CNY Day 2: Potluck with Friends

Nian Chu Er aka the second day of Chinese New Year, we had a fabulously delicious potluck dinner with friends at our place. I roughly thought about the menu in the afternoon and came to a conclusion that I should prepare dishes which I'm more familiar with - Deep Fried Pork Meat Balls and Hot & Sour Roasted Chicken Soup.

The ingredients I gathered for our first dish: ground pork, spring onion, water chestnut, and minced garlic. I made use of few simple seasonings like white pepper powder, sesame oil, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, salt, and five-spice powder to create the aromatic flavors. Then mixed all the ingredients and seasonings together and set aside for a while.

Tick, tock, tick, tock... Half an hour later...

Tada!~ My unfinished creation for the night! ;D

Fresh out of hot wok, crisp, and crunchy pork meal balls are ready to be served now!!!

It's a shame that I didn't take any photos of the soup that I boiled for almost an hour. Pickled mustard, sweetcorn, roasted chicken, dried chillies, and straw mushroom were such a great combination together.

Thanks guys for all the mouth-watering dishes and cookies you guys brought over *hugs*

• Stir Fried Chinese Veggies - Luana
• Deep Fried Fish in Chinese BBQ Sauce - Mashall
• Braised Chicken with Chinese Mushroom - Onki