This is what I made my family this morning for breakfast. It’s longan soup with red dates and barley. It’s tradition that we eat this with 2 eggs on the first day of Chinese New Year every year.
We had an 8-course reunion dinner at the Resort Garden Restaurant. The quality of the food was quite good despite the crowd. In fact, it was so good that I forgot to take many of the pictures.
This isn’t food of course. Just my silly boy enjoying a whiff of air from the air blower while the family was having a game of bowling after the dinner.
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I never had eggs in my longan tong-sui before.. this is something new..
Comment by Mama BoK — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 @ 2:31 pm
It’s quite tasty. You can also try it with quail’s eggs.
Comment by sesame — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 @ 5:20 pm
Yah… I made the tong shui this morning too. Must start the year with something sweet mah…
Comment by the diva — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 @ 10:38 pm
Looks yummlicious! When r u inviting me over for a bowl?
keke.
Comment by §Michiko§ — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 @ 11:14 pm
So guilty, i didn’t made anything this morning..;p
Mum made this on the 1st day of CNY too, i simply love it!
Here’s wishing you and your hubs and Gavin a Happy Lunar New Year filled with good heatlh, wealth and prosperity! :))
Comment by Eileen — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 @ 11:31 pm
Gavin is soooo cute in this pix.
Nowadays I think more and more ppl are eating in restaurants huh? But at least for you, you still have home made tong-sui!
Comment by zara's mama — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 @ 1:38 am
forgot to add..
GONG XI FA CHAI TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
Comment by zara's mama — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 @ 1:38 am
Haven’t heard of longan with eggs sweet soup for CNY, but it looks yummy. Noticed that many families in Spore are going out for reunion dinner. Yup, no cleaning and washing.
Gong Xi Fa Cai to you and your family!
Comment by Ange — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 @ 3:06 am
What dialect group are you? I don’t know anyone who starts CNY with tong sui. And eggs in it too! Very interesting. What’s the rationale?
Comment by Hsin — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 @ 12:33 pm
Hi Hsin: I’m Hokkien but I’m not sure if tong sui originates from this dialect group. Anyway, I’ve been following my mum who makes this every 1st day of the CNY for good luck. The eggs are meant to compensate the birthday eggs if it’s somehow missed out during the year.
Comment by sesame — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 @ 11:12 pm