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i am susan thye. aka chocolatesuze. lives in sydney, australia. born 30.5.83. hitched to noods. started The Biscuit Tree. this is a food and lifestyle blog. i like cheeseburgers, ice cream, macarons and Reuben sandwiches :D
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Happy Chinese New Year!
14 February 2010, 12:20
Happy Chinese New Year dudes! Gong Xi Fat Choi! May the year of the Tiger bring you good health and good fortune! We had our reunion dinner last night at Makan@Alice (262-264 Pennant Hills Road, Cnr & Entry via Bellevue St, Thornleigh). The CNY Banquet for 10 people with 8 dishes was $488
Of course the banquet must start with the Yee Sang- a salad of julienned vegetables, juicy pomelo segments, slivers of jellyfish, crunchy wonton skins and strips of salmon sashimi topped with plum sauce, sesame oil, five spice and sesame seeds
Lo Hei Lo Hei! Nian Nian You Yu! (ahem thanks wikipedia!)
The Butter Soft Shell Crab is deep fried to a golden perfection crowned by clouds of fragrant buttery egg threads
The Basket of Prosperity is deep fried yam bowl holding plump scallops, morsels of chicken, carrots, macadamias and cashews
Teowchew Loh Ark (1/2 duck) is amazingly tender but sadly I am not a fan of the herbal-y taste
Salt & Pepper Prawns are zingy and leave me smacking my lips to get the last of the tasty seasoning
Nin Nin Yau Yee (Whole Fish) is steamed and then flash fried so the skin is crispy while the fish innards are deliciously tender and juicy
Dried Scallops, Fatt Choy and Mushrooms. Ever since I was little I was always told to eat the hair like black moss so that I’d be rich haha I’m not that superstitious but I figure a little bit of help can’t hurt :D
Long Life Noodles is the last dish and oh boy is it filling! The uber long strands of noodles and a mountain of mushrooms and chicken defeats us and is packed for takeaway
But stomach space is soon made for the ice cendol and the ice kacang
Lastly the Pulut Hitam arrives- it’s a Malaysian dessert and is made with black glutinous rice and topped with a swirl of coconut milk and tastes alternatively sweet and salty. Oh so tasty!
Heh heh harlo Alice! So here’s to a day of family, red, ang paos, food and rest!
Oh and Happy Valentines Day! Noods, I less than 3 you heh heh geddit? <3 my 1kg of guylian seashells oh the happiness haha
Back to home
So much food! Ooh they had pomelo in their yee sang? We couldn’t get our hands on any unfortunately. And pulut hitam to finish, very Malaysian :D Happy New Year Suze!
— Steph Feb 14, 12:33 PM #Looking forward to the day you start dishing out the angpows!
— Viv Feb 14, 12:36 PM #Happy Chinese New Year Suze! The food looks awesome! I’m celebrating tonight so hopefully it’ll be as tasty as your CNY feast =D
— Jacq Feb 14, 12:47 PM #happy new year suze!
— panda Feb 14, 02:44 PM #Happy Chiniss Nu Yer Suze!
— Iron Chef Shellie Feb 14, 03:08 PM #Happy chinese new year to you Suze. May the year of Tiger bring you health and joy all year round.
— Angela Feb 14, 05:03 PM #happy chinese new year! i just had Yee Sang today for the first time. the soft shell crab looks pretty good? :-)
— Simon Food Favourites Feb 14, 06:33 PM #Happy Chinese new year & valentine’s day, Suze!
— Yas @ hungry.digital.elf Feb 14, 06:58 PM #Hmmm food looking very goooood!
I wish Japan also had the tradition to celebrate CNY – more eating occasion!
Happy Chinese New year to you too Suze! The meal you had looks delicious – great way to usher in the New Year!
— Trissa Feb 14, 08:28 PM #Happy New Year & Valentine’s Day as well! Go the mega box of chocolates =D Wonder if my husband would know what I meant by ‘less than 3’?!
— mademoiselle délicieuse Feb 14, 10:11 PM #Happy New Year!! With good food and family around, you don’t need anything else. Except a big box of chocolates…
— Belle@OohLook Feb 14, 11:01 PM #Happy CNY d00d! Oohh 1kg of guylian mmmm did u finish it all already ;)?
— FFichiban Feb 14, 11:57 PM #I hope you had a Happy CNY and a lovely Valentine’s Day. Hehehe.. “Less than 3”.. And OMG.. 1kg of Guylian.. Enjoy!
— Phuoc Feb 15, 12:48 AM #Happy new year to you! I love Makan @ Alice’s, looks like you had a great feast!
— Zina @ tastedbytwo Feb 15, 04:57 PM #Happy New Year! My fried just recommended this place to me….it looks really good! Will definitely try it some time! Looks like you had an awesome new year/valentines day! =]
— Von Feb 15, 07:52 PM #Happy CNY to you! What a feast.. drooling now!
— Ellie Feb 15, 07:53 PM #Love black rice!
— Fiona Feb 15, 09:16 PM #Happy Chinese New Year Suze! :D Here’s to a wonderful year filled with happiness & joy for you & your family!
— Betty @ The Hungry Girl Feb 16, 10:22 AM #steph: pulut hitam is so awesome oh man i want more!
— chocolatesuze Feb 17, 02:28 AM #viv: bwahaha i just squeezed in this year for the $$$ lol
jacq: cny is so full of tastyness!
panda: thanks!
iron chef shellie: hahaha thanks dude!
angela: thanks same to you too!
simon: soft shell crab was awesome! sooo buttery mmm
yas: thanks dude! ah no worries im sure you can still partake in the eats!
trissa: thanks dude! gotta love a feast :D
mademoiselle délicieuse: bwahahaha it took noods a while to know what i was talking about too!
belle: thanks dude and lol i will never turn down chocolate haha
ffichiban: lol half left!
phuoc: hehe im pretty surprised the chocolates havent been demolished faster actually!
zina: thanks dude!
von: thanks you should def visit if youre in the area!
ellie: thanks dude and im sure your feast was equally drool-worthy hehe
fiona: its so awesome isnt it!
betty: thanks dude and to you too!
haven’t visited in a while, as usual im rather sporadic with my visits!!! Love the new layout, makes the page really fresh!! ooh and perfect with this post cos of the rainbow :)
— tammy Feb 17, 05:44 PM #shall try to visit more often!!
gong hei fat choy!
CNY dinner at a restaurant for less than $50 per person for what you got sounds like it was quite a steal.
1KG of chocolate. That’ll last you like, what, a couple of weeks? :P
— Simon@theheartoffood Feb 20, 02:02 AM #Wooohooo 1 kg chocolate? Ohmygoodness!! I missed out on ang paos this year… no relos in Oz everyone back home in the Philippines. Ah well maybe Christmas I’ll ask them for CNY and birthday ang paos too hehehehe. OMG SUZE one more week eeeeeeeehhh excited!!!
— Trisha Feb 21, 01:49 AM #Are you chinese?If so,it is exciting!We had also done a lot of delicious dishes on New Year’s Eve.Family have a reunion and spent a happly new year.
— seo technology Mar 11, 08:57 PM #