Chinese New Years

new years dinner, originally uploaded by aznkey.

Gotta have something for chinese new years, so this is what i came up with. Sorta pressed for time so i didn't even have time to take proper picture of everything. People were hungry. From the left.
Congee condiments( pickled cumcumber, bamboo shoots and wheat gluten)
cold vermicelli
Store bought braised fish
Chicken and beans with ox sauce
Black bean and garlice ribs
Congee with yams
Rice was steamed with chinese sausages.
dessert not in the pictures: banana flambe over vanilla icecream.

More on the dessert. Carmelizing the bananas was surprising easy i don't know why i had such a hard time before. I guess things are alot hard when you were a kid. Actually i think i know why, i use to add water. Don't add water. Warm fruit over cold ice cream = yumm.

1. Hot pan, almost smoking
2. Add sugar, watch it melt and change color remove from heat if it looks like it going to burn.
3. Add sliced bananas and pad of butter for taste.
4. Add a slash of sherry and tilt the pan. Watch your hair=)
5. Serve over icecream.