On Saturday, I hosted an early Chinese – Lunar, if you want to be politically correct – New Year dinner party where I cooked common Chinese food for my family and good friends. I forgot to take photos until most of the way through the meal, but I documented the evidence of my cooking as best as I could. My dad also made egg drop soup, but we ate it all before I got the camera out. I shared my shrimp cashew recipe in this post, and the roasted fish recipe I used is in Chinese here.

Sadly, we set off no firecrackers to scare ghosts away from our house because they are illegal in Seattle, even sparklers. Happy Year of the Rabbit!

Weird looking but delicious 拍黄瓜 (smashed cucumber)

腰果虾仁 (Shrimp Cashew) dish

Mostly eaten 烤鱼 (whole roasted fish)

Stir-fried broccolini

Weird looking but delicious bioled 饺子 (jiaozi) made from scratch. I think I'll fry them and buy pre-made skins in the future.

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