Sunderland-CNY

Happy Chinese New Year to everybody. This made me remember all those CNY stuff I used to do with my family and the girls. Hanging out, taking ang pows from whoever we can find..play mahjong and family dinner.

OMG...I miss all those..sob sob sob

Thanks God , I went to Sunderland to visit yen and hwee li. I sort of celebrated my CNY there. But I felt kinda stupid as I bought my train ticket back to aberdeen on New Year day itself. haha...

But at least I had a really great Chinese New Year pre-celebration at Sunderland. Met up with my bestie, meet new frens and of cos eating new year dinner.

Mahjong, a must do activity during CNY. Used to play it everyday during CNY back in Malaysia..Miss those days when we hang out at chia wen's karaoke room to play mahjong!!

One of those stupid pose we did while strolling by the river to St Peters-University of Sunderland. I can't believe I did that kind of stupid pose..hmm..

There we jump at the Roker Beach. See the lighthouse?? Its the famous lighthouse of Sunderland. But there ntg really special about that either. Its just a normal lighthouse where you can find it easily anywhere.

The Glass Centre. See three of us looks like ahortie little dwarfs. Sorry kah ing..dun mean to stand between you both. Both hwee li and her darling bought me around for the whole day..which also means i've been a big bright light bulb for the whole day. hehe...

Family dinner. Simple yet one of the best dinner I had for Chinese New Year. Bah kut teh and simple stir fry vege. Three of us gossip the whole night through dinner. Talking bout the past, present and future. Sharing our funny thoughts and experiences.

Best Lunch. Beef Noodle hongkie style at Newcastle. The shop name is Jasmine. So if any of you are stopping by Newcastle, must try this..the best noodle I ate in UK for time being. haha..Love it so much..yummy!!! Besides its oso damm cheap lo..5 pounds for a drink and noodle..yummy!!!

Lastly camwhoring session with both Hwee Li and Yen. I love you both. Thanks for bringing me around even though you guys are both damm busy with assignments and HKMAS.

Number 1

After a hectic day of flat viewing and searching, we decided to go for a nice Scottish dinner. For once this food is GOOD!!

You can hardly find good food in Aberdeen. Not even their local food. But this restaurant has good ambience, good food (not much variety though. I think they only have 5 choices of starter, 8 choices of main course and 5 choices of dessert as well..sound bit pathetic) and of cos good wine and music to go with. No wonder the name of it is Number 1.

I was seriously quite curious and surprise when my fren told me that the name of the restaurant is Number 1. Funny name to put unless ur food are really number 1 la..

Moi cam whore with the beautiful dessert

Cappucino something something...I dun remember their name..but the sugary cookies that melt in ur mouth are absolutely utopian.

Nway, Charlene, you must see this..their dessert is beautiful ..but really not as nice as it seems. A little too sweet I thought. But its an eye candy. I miss all those dessert you have in ur hotel darling. And those japanese dessert we used to indulge in. OMG...misss those!!

I'm really stressed out looking and searching for suitable flat. I'm almost homeless. I have to stay at my sweet flat mate room soon. I am bloody troubled these few days. Breaking into tears so many time already. This is worse den homework. So many requirement..yet so little time..Its bloody killing me!!

Sunderland here I come!!

Moi just bought train ticket to go visit moi's best sista in sunderland..yay!! so happy...

So I would be away from 21st to 25th Jan. Spending my "early" chinese new year there. Would be of cos celebrating my first chinese new year of uk in Sunderland with Yen, Hwee Li and her Bobo.

So happy..*jumping up and down-up and down*

I'll be shifting house soon as well. Though I haven really find any house yet, but I'll be quite homeless after 17 Jan if I still dun find a house...

NEW YEAR

Oh ya..almost forgot to update about the new year steamboat dinner we had with hwee li and her frens (Nway, hwee li..ur frens are super sweet. Thanks for the tiramisu and the white wine..the wine is fantastic)

Our steamboat...Looks very luxurious eh..too bad, no abalone, no fish and no ''kan pei'

But we made sui-jiao ourself for steamboat and it taste fantastic. Wanna learn some recipe from me??hehe..

Sui Jiao recipe
1. Mince meat (as much as u like)
2. Finely chopped Onion (1/4 amount of ur mince meat)

3. Finely chopped Carrots (1/4 amount of ur mince meat or same as ur onions)

4. Whole egg (depends how much meat u using..more meat more egg)

Lastly is of cos the sui-jiao skin. Dun ask me how to make that..cos someone ask me if i made the skin myself..Though I noe it looks nice..but dun ask me how eh..I dunno..Just buy from the supermarket lo. If ur staying in Aberdeen just go Matthew. The only pathetic chinese supermarket u can find here which selling at very expensive price.

MIXING TIME

Mix all the things together (from 1-4). Add somemore egg if u feel ur mixture is too dry. It should be a bit sticky sticky la..Cos if not sticky den later after u wrap who noes all ur meat will drop out. So it will be bit ugly la. So if u wanna have nice little sui-jiao den put egg. But if u put too much..den abit no good. (seriously I dun really noe what will happen if u put too much..Can try leh..who noes..try d let me noe!!)

WRAPPING TIME

Nway. after u mix everything together, Den you can start wraping the meat into the sui jiao skin. Put 1 teaspoon of meat in the middle (put more meat if u wan..but dun be too greedy that u cant even wrap it la..).

Den moist the edge of the skin with some water..just dab bit of water at the edge so that the skin can stick together.

Fold it into half and make the edge curly. Its gonna look like some curry-puff. You eat dimsum b4 rite..just do the same shape that u see in ur dim sum la..as long as u dun put too much skin at one side den can d..if not u end up eating flour paste which is kinda gross!!

There the shape should be like those sui jiao that bobo holding in the plate.

EATING TIME

Sui jiao you can basically just eat with anything. Can just steam it as snack or cook in the soup. But I think the best is still cook in soup..eat as steamboat..Fanstastic!!

There the sui jiao in hot steaming chicken soup.

Moi cant wait to go Sunderland..Miss my sistas so much..muaxxxx