Chinese Lantern Festival (Yuan Xiao Jie) 2013

Today is Lantern Festival, also known as Yuan Xiao Jie. It concludes 15-day new year celebrations. Sweet sticky rice balls knows as Yuan Xiao are served. I made some with two kinds of fillings, peanuts and red bean paste. Happy Lantern Festival!
Golden Fried Rice

Golden Fried Rice

This year Chinese New Year’s eve falls on February 9. On New Year’s eve, families get together to have a dinner, Nian Ye Fan. Often some dishes for the dinner symbolize good luck. In this golden fried rice, egg yolks are ‘gold’, rice is...