When I was growing up, one of the biggest family celebrations was my late grandmother’s birthday. Every year on her birthday, our family would host a big birthday party for her and friends and relatives were invited to our home for her birthday dinner. On the day itself, we would make many Nyonya dishes for the dinner as well as…
My contributor Siew Loon is baking up a storm for Chinese New Year and today she is sharing a traditional Chinese New Year cookie recipe: kuih bangkit. I remember many childhood days when I helped my family making this goodies. For other Chinese New Year recipes, don’t forget to check out my posts at Rasa Malaysia: soy sauce chicken, ginger…
Contributor: Ho Siew Loon How time flies and we will be ushering 2010 in about 2 weeks. December has always been my favorite month with so many festivals like Christmas, New Year and Dong Zhi (冬至) festival. Dong Zhi or winter solstice has always been a very important event in the Chinese custom. It is also known as Tang Check by the…
When I was growing up, there was no computer, Nitendo DS, Wii, or Playstation. There wasn’t even color TV in my house. My childhood was all about playing good old traditional games that were tons of fun: ah chi lok (hide-and-seek), kah li toay (outdoor running game), chit liap buah/batu (a game about tossing and catching seven stones/small parcels filled…
If you are interested to learn more about Nyonya culture and have a glimpse of Nyonya or Peranakan heritage, you ought to visit the Pinang Peranakan Mansion in Penang, Malaysia. (Peranakan culture or Nyonya-Baba culture can mostly be found in the British Straits Settlements: Penang and Melaka of Malaysia and Singapore.) The Pinang Peranakan Mansion is precisely a museum that…
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