Thursday, December 20, 2012

Happy Dong Zhi (Winter Solstice)

Yesterday I had an early celebration of Dong Zhi...
The actual day is on tomorrow..
As tomorrow I will travel up North for my Christmas Holiday..
So my MIL decided to have it earlier.. did some prayers... and so on..

Yesterday we had a simple dinner (as I said that I will visit my MIL more often... lol) 
and all family members gather together... 

I was very surprise that this time my MIL make a special tong yuen dessert...

My MIL use a pumpkin soup as the base..
Taste very nice.. 
She called it Golden Tong Yuen..
after you eat you will be HUATTTTTTT ahhh..

Happy Dong Zhi & Merry Christmas to all of you... 
So coincidentally Dong Zhi also fall 21/Dec/2012 ...

Hope to see you again after Christmas.......

Here I also want to congratulate Jane (my niece) who score excellent result in her PMR..
Well done... 

42 comments:

  1. Happy Dong Zhi to you and family!
    I already had mine on Monday ^^

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  2. The pumpkin soup looks Huattt-ah alright. LOL

    Happy Dongzhi festival.

    What?? You are off for the holidays already?! Oh well... Enjoy!

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  3. yay, you have a nice MIL =) hope you have a safe and pleasant holiday up north :D

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  4. Happy Dongzhi to you and happy holiday to you too.

    I love pumpkin tong yuen too.

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  5. Me too celebrated pre-dong zhi yesterday together with brothers. Made steamboat at home...and also tong yuen as dessert!

    Wow...that golden tong yuen must be yummy! After HUAT edi don't lupa people okay? :-p

    CONGRATS to your niece! ;-)

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    1. Golden tong yuen? I thought SP regards this color as yellow, as in the hamsap color?

      After eat yellow tong yuen SP will HUAT and get horny! LOL~~

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    2. Hahahaha! And become yellow all over? Yellow minded, Yellow Telco service, Yellow face, Yellow baju....etc etc.... LOL!

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  6. happy Dong Zhi :)

    (sigh my family didn't tang yuen for many years)

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  7. hey..good idea..to use pumpkin as the base soup! Never thought of that.. tomorrow my mom will do the tong yeun too.. this year we bought two packets from Jaya Jusco, those with fillings inside.. :)

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  8. haiyoh, you can always put this post up tomorrow on the winter solstice itself mah.. there is one feature in blogger called SCHEDULED POST you don't know meh?? haha~~ :p

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    1. oh nice, i actually quite like to eat the "tang yuan", love the chewy chewy glutinous balls in the soup with some hints of ginger.. but cannot eat too much also lah, this year i gotta eat 36 balls, following my age mah, haha!!

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    2. pumpkin flavor!! hmm, sounds healthy and delicious too!! maybe you can tabao a bit to be eaten during your flight, haha!! or perhaps you could also find that in BKK?? :)

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    3. I know but tomorrow is 21/Dec.
      so if it is true then at least you can read this post.. kakakaka

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    4. SK is younger than me.... so should be 36 and below. ;p

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    5. the chinese says you are one year older on winter solstice already.. :p

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    6. Strange enough Bananaz also 36 coz never eaten any 'tang yuan' thereafter. Old folks say Dongzhi Festival is more 'bigger' than CNY and once you have eaten the tang yuan after Dongzhi Festival you add one year. So Bananaz maintain 36 years old every year.

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  9. Happy Dong Zhi!

    You had tong yuen earlier, but you prayed earlier too? I thought must pray on the dedicated day one? Can simply change the date ka?

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    1. Next time on every 1st and 15th, you wanna grr grrrr grrrr, change to be vegan on 2nd or 16th :p

      Cannot like that, right?

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    2. ur grr grr grr urges is very strong huh...
      not for me .. I will tahan till 2nd & 16th.. kakakakaka
      then it will be more keng chow...

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  10. The tang yuen looks good! have a good holiday!

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  11. Have a great holiday waaaay up north! :)

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  12. Happy Dong Zhi! I haven't eaten it this year since I'm not in my hometown (my grandma cooks it).

    I hear it's the biggest holiday before CNY. That one I definitely will always go back.

    Have a good holiday bro! :)

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  13. Happy holiday and have fun. Thats a lovely sweet dessert.

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  14. Eh.. first time hear of pumpkin soup for Tang Yuan.. hahaha... good idea ar.. Happy Winter Solstice to you =D Merry X'Mas as well =)

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  15. Happy Dongzhi Festival to you & Fui Fui & family. So nice heading north for holidays already. Drive safefully (*safely + carefully)

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  16. happy dongzhi festival to you and your missus (plus your MIL) :) congratulations to your niece! well done!

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  17. Congrats to your niece. You love 'em balls? Wink! Wink! LOL!!!!

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  18. happy dong zhi! and merry christmas!

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  19. Merry Xmas by now..ehehhehe. Wish you and your wifey to have a sweet Silent Night.

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  20. The pumpkin base sounds good!
    Happy Dong Zhi & Merry Christmas!

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  21. wah.. it seems the golden tang yuan make you a little good luck wor! You won the Starbuck planner, and please let me have your address by replying the email I send... check junk if don't have.. or leave it in my blog.. tq tq!

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  22. Merry Christmas!!

    I never had tong yuen with pumpkin soup before but I think it's a good idea.
    Can try it next time :)

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  23. Yeah come to think of it, I haven't had it with pumpkin soup either.

    It sounds good though - pumpkin would add sweetness and I like pumpkin! :D

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  24. pumpkin soup base...hmm...interesting ....healthy too

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    1. usually i had it with pandan soup or ginger. Maybe net year can try this

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