Chinese New Year

couldn't decide which picture looked better so here's two for view. did this one afternoon during the period of chinese new year together with mom and fiona.

the bottom was just some simple pastry dough, rolled over and cut out with a cookie cutter. painted with egg yolk and bake in the oven for that tawny golden sheen. i can't remember what we added in the pastry but it sure tasted great. to top it off, cold ready made tuna paste from tin cans were dolloped onto them.

japanese chilli flakes were sprinkled over for just a tinge of spice. localness.

nicely arranged and it's ready to be eaten

made some dumpling soup too, homemade no less. from the skin to the fillings. didn't help much with this as it was my maid's specialty, so we left it all to her. and with homemade dumplings, they are of coz packed with thick pastes and thin skins. but our maid has left, and we didn't get to learn the recipe from her =/