09 February, 2009

Chap Goh Mei


Watch out boys (Harry and Isaac) no poker games ya..hehehe


Dinner time..everyone looks busy ;-)


Big pot of soup..the 'most sought' dish that night :-)


Food..food..food...

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Oh another angpow for Ruth from Grandma Maureen


Angpow to Harry from aunty Sharly


Isaac concentrating on something..can't remember what :-)

Chap Goh Mei represents the fifteenth and final day of the Lunar New Year period as celebrated by Chinese migrant communities. The term is from the Hokkien dialect and literally means the fifteenth day of the first month.

Last night we had our Chap Goh Mei family dinner at my aunt's place. The 15th day of the Chinese New Year celebration actually falls on today 09th February 2009 but due to the hectic Monday schedules, we fixed a day earlier to celebrate the occasion together with the whole family. It was really fun, giving away Angpows and mandarin oranges... everyone loves gathering especially with the families ;-) The food was all delicious some more a BIG pot of delicious soup...wah..lapar balik ingat ni tau... Anyway, looking at the food here makes me wanna sit and enjoy the food again hehehe.. Oh there was Lion Dance performance too :-D by my girls ( Ruth and Cynthia ). I couldn't take any pix of them, my camera out of batt.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow carol what a food ..odoii sedap tuu soup tuu kan hish liur2 sudah ni hahaha ..anyway, very nice having big family and do gathering like this kan ...loves ur food photos ...emm

Carolyn said...

haha iya bah cay. Ingat balik mcm menyesal tdk makan berabis..
Ya it feels good once in awhile having family gathering. We can catch up latest stories..;-)

jppmom said...

the food looks delicious oohh!!! lapar eh :D

Carolyn said...

hi jppmom, Sya pun masih lagi rasa lapar nampak ni food haha :-)

Anonymous said...

odoi..wrong timing sya baca blog ko ni.. time lapar.. tambah sya lapar oh... cuba gia ko hantar p rumah weekend...lol

Carolyn said...

lol...shirl btul2 wrong timing mau tingu ni klu perut sedang 'mengomel'
sya tingu apa yg sya rajin masak ni wkend kunun

Summer by the sea said...

That food looks delicious - glad you had a lovely time with your family - Natalie x

Carolyn said...

HI Natalie, Tq for dropping by, yes it was delicious ;-) and we really had a good time family gathering! :-D

Anonymous said...

ha ha ha... don worry, the boys are not playing poker.. they are learning maths :lol:

Anies Azeera said...

..the kids are learning maths ah? ..hehe..I like that.

Anyway, like everyone was commenting, the food looks delicious but you know what caught my attention? the pot yang ada bunga-bunga tu .. yang tempat kari ka tu. Chantique!

Carolyn said...

hello swordie
oh baru lah i know one way to teach children maths using the cards only :-D. Good Idea! patutlah si kawan ni pandai maths di sikul dulu-dulu hehehe

Carolyn said...

Hi Anies
oh hehe the pot (chicken curry) cooked by my mum. Ceramic pot with english roses, can't remember where she bought it.

KristyCK said...

Hi Carol,
That food looks really yummy! Fav saya tu soup....sedappp!

Carolyn said...

hi billy's mom
thanks for dropping my place :-)
ya bah mmg laku itu soup that nite