I'm bummed we aren't with my family for the feast but I'm still making some dishes to celebrate.
It's just the three of us so I'm making shrimp mei fun, Shanghai style nian gao (rice cakes) and war tip. For health, prosperity and long life!
Anyone else celebrate? What are you making?
If you're not be kind and don't order Chinese too late tonight so they can celebrate earlier with their families! 
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
@regberadaisy: Happy new year!! Oh, you'll have to share the recipe for the shrimp mei fun.
coconut / 8430 posts
Happy New Year! I cooked noodles last night so we'll have leftovers for tonight. Tomorrow night we're doing hot pot with friends!
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
Sounds like a good reason for me to order Chinese food!
squash / 13208 posts
@regberadaisy: Happy Chinese New Year! So you celebrate the Eve as well, just like NYE/NYD?
sorry if that's a dumb question~!
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
Sun Nee Fei Lok!!
We're having noodles and the whole shebang!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@stiletto_mom: I'm soooo jealous! My family always does a huge hot pot for new years eve!
@Mamaof2: not a dumb question. NY eve is usually when your family (parents & siblings) get together for a big meal. Then the first couple days of the new year you go visit relatives to wish them a happy new year.
I actually just heard that this year is the first year NYC board of education declared kids won't be penalized for missing school.
grapefruit / 4703 posts
Happy New Year! A bunch of my Chinese colleagues are throwing a Chinese New Year party tomorrow at work, I'm so excited for the food!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Happy New Year!
I wish there was a family that celebrated this in my son's school...I am just so fascinated and want to be invited over for a meal!
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
Happy Chinese New Year!
I feel so bad I completely forgot about Chinese New Year!! I will definitely have to order Chinese for us tomorrow then bc I won't have any time to shop/cook since we're all out of the house tonight.
grapefruit / 4400 posts
Chuc mung nam moi!
I made banh tet on Monday with my friend, so I'll be giving some away tomorrow. And I just got a stack of brand new $2 bills for my red envelopes!
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
@HabesBabe: Yum! My mom used to buy them and since I've moved out west, I haven't had one in a while. Though, I'm weird and I don't like the meat center. I just like the green sticky rice.
Chuc mung nam moi! Haha, I had to copy and paste that because I can read it but if someone asked me what we usually say, I would have no idea.
grapefruit / 4400 posts
@bluestriped bee: I don't like the mung beans! Haha, but I like them now, only because it's such a PITA to make these effing things, I now appreciate every single morsel.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
@HabesBabe: Yeah, you have to cook them for like hours, like 12 hours or something, right? I think I saw a video of how they are made.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@HabesBabe: I'm so jealous you know how to make that! We do them a little differently and my mom wraps it cone shaped. But Cantonese wrap it square shaped. I really should learn!
I gotta pack tonight and stuff my envelopes!
@looch: I had ordered a book for daycare but it didn't ship out in time. 
I was going to bring in festive decorations but it was so cold over the weekend we didn't want to take the girls out. I am stuffing red.envelopes with chocolate gold coins for the kids though ! Daycare is celebrating so I thought it would be fun.
nectarine / 2433 posts
Happy New Year! Chuc mung nam moi! We celebrated with my SO's family this past weekend. As always it was so much delicious food and my favourite....the treats! http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-93367303/stock-photo-traditional-chinese-new-year-candy-box.html?src=&ws=1
@HabesBabe: They look great! My MIL made 22 of them this year 
she did some savory ones and then the rest were sweet (roasted banana)
nectarine / 2433 posts
@regberadaisy: So cute that you are doing red envelopes for daycare and they have a celebration. I hope the book arrives soon
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
@mrswin: can your MIL send me one of the banana ones??? Haha. J/k
nectarine / 2433 posts
@bluestriped bee: Hahaha I'm sure she would love to have someone to give them too and my SIL would appreciate the space in her deep freezer back 
blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts
We don't celebrate, but we're going to friends' tomorrow for our FIRST Chinese New Year! I'm pretty excited.
grapefruit / 4731 posts
Happy new years! My family is coming over to my house. My mom is cooking... a whole fish, some noodles and other things... we bought a whole chicken from costco and got some roast pork from the local asian market. Dinner is in about an hour for us.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@mrswin: haha I think part of the reason is because her teacher is DH'S cousin. So she knows we're chinese. There's also another chinese kid in her class. Not sure if they'll be sending him though.
@mrswin @bluestriped bee: @Raindrop: @HabesBabe: @Mrs. High Heels: @stiletto_mom: @Alivoo01: Happy New Year! wishing you health & prosperity in the new year and beyond!
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