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As a Chinese, I know how stressful it could be to celebrate Chinese New Year. This time of year, Chinese restaurants big and small are packed with hungry patrons looking for Chinese New Year eats, with lines longer than the Great Wall of China!
To avoid the restaurant rush–not to mention the notorious holidays traffic–you might want to have home-cooked meals this Chinese New Year. I have hand-picked 10 restaurant-style Chinese recipes from my archives, just for you…(get Chinese New Year recipes after the jump)
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Chinese Jiaozi (Pork and Leeks Dumplings) pictures (1 of 12)
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There is an age old saying that Chinese people live to eat, or in Chinese “民以食为天.” I am Chinese and I can strongly attest to the claim–Chinese people live for the sole purpose of eating and stuffing ourselves silly with food, food, and more food. If Maslow were to create a Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for Chinese people, it would look something like this…
(OK, that was just me trying to amuse you. It’s sad, but Level 5 is actually not a myth and some people–especially the wealthy–do eat them. But I will never EVER cross into Level 5.)
Hence, Chinese New Year is a celebration of marathon eating and drinking–throw in some gambling, firecrackers burning, karaoke-ing into the mix–for 15 glorious days. For more than two weeks straight (actually 16 days if you count New Year’s Eve into it), we would be out and about looking for great eats–in restaurants, at home, at friend’s and family’s home, or just about anywhere we smell food. As a foodie, I simply looooove Chinese New Year….
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It’s Chinese/Lunar New Year’s Eve in Asia now, so I wanted to wish everyone a very happy Chinese/Lunar New Year.
Gong Xi Fa Cai, 恭喜发财.
May the year of the rat brings you great health, happiness, prosperity ($$$), and of course, lots of scrumptious foods.
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Click here to view some pictures I snapped during the first two days of Chinese New Year.
As I am on a painfully slooooow 56K dial-up connection now, I will keep this short. I hate jetlag, I miss my broadband connection in the US, but Chinese New Year has been very fun so far.
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