A really tough Lunar Year in the past 2 decades

 With the disruption of a war n lockdown on supply chains,the coming lunar year is gonna be tough on inflationary pressures.i feel the pinch as i got a shock getting supplies for lunar year feast.A kilo of dried oysters from Japan cost rm 220 a kilo so im switching to Korean dried seafood and shitake mushrooms.with devaluation of ringgit,even goods jmported from China cost so much .a kilo of goose n duck liver sausages from wengchou cost rm140 a kilo and a waxed duck drumstick rm14 one.so im buying the bare  minimum of oranges n waxed meat n making my own cakes n cookies.really cant afford to buy a can of 2 abalones at rm200 a can n switch to south african mini abalones at rm20 for 3 mini abalones.buying sabah frozen scallops n chile mussels to cut cosr