It's not Chinese New Year yet, but i found a rather simple recipe for pineapple tarts online and decided to try it out yesterday. when i said rather simple, it still took me a total of 4 hours to make the pineapple jam, pastry dough and assemble all 30+ of them little balls together. the result was quite alright for a first attempt of course and it did satisfy my craving for pineapple tarts, BUT they were still a little different from those from home especially those from bengawan solo.
most of the ingredients in the recipe were readily available, probably because i took the recipe from an "ang moh" website. the "authentic" recipes tend to call for freshly grated pineapples. thank goodness i didn't choose to grate the pineapple myself or my fingers would become casualties and the jam would look more reddish than necessary. *wink*
i'm also dreaming of ondeh ondeh, but no luck with the gula melaka necessary, so i'll wait till february to have them.
btw, i'm nursing a sore throat/cough because of chicken curry on saturday and these pineapple tarts. back to pipa gao and more tv. heh.
As I learn about everyone's plans to welcome the Golden Tiger Year, the more unhappy I become. Although it was a conscious effort on our part to avoid being home for the Lunar New Year, I cannot help but feel left out during this all-important holiday. On this island, we have all but 1 so-called Chinese restaurant. Every year, they would put up the red banner a few weeks before CNY. One red banner compared to the numerous ones back home. How pathetic eh? There is no atmosphere whatsoever. With the "influx" of Chinese kids, 4 in total plus 1 soon-to-be-born, I made myself pack some red envelopes from home, so that the kids can experience a little of the festivities that I am so used to. WHAT IS CHINESE NEW YEAR WITHOUT THE RED PACKETS? This year, we've upgraded our celebration to include mahjong! yes, the mahjong set and table arrived last weekend. hao-e couldn't stop himself from ripping the plastic cover off those ivory -coloured tiles and we ...
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