Snapping Kangaroos

Last Thursday's (2/2/2006) sunset was such a beautiful sight. We have never seen the sky illuminated with such colors - orange and purple. This photo was taken from our apartment.

Yeah I know, we should have gone out to take in the sight and better pictures! Bummers! :-P

On Sunday after going to the Chinese Grocery in Chinatown and having seen some frozen Gyoza for sale, we deiced to make our own! They were selling 10 or 12 pieces of frozen Gyozas for $6 plus to $10 plus depending on what the filling is (Vegetarian, Shrimp or Pork) we thought it was too expensive and not sufficient to fill 2 tummies. As a result, we bought those ready made skins (1KG) for $2.50, a bunch chives for $1 and minced pork (1.5KG) for $7 plus. In our first attempt, we made use of 1/4 of the skins and about 500 grams of minced pork and made a total of 32 gyozas for dinner. Not bad and pretty easy.

By the way, did you know that Gyoza (Japanese style dumplins) is originally a Chinese dish and has become very popular across Japan?

Marinated minced pork with chives		Frozen Gyoza skins
Ken is efficient & good with folding		Gyoza galore
Close ups		Ken browning the gyozas
Steaming the gyozas with a little water after they are browned		Steaming it for a couple of minutes
Pan frying the gyozas again to make them cripsy		Looks good eh?
Gyozas with ginger and vinegar dip		Taste good and juicy on the inside

Sigh no one RSVP our invitation for dinner on 初一. See what you have missed ... Don't drool!

Another round of Lo Hei Yu Sheng		Lo Hei with Sashimi Ocean Trout
Chilli (Blue Swimmer) Crab		Yummy! True Blue Singapore Signature Dish
Great Dinner!

*Image done by Ken (2005)

Ah ain't it fast it's Chinese New Year again! Well this time round, Ken and myself will not be too busy eating but rather we will be busy preparing an assumptious reunion dinner meal! Food wise, we did well in preparation but we are lacking the festive noise & atmosphere. Come on, bring some noise over ;-)

Ok below is our menu, Ken created it! Not bad yah? Think we can open an eatery here?

Raw ingredients for our Satay Bee Hoon		Lo Hei
4 types of Raw Fish going into the Lo Hei		Preparing the Raw Fish
Home Made Lo Hei Yu Sheng		Let's toss it higher, higher & higher
Yummy		Aerial View of our Reunion Dinner - 3 courses here
Entree		Main Course
Very Satisfied :-)		Wow look at the huge prawns
Dessert		Wow we did a good job! Food was enough for 4 persons.

Anyone keen to join us for Round 2? Psssst ... Blue Siwmmer Crab I heard will be next *Slurp*