{023} Home-made yee sang. Adapted from Adam Liaw’s Dragon Yee Sang. Since we went to a Japanese restaurant for reunion night, we not only missed out on lion dance and firecrackers, but also yee sang[1]. I was going to be lazy and buy a yee sang kit from the Chinese shop to prepare at mum’s, but apparently (and obviously) my spontaneity was ill-timed since the kit had sold out of the ten shops I could find in a 10km radius of my home. So I did it the old-fashioned way.  I made a few adaptations to Adam’s recipe due to time constraints and personal preference for flavours, but it worked a treat. Also, those wonton crisps were my first time deep frying anything. Reaffirmed that I don’t like deep frying. It is a dangerous activity.  Delicious results, but much danger. Also also, deep frying with a weak exhaust is a bad combo. Apartment smelled like oil for a day. [1] Although we did have a nice little dish with raw fish and a poached egg which seemed like an almost yee sang-like dish.

{023} Home-made yee sang. Adapted from Adam Liaw’s Dragon Yee Sang.

Since we went to a Japanese restaurant for reunion night, we not only missed out on lion dance and firecrackers, but also yee sang[1].

I was going to be lazy and buy a yee sang kit from the Chinese shop to prepare at mum’s, but apparently (and obviously) my spontaneity was ill-timed since the kit had sold out of the ten shops I could find in a 10km radius of my home.

So I did it the old-fashioned way.  I made a few adaptations to Adam’s recipe due to time constraints and personal preference for flavours, but it worked a treat.

Also, those wonton crisps were my first time deep frying anything. Reaffirmed that I don’t like deep frying. It is a dangerous activity.  Delicious results, but much danger.

Also also, deep frying with a weak exhaust is a bad combo. Apartment smelled like oil for a day.

[1] Although we did have a nice little dish with raw fish and a poached egg which seemed like an almost yee sang-like dish.