Today marks the last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which is called Chap Goh Meh by Penangites (people of Penang) which simply translate as the 15th night. Today will be the last day for tossing the ever popular Yu-Sheng (raw fish) and to savour the popular traditional dessert, pengat (a sweet dessert of sweet potatoes, yam, banana and red rubies cooked in coconut milk and gula Melaka).
Before I was married, I’ve never really celebrate this particular day in any elaborate style as my mom do not practice most of the cultural practices so it hold nothing significant to me. Until I was married, to a Penangite, then I was introduced to all these cultural practices which were all so new to me… 
There were some cultural road shows in the city since last night but we did not want to jam with the huge crowd so we did not make our way there. However, we passed by this evening and saw the huge gathered near the Penang’s Little India area. PiggyBeng had wanted to bring Darrius to enjoy the event but he still has not had his dinner so we forgo the idea (we had an elaborate lunch at a relative’s place but Darrius did not eat much).
Tonight, there will be a very interesting event for the singles happening by the river too. Single ladies and men who wished/hoped to find their life partners will congregate at one of the river to toss mandarin oranges into the water. They will write their names and phone numbers on the oranges and hopefully, fate will match them…
Well, that’s all folks! We have came to the end of the 2-week long festival celebration and once again our lives will go back to normay till the next festival….
very fast huh, two weeks cny just like that passed by alredy. i love pengat, but never make it myself before. too much preping work.
hello angleeyes, pengat sounds like our borbor chacha in sg wor…slurp…
2 wks of cny celebration goes like dat…
hey wat is being practise on 15th day of cny in penang and so call it in chinese “dong fang qing ren jie” in penang for singles is so similiar in those old wife’s tail dat i hv heard, i had tot was old fables? din really know it really exit in such modern times…my god!
so those singles can just just scoop those oranges of the opp sex and start calling each other?
wah slurp slurp..u cooked that? I dunno it’s called pengat, looks more like bubur cha cha for me but nice
whoisbaby,
hehehe… I don’t really like it that much but once in a long while is still fine coz I find it too sweet. But I love the banana and the red rubies in it.
moolet,
yeah, it taste just like bubur-cha-cha but this one is with the banana so more fragrant.
jazzmint,
hehehe… no ler… I still yet to get the recipe but will try once I have it as PB loves it!
ah… bubur chacha with banana.. i like! i think must ask my mum to make liow la… craving la for desserts… sei mou!
Angie,
wah…everything also wanna eat ah???? u have serious craving problems!!! hahahahaa
Oh so thats whatchu do with the oranges. I don’t need to do that then. kekekekeke
Was wodnering why the missus had not taught me about this day. I’m so sheltered. hee