【潮州炸虾饼】Teow Chew Style Prawn Fritters

One of the famous supper choices in my hometown is this Chinese Style Prawn Fritters. The hawker selling this also sells fried tofu, fried fish cakes/balls and the likes.

To order a plate of fried goodies from the stall and dip into their special Sweet sauce and Chili sauce was one luxury thing to do as a kid. Probably one reason this snack still holds a very special place in my heart.

I have made this shrimp fritters with the mold before, today I have made another variation without mold and has less flour, it is tasting very good！

年少时周末口袋里要是有几毛钱，一般就会呼朋唤友到离家不远的小摊子吃夜宵。我最喜欢的一款夜宵就是这个炸虾饼，摊子老板也会同时卖炸豆腐炸鱼丸等等炸物。

点上一盘炸虾饼和炸物，沾着老板特制的辣椒酱和甜酱，边吃边和朋友聊天调侃，是那个年代最简单的乐趣。

我之前用模具做过传统的炸虾饼，非常好吃，今天做的这批面糊比较少，也不需要模具，想尝试又没有模具的朋友可以试试这个做法。

【炮竹虾】Firecracker Shrimp

炮竹虾是我们每每到泰国餐厅一定会点的前菜之一。这款美食在家做其实一点都不难，全家都特别喜欢，寓意也特别好，今年过年做了当年菜，大家都很喜欢呢！

These firecracker shrimps were made on the first day of Chinese New Year, beside being right for the occasion, it is also tastes amazing! The family enjoyed it as a starter for our CNY dinner.

Steamed Fish With Ginger 【姜蓉蒸鱼】

Whole fish needs to be served in Chinese New Year reunion dinner as the Chinese word for fish "鱼“  has the same pronunciation and intonation is the same as 余 (yu) which carries the meaning of plenty or abundance in Chinese.

Thus serving whole fish is the Chinese way of wishing for prosperity and wealth abundant in the year to come!

我家乡那里吃团年饭时，都必须上一条全鱼，以表达年年有鱼（余）的期望。

虽然出国后我很少蒸全鱼，今年就蒸一条我在马来西亚时经常吃的姜茸蒸鱼，也希望往后我们家可以年年有余。

Sautéed whole Shrimps【油爆虾】

This Shanghainese Sauteed Whole shrimps is one of the dishes that I first learnt online,  I still remember the first time I made it for my family was during Chinese New Year years back.

In conjunction with Chinese New Year this year, I decided to write a post about this dish. It has been years though.

油爆虾是多年前在国外学习时在网上学的一道美食，当时的美食论坛基本只有文字食谱，还没有照片呢！

这道美食后来我毕业回马来西亚之后还在过年的时候给家人做过一次，这几天比较有空，就打算写几个年菜食谱，这道虾因此就上了我们家的餐桌啦~~