Happy New Year!

So Sunday night was Chinese New Year. This is a big event in Malaysia. We celebrated New Years Eve in Kuching and went out for a seven course meal. One of the traditional ways to start a big New Years Eve supper is with the “Make it high” task. The first dish served is a type of salad, so everyone gets their chop sticks and all at once we all start to toss the salad into the air. The idea is to “Make it high” as a sign of prosperty for the year to come. At least that is how is was explained to me, for all I know it was just a big practical joke on me (haha).

Touring the main shopping centre in Kuching

Salad before “Make it high”

Salad after “Make it high”

Shark fin soup

Half a pig grilled to perfection

More pig (This was my favorite dish)

Nyik’s neice really enjoyed the pig hoof (Made her mother cringe)