February 12th was the first day of the Year of the Ox! Happy “niú” year!
Prepared Menu:
- Vietnamese Summer Rolls
- Pork and cabbage dumplings
- Chicken and zucchini dumplings
- Garlic scallion shrimp
- Snow pea shoots with garlic
- Stir-fried nian gao (rice cakes)
Desserts:
- pastéis de nata (or the traditional Chinese version I’ve always known: 蛋撻, dàn tǎ)
- Japanese mochi ice cream
新年快樂! Xīn nián kuài lè
恭喜發財! Gōng xǐ fā cái
~Jessica
