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。

Pumpkin Steamed Cake 【红枣南瓜发糕】

A few pumpkin plants came from our compost last spring and grew into a very healthy plant that gave us handful of pumpkins. Though the yield is not large but the fruits are very sweet and tasty.

I made a  couple of dishes with my homegrown pumpkin and this Steamed Cake is one of that.

去年春天的时候我家前院的土里自己钻出几棵南瓜苗，间苗时我只留了一棵，后来长成好大一丛南瓜藤。可能前院的土壤不算特别肥沃，所以后来一共才结了5只南瓜。自己种的南瓜绿色无污染，味道特别甜美好吃。

今天取小半只做南瓜发糕，特别香甜美味。

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~~

Hainanese Chicken Rice 【海南鸡饭】

It has been a long time since I have made this famous Malaysian dish Hainanese Chicken Rice. My friend brought me one free-range chicken from Chinatown in NYC few days ago, I decided to make Hainanese Chicken rice with it and share with her!

好久不做海南鸡饭了，前几天好友从纽约买了一只三黄鸡给我，新鲜的三黄鸡不做海南鸡饭就太浪费了，刚好也发现没完整地写过一个海南鸡饭的食谱，就趁这个机会也整理一下食谱吧！