Spain and Portugal are totally different from those countries in Central Europe.
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| Hanging Houses at Cuenca |
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| Alhambra Palace |
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| April 25th Bridge, Portugal |
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| Sagrada Familia |
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| Train Station at Toledo |
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| Toledo |
Have been doing this for the passed years since Mom in Law passed away in January 2003.
Gotta make sure or buy all the ingredients in advance, ready to cook for CNY Eve prayers to ancestors and CNY Eve Reunion Dinner. Certain dishes can be cooked earlier to have a better taste such as Jiu Hoo Char and Acar
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| Lou Sang! Heng, Ong, Huat |
CNY Eve Feast
Whole
Chicken Steam
Steam Chicken (marinate with salt) + bruised/slice ginger
Dipping Sauce – parsley/garlic/cili padi/lime/sugar/soy sauce
Steam or Blanch Fah Lam
Daun Bawang + Daun Sup
Sang choy (Chinese Lettuce)
Jiu Hoo Char
Sengkuang (Turnip) 1 big 1 small
Fah Lam 1
Taucheong
Big onion 1 or 2
Dried strip cuttlefish
Dark Soy Sauce
Salt
Acar
Cucumber 2
Carrot 2
Pineapple 1
French Bean 15
Cili blend serai kunyit
Buah keras
Belacan
Rice vinegar
Sugar
Salt
Soup
Rosted pork trotter
Ham choy
Salt depends on saltiness of both ingredients
Curry Pork/Chicken
Slice siong
yook or chung chui yook or chicken
Cili blend
Blend Spices – coriander seed, cumin, fennel seed, star anise, cloves, cinnamon stick
Curry leaves
Coconut milk
Salt
Assam Prawn
Big/Medium size prawn shell intact
Marinate with assam paste, sugar, salt
Treasure Pot – Braised (oyster sauce etc)
Sea Cucumber
Fish Maw
Mushroom
Dried Osyter
Dried Scallop
Abalone
I only cook the Treasure pot for dinner.
This trip we drove into Singapore by car for a family trip (15-17 October 2023).
My youngest son is already 24 years old and he mentioned that he never been to Singapore. At the age of 4 yrs old if I recall correctly, we did enter into Singapore as we were in JB to visit cousin's husband who was admitted to hospital for heart attack. That time we entered Singapore just for a visit to Singapore Zoo and then we exit Singapore. He must have no memory on this as he was too young.
To enter Singapore by car, you need to apply Vehicle Entry Permit and purchase auto pass online (SGD10 - SGD5 for card, SGD4+ & tax) in advance, once you got the approval only you can drive in using the car you registered. Prior to entering, submit online 3 days in advance including the day of arrival,the embarkation form together with health declaration.
We departed from home about 7.15am. Reached Yong Peng, Johor for fish ball noodle breakfast at about 10.30am, Then proceed to collect auto pass and top up with SGD50, went for a car wash, bought some goodies from Ming Ang. It took an hour to pass through Malaysia and Singapore custom.
We proceed to Garden by the bay, had lunch at Shake Shack, then entered Flower Dome. We left to check in hotel and came back at 6pm to visit Cloud Forest. As night time, the place will be light up and it looks more beautiful. You can visit the surrounding as is free. But to enter certain attraction there, you need to pay. Though we are only interested on Cloud Forest but you need buy combo ticket which include Flower Dome. And as usual Non Singaporean ticket will be more expensive. My aunt and husband already there waiting for us to finish our visit.
After Garden by the bay, we went for street food with my aunt and his husband. My aunt is unfortunately have problem walking these few days and need a walking stick. We then went back to hotel after drop both sons to their meeting place. Their friends both Malaysian are working in Singapore.
I slept early that day, not as energetic as the young ones.
On the second day, we had breakfast at Killiney Kopitam at Killiney Road, visited Sentosa Island and Jewel Changi. We had lunch at Jewel Changi foodcourt. We then went back to hotel for a rest before we leave in the evening to Marina Bay Sand and finally Clarke Quay. We had dinner at Iguana Cafe, Clarke Quay. Youngest son left after dinner to meet his another friend who worked in F&B. The rest of us went back to hotel and walked to back of hotel for dessert.
On the third day, I saw my eldest aunt just posted a good morning message to me and quickly gave her a call and inform her that I will visit her. I tried calling her yesterday but she did not pick up. After we checked out around 10am, we left to Clementi West, had a short visit to her home and then went down to the another block near hers. There are lots of food outlet. We had our brunch there.
We bid them goodbye and left for home. There was no traffic at customs of both countries. By time we reached home was 5pm.
Though short 3 days 2 nights but it was sweet! Difficult to gather everyone since both sons are working but glad we made it.
