BleSSed Year of the Snake

What's winter without a hearty pot of soup -- and this steamboat-ish meal was just the thing for us to ring in the Chinese New Year over the weekend!

I left the chicken soup to cook itself in the slowcooker, before heading over to an Asian grocery store to get some yummy fishballs.

Fish or "yu" for abundance, and shrimp or "ha" for happiness, together with other ingredients made for a flavorful hot pot of goodness that we ate with long, long noodles! Then we rounded off the meal with a longan and almond jelly dessert, another fave from my childhood!


GONG XI FA CAI from my corner of the world! 
Have a bleSSed and Smooth Sailing Year of the Snake!

Some CNY cheer... with meimei's cute crafts, lovely pottery that eldest made in school, and beautiful wellwishes and gifts from faraway friends like the tablerunner, and card and ornaments that say "peace" and "prosperity". (Just rolled out with pics).