Bits and Pieces: CNY Category

Time certainly flies when you’re having fun.  It’s been a mixed end-2011/beginning-2012 for me.  Memorable events include a car accident that happened in December which tarnished my no-accident-in-25-years-of-driving record.  The accident made me realise that shit happens no matter how well you think you’ve orchestrated your life.  I rarely nag my husband (although he may […]

Hope in a Fuchsia Bottle

In: Bits and Pieces: CNY, Bits and Pieces: Life

We are led to a table beside a group of fourteen – twelve women and two men, many of them in fuchsia.  Perhaps the colour doesn’t feel as old-fashioned as red.  The older ladies are in red; it is hard to break away from tradition.  As we partake of the stewed pork knuckles, a Chinese […]

Lyrical Lemongrass’ Almost Wordless Experiment

In: Bits and Pieces: CNY

The Makan Club gathers yearly to pay tribute to our greatest passion. . And it’s not always pork. . There’s chicken too. . And vegetables. . And balls and rolls. But…… . …..invariably, we return to pork. . And more pork. . Kong Hei Fatt Choy from The Makan Club. . Balls and Rolls by […]

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Food, for me, is a means to an end and not an end in itself.

Food, for me, represents the love of family, the fellowship of friends, and the community and communality it brings.