Dumpling Festival 2010

16.6.2010

It's a chinese traditional culture festival to respect and to remember a special person called "Qu Yuan" whose is a loyal person towards his country.

So, this day people will wrap sticky rice with leaves and put some ingredients inside and steam it. There are few kinds, such as chicken, pork, red bean, nyonya, 'kee' (yellow sticky rice), special and etc.

I am a very lucky person as for the previous 23 years in my life, I had the chance to eat the orginal handmade chinese dumpling from home. It's a big day in my house that preparation for this celebration will be done few weeks ago. In grandma's house, grandma and mum and some relatives will soak the leaves, wash it one by one, prepare the ingredients, fry the ingredients, sticky rice and finally on the day they will wrap it together and after that steam it in a big giant steamer.

There are few dumpling that is compulsory for them to make which are 'bak zhang', red bean, 'kee zhang'. One of my aunty will make the nyonya zhang which i like it so much. The blue and white colour one. *hungry* aiks...

Since this year grandma gone already and the old house was destroyed by government, there is no more handmade dumpling from home.

Working in KL without transport and stay in non chinese area is difficult for me to find dumpling as well.

However, I had a very nice colleague that is so sweet. She brought me a dumpling when she came to work. I am seriously felt so touching. I felt so 'hang fok' when tasted it. Thank you, Keke. This is my 1st dunpling.

I went home for father's day. Mum asked me to bring back a nyanyo dumpling but i do not hv microwave in KL so i gave up. Hope to buy nyonya dumpling when go back to malaccca soon. My 2nd dumpling was bought at serdang with dear. Tasted ok but i still miss the taste of nyonya dumpling.... :-(
*looking forward to search for it*