Reunion dinner n vegetarian Buddha's delite lo hon cai

 This year to make things simple,I cooked 2 big bowls of poon choy or prosperity bowl.i layered the bottom with pre braised shitake mushroom,dried oysters,scallops,radish,Napa cabbage,arrowroot n broccoli I topped with fresh scallops,fish slices,imitation vegetarian sea cucumber,sea moss,dried pig skin,shrimps and mini abalone.completely left out chicken,duck,pork,beef or mutton.

Then appetizer is century eggs with pickled mango,papaya n ginger with red chilli n raisins.dessert is fresh fruit of dragon fruit n Mandarin oranges.drink Chinese tea pu erh with chrysanthemum. It's not so rich or hard to digest but I steamed for 3 hours until really melt in the mouth.Walnut and almond biscuits are traditional snacks for new year.

Not so tiring as previous years cooking 6 to 7 dishes n eating leftovers for days after that.

First day of cny we eat vegetarian .I cooked vegetarian Buddha's delite with 18 ingredients in fermented red bean curd and a mock duck with soya bean sheet n goji berry in oyster sauce.