Wallace Heng's 18th Birthday !

From Mum to Wallace :-

Two years ago, it was sweet 16. Today its 18th birthday for you, time to enter the adulthood highway. Cruise carefully and remember to stop to enjoy the scenery and meet with people along the journey. Life is a journey to be enjoyed and not meant to be rushed.

Happy 18th Birthday Son ! Growing up is too slow for you and too fast for me. Remember that Mum & Dad loves you all the way to the moon and back.

From Dad to Wallace :-

"The higher you climb, the better the view."

Co-latha breith sona
Happy 18th birthday, Wallace Heng.
God bless! — at City Chambers , George Square, Glasgow.

Launching Elliot's future

Hakka Abacus Dish - CNY Recipe

Chinese New Year 2016

Chinese  New Year is here again ! Lots of food and goodies, expensive to buy but most rewarding to make them at home. This year, the mood is a bit different, without my mum, things got really busy since Christmas. We have never really slowed down. Partly due to the fact that we did not have family holidays at the end of the year 2015. 

2015 just zoomed pass us and 2016 New Year over and now Chinese New Year is here ! 

This dried meat is not difficult to make but the ingredientss to marinate have to follow the first recipe I got from my friend. This year, the dark soya sauce I used was too salty, it lacked some sweetness. Oh well, we could use them as preserved meats to be cooked with vegetables or eat with rice ! Treat it like Chinese Sausages ! 

Pineapple tarts are specialist CNY Foodies ! It is a lot of work but the results are melting good and goes well with any coffee ! I baked 1 Kg butter portion of pastry and used two packets of pineapple jam and we got about 280 tiny pieces. The verdict - it is better than some sold in the shop ! 

This is a Must-Have item. My kids used to dislike them and never ate them. Until I found this Nyonya Style Nian Gao using santan which I amended to use Gula Melaka and the result, yummilicious. This year, I even perfected the baking and learnt how to make them nicer, rounder and smoother.