Long live…

On the 1st Day of the Year of the Tiger, of course we had to have our longevity noodles, the mee sua (thread or string noodles) in the traditional Foochow red wine and ginger chicken soup…

…and of course, we had the hard-boiled eggs…

…to go with them.

When eating these noodles, we are supposed to slurp them all in one length without biting and breaking them – eating these long noodles in this way is believed to be a sign of good luck and the key to a long life.

Other than that, we just eat all the leftovers all these days following our reunion dinner on the eve of the festival and will continue to do so till we have finished everything and no, we have not gone anywhere outside to eat. For one thing, most of the shops would be closed and the few that are open would be so packed with customers especially those who have come home from afar and simply must have their fill of kampua mee before they leave town.

Anyway, we are never short of things to eat at home with all the things that I’ve blogged about – the cookies, the nuts, keropok (crackers) and so on and so forth and yes, we have cakes too even though we did not buy nor bake/make any.

We had those given to us by my cousin and also the ones from my girl’s coursemate/friend and my sister gave us some of the very lovely blueberry cheese kek lapis (layer cake)…

…that her friend gave her. The blueberry is very sweet though so each time I eat, I shall have to confine myself to just a slice or two.

My brother-in-law gave us these – the chocolate cake topped with almond slices…

…and this coffee kek lapis (layer cake)…

…from this bakery.

It appears to me that many of the bakeries in town have gone into making kek lapis (layer cakes), once a domain dominated by the Malays, be it at a shop or stall or at home. We did get to try some nice ones the other day but I am afraid I can’t say the same about this one or all the rest that I am not all that keen to try because of the high sugar content.