2nd Day of CNY

On a 2nd Day of CNY in Penang, all alone after the rest of the Porkidigans flew to Cat's City to continue the festive celebration, Benedict stays back in Penang for this year. He cooked Samyang Buldak for dinner. 😞

Korean Spicy Cheese Ramen

Tandoori Chicken

On 2nd Day of CNY 2021, we are still lazing around at home rolling on the floor for most of the day. So when it's dinner time, Mr Mook raised up his hand and suggest let's have cheese and garlic with tandoori chicken for dinner !!!

spicy like there's no tomorrow gravy

A Walk in The Park

On the 2nd day of CNY, we went to pick up some grocery and tapow dinner as Porky's chef and his friends are busy with mahjong. So we dropped by the One K Lake for a quick ride + walk and greet the ducks and geese. The evening ended with heavy rain, nice and cooling. What a grand day out.

Nice Evening of 13 Feb 2021

CNY Reunion Dinner - Pt.2

Behold, here are the 9 home cooked CNY eve dishes after few hours of preparation and cooking. Let's celebrate the upcoming new year 2021 of OX, may this year brings new hope and end to the pandemic ! 

9 Course CNY 2021 Reunion Dinner by Chef Porky (RM999)

CNY 2021 Reunion Dinner - Pt.1

Finally, the most anticipated dinner of the year is here, the Grand Prosperity Dinner ! It was indeed a blessing as well, no hectic travel and rushing, just relaxing mood at home with the Porkidigans. So chef Porky decided to fire up the kitchen churning out good food just like the good early days here in Malacca, 2011 CNY Dinner (wow ! a decade ago). We tried few new recipes, experimental but it turn out nicely. Is rolling out the kitchen to the dining table as we speaks ..

(1) Home Made Ngo Hiam (wikipedia)

(2) Steamed Prawn in Garlic Paste

(3) Braised Porky Knuckle (it took 5 hours)

(4) Chap Chai (Mixed Vege)

(5) Emperor Herb Chicken (simple & yummies)

(6) Double Happiness Fish (more on this soon)

(7) Fortune Braised Mushroom & Abalone (recipe)

(8) Sea Cucumber & Fish Maw Soup

(9) Strawberry Flavour Fish (Konyaku Jelly)

CNY 2020 Memories

While in Cats City or Kuching, we wandered around to the memory lane. Each of the road, buildings, food somehow bring back memories of growing up years. This is part of the long craved goodies for CNY, feeding the soul.

this year at Monkey's Place

Sweet Home Alabama tune playing behind

Church Mass as usual @ BDC Church

Compulsory Petanak Kueh Chap dosage

Laksa premium it seems, Porky clapping

Tabuan Jaya Laksa with cockles, slowly getting tak sedap

Trying CNY luck -delayed tiok again, soon sure kena

CNY Finally

After a long journey home, finally we reached the destination. Home! Feast and drinks and good times with the family after working headlessly for a year.

The ambience for celebrations are not so felt this year in Cats City. Partly due to the outbreak of Corona Virus in China. Everyone is being cautious and stays home.

Now lets eat!!! 

home cooked recipes from dad & mom is the best ever 

CNY Journey Home : Pt 2

After all these :

1) PC2 to Mlk Central on car 🚗

2) Mlk Central to Klia2 on bus 🚌

3) Klia2 to Hotel on van 🚐

4) Hotel to KLIA 1 on van 🚙

5) KLIA 1 to Kuching Airport ✈️

how nice if this is our ride..

CNY Journey Home 2020 Pt. 1

As we stayed in PC2 (Malacca) and will be celebrating Chinese New Year in PC Zero (Kuching), it will take a slightly great distance and effort to get home in time. Transportation planning with regards to road traffic congestion, price of air ticket, work leave planning etc are some of the factors for consideration.

Oh well, thats the exciting part of it. Its the thrill and hectiness that makes the celebration joyful, part of the essence.

Mr.Bongton : How to get to Hamley's? 

CNY soon

It seems like is that time of the year again, where families get together and prepare for a grand feast. The journey home will be long, not that far but its kind of an art in planning. We have to take a car, bus and a plane. Yes a plane! How nice if we can have our own flying vehicle, that would cut short the hassle by a lot.

Porky was wondering why he hasn't see any flying vehicles around in 2020. He went into a deep thinking process, conceptualizing how would such a vehicle looks and function to ferry the Porkydigans around, and pass his ideas to engineer Ephant. We shall cover that soon. 

