happy Dong Zhi

Today is the Winter Solstice Festival, which is the 2nd most important festival in the Lunar Chinese Calendar after The Chinese New Year.Β Β  Tong Yuen (glutinuous rice balls) is most important food in today’s menu πŸ™‚Β  Sadly we won’t be eating any homemade ones.Β  My mom is out of town πŸ™Β  So, we’ll make do with some frozen ones like this.

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I still remember last year’s celebration.Β  Ashley was having a lot of fun helping my mom to mould the tong yuen.Β  Her energy level was like those rechargeable batteries. She didn’t want to stop making the tong yuen even after we had ran out of flour πŸ™‚Β  Happy Winter Solstice Festival everyone.

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16 Responses to happy Dong Zhi

  1. Hayley says:

    Happy Winter Solstice to you Barb! I cant wait to go home and eat a big bowl of tang yuan!!

  2. Ann says:

    oh..good that Ashley is exposed to the chinese festivals. I don’t know how to make tong yuen so can’t expose my kids. How to make ah?

  3. Angeline says:

    This year my MIL never make Tong Yuen too, cos my late grandpa just passed away. Next year then. But my mom passed a bowl to me this morning! Happy Winter Solstice to you and family at home! May next the rabbit year brings more lucks to you! Have a nice day Barb.

  4. caroline says:

    Happy Dong Zhi to you dear πŸ™‚

  5. Alice Law says:

    Happy Dong Zhi to you and family too!^-^

  6. Annie Q says:

    Happy tong yuen festival to you and family too!! Have a good day and don’t over eat tong yuen ok? hahahhahahha

    I love black sesame tong yuen, my boys love it too, but they like those inside with brown sugar.

  7. anggie says:

    hi , 冬至快乐! & 圣诞快乐 !!

  8. Shirley Loo says:

    happy tong yuen festival to u too Barb…me n my hub oso love the black sesame seed filling…especially when u serve them in red bean soup…heaven!!! πŸ˜‰

  9. Happy Dong Jie to you and family.. Just had a bowl of tong yuen at my in-laws. πŸ™‚

  10. Irene says:

    happy dong-zhi to you & family Barb! πŸ™‚

  11. Mummy Gwen says:

    No tong yuen for me. Only Gwen and myself here in JKT. Hubs not around.

    Anyway, Happy Winter Solstice to you and your family!

  12. Merryn says:

    Happy Winter Solstice to you and family too πŸ˜€

  13. Krystal says:

    I love the sesame ones too but the supermkt ran out, so only managed to buy the peanut fillings one…any tong yuen will do lah…haha…

  14. jacss says:

    hey barb, try making it yrself lar….the plain ones r really really easy peasy leh πŸ˜€
    merry x’mas & happy new year to u first πŸ˜›

  15. ChloeMummy says:

    At least you had the instant ones… better than nothing πŸ™‚ I get to see the pics only!

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