Comments on: Happy Dongzhi Festival 2006 http://blog.hwa2u.com/happy-dongzhi-festival-2006/ Since 02/12/2001 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:58:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: hwa http://blog.hwa2u.com/happy-dongzhi-festival-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-6562 hwa Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:57:28 +0000 http://blog.hwa2u.com/happy-dongzhi-festival-2006/#comment-6562 yeah it's true that Dongzhi is not as significant as CNY for youngster, shame to say that i also only know today is Dongzhi last night. the Tangyuan i ate since i was small is the dry type that we mix it with groundnut powder with a little bit of sugar, my mom always make that when i was small, the aroma is nice because of the groundnut and it taste sweet. i only have a chance to taste the soup type when i was a little bit older. yeah it’s true that Dongzhi is not as significant as CNY for youngster, shame to say that i also only know today is Dongzhi last night.

the Tangyuan i ate since i was small is the dry type that we mix it with groundnut powder with a little bit of sugar, my mom always make that when i was small, the aroma is nice because of the groundnut and it taste sweet. i only have a chance to taste the soup type when i was a little bit older.

]]> By: Elaine Wong http://blog.hwa2u.com/happy-dongzhi-festival-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-6559 Elaine Wong Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:37:45 +0000 http://blog.hwa2u.com/happy-dongzhi-festival-2006/#comment-6559 Hi Hwa! I wonder if you would agree with me that DongZhi is not as significant for the young than it is for the older generation as opposed to the CNY reunion dinner. Perhaps this is why you have been missing Tang Yuen. Personally, Tang Yuen is merely sugar syrup flavoured with ginger/pandan and pink, white (though you now can find green and purple) rice balls which taste rather bland. I have tasted the savoury version which is quite interesting compared with the former ie Tang Yuen with minced pork and chinese parsley filling, cooked in meat based soup. I wonder if it is the TangYuen you miss or really, the homecoming itself. Or both? Cheers! Hi Hwa! I wonder if you would agree with me that DongZhi is not as significant for the young than it is for the older generation as opposed to the CNY reunion dinner. Perhaps this is why you have been missing Tang Yuen. Personally, Tang Yuen is merely sugar syrup flavoured with ginger/pandan and pink, white (though you now can find green and purple) rice balls which taste rather bland. I have tasted the savoury version which is quite interesting compared with the former ie Tang Yuen with minced pork and chinese parsley filling, cooked in meat based soup. I wonder if it is the TangYuen you miss or really, the homecoming itself. Or both? Cheers!

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