As the grocery shopping spree goes on, we found ourselves some nice capsicums the other day.  We bought them from a hypermarket.

They were prepacked in a plastic container and they came in small sizes compared to the usual green, yellow and red capsicums.

From the outside, we observed that these capsicums were not only smaller but also shared the same category of colour, which is warm colours.  They were red, yellow and orange.

As stated on the label of the plastic container, they did taste sweet and crunchy too!

Capsicum buddies in red and green!

Capsicum family consists of Green Dad, Orange Mum, Red Brother and Yellow Sister.

Capsicum’s cap.

Unpack, wash and enjoy!

They came all the way from Cameron Highlands!  Do give them a go if you come across them.  Happy shopping!

We came across some light green chillies during one of our grocery shopping sprees.  We have seen and tried the usual red and green chillies.  In fact, the Cantonese like to use red and green chillies to make ‘Yong Tau Fu’, which is a dish where the chillies are cut open, stuffed with filling and steamed.

However, this time, these light green chillies which appear to be rather long compared to the usual ones caught our eyes and we decided to buy them and give them a try.

They smelled a little bit different but tasted quite the same.  The way we tried them was cutting them into small pieces and stir fried them with vegetables.  They were not very hot and it was quite a good experience.  You can try them too!

Wonton is a Chinese cuisine made by placing a desired amount of filling onto a square wrapper, which is a dough skin usually made from flour, salt, water and egg.  Well, for our case, we bought the eggless ones.

Wonton is very popular as a side dish of noodle.  And therefore, there is wonton mee or wonton noodles.  However, today we are not going to talk about the noodle.  The side dish is now going to be the main attraction!

We usually have wontons when we go to vegetarian restaurants but today we have decided to make some of our own!  I did some online research as well as vegetarian recipe books for the filling.  At the end, it was somewhat a mixture of the researches and the memory of the filling’s tasted when we eat out!

We used cabbage, carrots, mushrooms and XiangShuJi (a kind of fake chicken meat made of soy) to make the filling.  Everything has to be finely chopped and mixed.  Then, I fried everything together until fragrant.  I added a bit of salt, pepper and soy sauce to taste.

Meanwhile, Colin seperated the wonton wraps pieces by pieces.  When the filling has cooled down, he put the filling onto each piece and wrap it up.  He did a fantastic job!  Look at how they were all beautifully wrapped!  Beat the restaurants!  Haha…

We fried them instead of making wonton soup.  Both are as delicious though.  Why don’t you give it a try too?  Give us some feedback once you have tried.

Next time, we will try the soup base wonton.

Happy Yuan Xiao Jie (also known as Chap Goh Meh in Hokkien) to everybody who celebrates Chinese New Year!

“Chap Goh” means 15 in the Hokkien dialect and ‘Meh’ means night.  And Chinese New Year is usually celebrated for 15 days ”traditionally” so the night of the fifteenth day marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebration.  It is also the Chinese Valentine’s Day.

All the Chinese radio stations are going to stop broadcasting Chinese New Year related songs and contents.  Shopping malls are also going to remove all their Chinese New Year decorations.  In order to enjoy this festive celebration and its atmosphere again, we will have to wait for the year to come.

Well, here are some of the decorations that we have had the opportunity to get a glimpse of before they all disappear.

This is the year of dragon.  May the dragon brings good health, happiness and prosperity to everyone.

Aha!  It is time to put a big smile on your face!  Why?

*Because we are alive
*Because we are in good health
*Because we are surrounded by our loved ones
*Because we don’t have to starve
*Because we have a job
*Because we can do what we like (legal activities :D)
*Because we can travel
*Because we learn a bit more every single day
*Because we are not perfect but we love who we are!

And etc…etc…etc…

Shouldn’t we be grateful and thankful?

So, remember!  Be positive and be inspired at all times!  You’ll do great things and achieve tremendous results!

Have a fabulous day every day!