Love letters

Chinese New Year is over but I found my self thinking and craving for love letter wafers.  When I was living in Singapore, these yummy treats were everywhere during the CNY!  I have never seen them before so naturally I was very intrigued. 

Love letter wafers or "Kueh Kapit" are crispy thin wafers made from coconut milk and flour.  They are a lot like our barquillos except for the strong coconut taste and the auspicious words and symbols that are beautifully embossed on each wafer.  They are either rolled or folder into a triangle.

So pretty!  I'm not really sure why these wafers are called Love Letters, but a Chinese-Malaysian friend mentioned that there is an old rumor that these cookies were once used to hide romantic notes between lovers.  Isn't that just sweet? :)  

Chasing Chinatown

Happy Year of the Metal Rabbit to all of us!  I'm not Chinese but I look forward to Chinese New Year because of the festivities...

I mean, when else do you see "lions" crossing the street?

or a dancing dragon? :)  I really wished I had time to drop by Chinatown but thankfully the dragons came to my neighborhood this year.  Photos are blurry since I was taking them from my balcony.  Hehe!

Aside from the festivities, we also look forward to the food!  Funny because these dishes and goodies are available the whole year round... but somehow it is more exciting to eat tikoy during the Chinese New Year! 

Erman and I were lucky to catch the very last day of the "Chasing Chinatown" food bazaar at the Power Plant Mall.

We saw a lot of goodies such as tikoy and hopia in different flavors.

Yummy dimsum!

and the best fresh lumpia from Ha Yuan.  Anyway, if you want to save on kramer pacer at musicians friend, just click on the link and you will find what you need :D