For now, lets get back to CNY journey home to Porky's Cavern 0, where all it begin.. 

DIY Lantern @ Kampung Lapan Kopitiam

Gong Xi Fa Cai ...

Porky and all the Porkydigans wishes beberybody a Happy Chinese New Year..May the year of Snake bring more happiness, abundance wealth, good health and prosperity to all... !

Mama Duck visiting Gnome..

CNY 2011 Part 3 - The Decorations

Next, the decorations in Porky's Cavern where the goal is to keep everything simple and easy. Red symbolizes happiness while gold symbolizes wealth, that's what we need Porky said !

the hills pomelo have eyes !

pineapple/'ong lai' with 5 little shoots

our happy laughing buddha


little piglet & mandarin oranges
the hills Bottle Gourd have eyes 2..

Symbolism
Mr. Pomelo - In Cantonese, 'you' is similar in sound to the phrase “to have.” To use a pomelo to decorate one’s home during the new year implies a wish that the home will have everything it needs the coming year.

Mandarin Orange - Their shape and color symbolize the sun and connect with the yang principle, which represents the positive element and generative force in nature. Thus oranges are considered auspicious fruits and important symbols for the New Year.

Little Pig - Do me need to say more ?

Mr. Hu Luo / Bottle Gourd - The Gourd, signifies abundant of riches and wealth. Specifically the bottle gourd is also a common Chinese symbol for longevity as well as good luck. Gourds are painted with the Chinese symbol for longevity and then displayed in the home to ward off harmful energies - thus promoting long life.

Pineapple - known in Hokkien as "ong lai" which translastes to 'prosperity comes'.

Laughing Buddha -most supreme symbols of joy and wellbeing.

CNY 2011 - Midnight

Happy New Year to Everybody !

CNY 2011 Part 2 - The Big Dinner (finale)

Porky's Cavern Chinese New Year Prosperity Dinner

CNY 2011 Part 2 - The Big Dinner (con't)

Well, after 5 hrs hard work of chopping, frying, baking in the Kitchen Stadium... behold ! the greatest and most scrumptious dinner ever prepared in Porky's Cavern ! ...

Porky presents : THE CHINESE NEW YEAR 2011 PROSPERITY DINNER !

(1) Joy Luck Ginger Steamed Fish

(2) Lucky Lottery Capybara with Mushroom & Soy Sauce

(3) Golden Happiness Fish Maw & Sea Cucumber Kailan

(4) Emperor Cereal Butter Tiger Prawn

(5) Longetivity Sea Cucumber Soup

(6) Golden Fortune Crispy Baked Stuffed Chicken

(7) Golden Treasure Scallop with Mixed Vege.

(8) Prosperity & Happiness Kimchi

Baked Stuffed Chicken

(Boiled Potato + Soaked Mushroom + Apple + Carrot + Thyme + Onion + Garlic) stir fry, then stuff into chicken. Stitch up chicken, roast in oven for 2.5 hrs + coat with sesame oil & honey.

help me, i'm tied up..

deliciously baked..

CNY 2011 Part 2 - The Big Dinner

As part of the Porkish tradition, an extragavant dinner to welcome the new year is a must in Porky's Cavern. Me came out with 8 menu this year, all to be prepared in our Kitchen Stadium. Shopping for herbs, fresh vegetables and meat was done a week ago, but we're still hunting for some of the ingredients, must get the best to prepare the best meal !

Scrumptious menu on de cooking board

CNY 2011 Part 1- Cutting the Lawn

Apart from me many other jobs here in the cavern, me primary job is still to take care of the garden. Our garden is humongous ! it takes me about 30 mins (15 mins walk 15 mins rest)to walk from 1 end to the other, & that is how big it is, enormously gigantous ! The amount of effort needed to maintain the garden is just pure muscle power which i only got one at me tummy. As CNY is over the corner, the lawn need to be taken care of. After scheming for few days, i decided to call the Grass Cutter Man ! he is a nice humble down to earth type of guy from Bangladesh, not like the previous one who moan too much.

me sitting back drinking lemonade & supervising The Grass Cutter Man !

As a reward, me decided to give him some goodies for his good manner and humbleness. Furthermore he is charging 100 Bear Coins rather than the previous one who demanded 160 Bear Coins + Drink (must be cold) + lepaking.

Gong Xi Gong Xi Bangla !

all nicely packed in goodies bag

Done Porky Say.. Done..

Dimitri having fun in the garden..

Me can see the rose now ! nice..