Quay Po Cooks: SELAMAT HARI RAYA

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

SELAMAT HARI RAYA

HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY

FOR THOSE WHO "BALIK KAMPONG", HAVE A SAFE TRIP!

HUGS from QUAY PO AND FAMILY

12 comments:

ChrisAuAugust 30, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Happy holidays!
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AnonymousAugust 30, 2011 at 1:29 PM
Happy celebrations:)
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JoanneAugust 30, 2011 at 6:29 PM
Happy holiday to you!
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AnonymousAugust 30, 2011 at 7:54 PM
happy holidays everyone! Even for non-muslims, tis a day good for unwinding, resting and chilling out!
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LeeAugust 30, 2011 at 8:11 PM
Hi Quay Po, happy holidays to you and family.
Best regards.
Lee.
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AnonymousAugust 30, 2011 at 9:49 PM
Happy holiday!
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That GirlAugust 31, 2011 at 12:35 AM
Happy Holiday to all.
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FilipBlogAugust 31, 2011 at 2:54 AM
I share this, nice graphics.

Greetings,
Filip
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AnonymousAugust 31, 2011 at 11:38 PM
What a beautiful graphic!

And a very happy, happy birthday to you my friend! It's been great reading your blog and I'm so glad to have "met" you!
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Quay Po CooksSeptember 1, 2011 at 1:26 AM
@ALL
Thanks for the Holiday Greetings. Hope those who are on Holiday had a nice break.

@Filip
Nice things should be shared.

@Ameena
Thanks for the birthday greeting. The feeling is mutual. There is not once I left your blog without a smile on my face. You have a great sense of humor and you write beautifully! It is great getting to know you better as time goes by.
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UnknownSeptember 2, 2011 at 4:29 AM
hello...:) i got your link from small kucing he he i think i been here before... :D love ur blog pictures!!
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Quay Po CooksSeptember 3, 2011 at 11:52 AM
@mars
Yes my dear, you have:D Good to see you again. Have a nice weekend.
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A LITTLE ABOUT THIS QUAY PO

Before I was married to my "Quay Lo" (Guaylo) husband, I did not know how to bake or cook. Subsequently I learned some baking and cooking Western cuisine from him, and providing his food for him launched an interest in cooking in general. Many of my Chinese friends and family told me that "Quay" is the wrong spelling for devil in Cantonese. The right spelling should be "Kwai" or "Guay". Well, somehow I like the spelling "Quay" better although I have to agree that it does not sound very Cantonese. Try asking a Westerner to pronounce "Kwai" and you will probably hear "Quay" haha. Whether is "Quay" or "Kwai" or "Guay, just know the devil woman is me when you see Quay Po Cooks. My hubby said if people pronounce "Quay" as "Key" is even better because I am the key to his heart. LOL!

Only now, have I started to learn the traditional Cantonese cuisine of my Mum. She cooks fabulously and all her specialties are divine. These two interests, my husband's Western food, and my mother's traditional food, prompted me to document them so they will not be lost.

Here, I wish to share my cooking and baking experience with my readers. I also hope to inspire those who do not know how to cook or bake to do so because, trust me, if I can, you can too.

Something I'd like to mention is that I find that many people are rather unwilling to share their recipes. However, for me, I think differently. I think good recipes should be shared thus allowing as many people to enjoy it as possible. Unless those recipes are for doing business, I don't see why we want to keep them all to ourselves. So if you are generous in sharing your recipes, you are welcome to share on my blog. Send the recipes to me and better still with pictures of the final products and I will be very happy to post them them with credits to you of course.

Our cuisine is a deeply embedded part of our culture. When two cultures come together under the same roof the results in the kitchen can sometimes be comedic, sometimes confrontational, but more often it is a journey full of surprises and discovery. There is joy in our food. If we think upon this, it is intuitively obvious. This blog is a journey of joy and sharing, reflecting what the French like to call "joie de vivre" (joy of living). No one could be more different from one another then my husband and my mother. Yet one thing they share in common is knowing intuitively that food, cooking, and sharing can be avenues of joy in life itself. So herein, help yourself, to a little joy and , if you like it, share it with your own family and friends. Joy is something that should be shared.