CNY Edition: How to Conquer Chinese New Year Like a Pro

Chinese New Year. In my strongest opinion, is the best time of the year. It’s been 19 years, and I can’t find a reason to not love this festive period. To some, Chinese New Year is a 72hrs food marathon. To others, it’s coming up with creative answers to the many questions aunties and uncles ask you every year, without fail. And to the little ones, this season consists of remembering the names of your big family, getting pinched on the cheek, and receiving many red envelopes. To the big, big ones, entertaining guests, cooking, and giving red packets.

So for those that find the festive season a challenge, here’s how you can conquer Chinese New Year. First things first, do not wear black or just plain white. My grandma would stare you down, and you might find yourself in a stare-off. Secondly, have some Chinese idioms in your back pocket, the more the merrier, aunties love it. You never know, saying the right idioms to the right people might just leave you walking away with a bigger red packet.

Now, I’m sure all of you have taken a mental note on which relatives has the best snacks, or food. And also on who has the meh foods. No one wants to be on the bad snacks and bad food house list so to make sure that you’ve got it covered for CNY, check out https://www.foodline.sg/cny-buffet-catering/ for all your CNY catering needs! Early bird orders will get a CNY Mandarin Bag as well as a pack of Ang Paos! Nice. Time to nail that OOTD.

If you want to make maximise your food intake this holiday, here’s how you can do it. First, attack the snacks. Pineapple tarts, love letters, prawn rolls the list goes on. Next you scream till your lungs give out during Loh-Hei, hoping to luck out the coming year, or get yourself a boyfriend or girlfriend so that you have a different answer next year to “Got boyfriend/girlfriend or not?”.  And then you have a few mouthfuls of Loh Hei just cause.

After that, you do the talking. If you do the talking, means there are less questions asked. Smart. But then again, aunties have all the power to cut you off anyways. So after your stomach is rested. Time for the meal. I don’t really have a plan for this. Just whack I guess. And remember kids, “when the muscle (stomach) fails, the mind takes over” so really you can eat as much as you want.