Saturday, February 9, 2013

Year of the Snake.

One way we beat the winter doldrums around here is by celebrating Chinese New Year.  My ties with Asia go way back, I love cooking Chinese food and hosting friends so there you have it - the perfect recipe for a Chinese New Year par-tay.

We made it a family affair - four families total.  Homemade steamed buns, potstickers, spring rolls, 3 stir-fry dishes and chow mein.  It was a feast.  After processing the deliciousness, we opted for a Weird Chinese Food/Fear Factor Style Taste testing game for the kids.  In short, we gave each kid a cup with a lesser-known/eaten Asian food beginning with the least weird and then graduated to more weird foods.  Whoever could not eat the food within the allotted time was eliminated from the competition.  I kept it pretty tame: no fish balls or stinky tofu this year.  But considering that 6 kids were still remaining after five rounds (and we only got one kid to cry- Boo!), I think I'm going to have to up the ante next year.

Here are a few pictures (the video is much better, but those don't show up in blog books):



Add a little Mah Jong for the adults at the tail end and it was time to call it a night.  Til' next year...

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