KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Going home to Sabah for Chinese New Year has always been an annual event for Emma Liew.AdvertisementAdvertisement But this year, she and her siblings opted...
Instead of ‘balik kampung’ for lunar new year, some Chinese Malaysians are opting for a cosy celebration in their Klang Valley second home
“It’s quiet in Terengganu for Chinese New Year, similarly in Kuala Lumpur, so why not for a change, we explore the city centre here. It may be empty, but quiet is not a bad thing,” the 30-year-old auditor said. “The thing with eating out is we can’t customise the cuisine we want to eat, and it’s usually a fixed menu that you choose from.
Cooking at home serves two purposes, Liew said; spending quality time together while helping them save money since food costs have been soaring. “Now you have to spend about RM1,000 and above for sure if you have a family of 10. At restaurants, dishes are mostly sold as set meals whereby there are a few sets to choose from and in each set menu it will either be a five up to 10-course-dish meal.
“It’s usually a spread of food on the table, we take our food and everyone is seated elsewhere to consume them. So, in a way, it won’t make much of a difference if we had our own meals at our own respective homes, and then after we’ll gather and meet-up with our relatives when we are done with our meals,” the 39-year-old who works in the creative industry said.
“In fact, because we don’t see each other that often, last year we almost ran into a disagreement trying to prepare a dinner spread for 30 of us in the family and extended family.Low Sze Chia’s extended family will be tossing their home made ‘yee sang’ in Klang again this year for better health and wealth to curb the spread of viral diseases and reduce spending with restaurant prices rising.
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