thursday). With Mooncake Festival just about a month away, you can find mooncakes on sale everywhere; bakeries, restaurants, hotels or supermarkets. This year Rt Pastry House is back with their popular homemade mini mooncakes. Each box is...

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