Hey, fam. Happy Chinese New Year!
Today is the first day of Chinese New Year, so I want you guys to check out our OOTD.
What do you think?
I mean, this one is quite legit.
Mine, umm...
You still look really nice.
It's okay. It's the only red thing I got.
But anyway, we have a huge Chinese New Year celebration to go to.
With a bunch of our friends.
And we're super super excited.
But before that, something just came in the mail.
I want to show you guys.
This came in the mail from our friends at Seasons Kitchen in Anaheim.
Anaheim. I always get it wrong. Southern California.
So it came in the mail. We're super excited.
Anything that comes in packages like Dollee like this...
I get super excited because it could be things that I love.
This is actually a dress from Kim.
It is, yeah.
This is actually Kim's dress that she gave to me, and I wear it every Chinese New Year.
Oh, what's this?
What? RareTV?
RareTV?
What's RareTV?
It's made in Malaysia.
Oh, it must be a YouTube channel.
Oh, yeah! RareTV! Yes, I know them.
Heck, yeah.
You know, YouTube channel. That's awesome. That's a soft shirts. Yeah.
Let's see what... Oh, we got newspaper?
Kim, are you telling us we should read more, huh? Is that what it is?
Oh my gosh. Look at it.
This is what people be sending us online. Yeah, this is the actual paper that we are on.
Oh my gosh.
Woah, seeing it in print.
Thank you, Sunday Times for featuring us.
Thank you, Kim for getting us copies of this.
I'll cherish this forever.
It's awesome.
Okay, what do we have?
Oh, we got some salted egg salmon skin. My favorite, actually. Thank you.
That's literally his absolute favorite
Pandan layer cake.
Oh my gosh. Dude, look at that.
Look at that.
Yes, Kim. You know me so well.
Oh! And...
Okay, I got a little excited. Not for us. I thought, you know... I got some, you know...
Hey, boys.
We got something special for you.
Did you remember Auntie Kim and Uncle Soon from Seasons Kitchen?
Yeah.
Yeah, they got some ang paos for you.
That one for you, buddy.
And to Ky Ky.
What do you say?
Thank you.
Ky Ky, what do you say? Say thank you.
You guys can open it if you want.
Whoa, Chibu!
What's that?
How many dollars do you have?
One.
One? But how many of it?
Three.
How many?
Three.
Three dollars, yeah. And Ky Ky also got that.
What are you gonna do? You're gonna put in a piggy bank, maybe?
Yeah.
Okay. Okay, I'll put it in your piggy bank.
Soon and Kim, thank you so much.
We love you so much and can't wait to see you again.
Friends, we gotta party in this car.
There's a lot of people.
Anyway, we are here right in front of Curry Leaves Bistro, right now.
We are early. We actually super early. It never happens.
But, it happened today.
They are running a little late.
So we thought of hanging out in the car before we go in.
But should we try to go in now and hang out?
Let's hang out outside. Okay, let's go.
So what's happening today at Curry Leaves?
I actually don't even know. I'm not 100% sure either.
So it's not like a regular restaurant.
They have... Not normal food. But, they have like a special seating meal.
Oh! Oh, no!
Oh, man. I hope the car's okay.
I hope the car's okay.
But yeah, yeah special seating.
Yes and it's a special set menu.
Yeah and they have all the Yee Sang stuff and all that.
And there's a lot of people already outside.
So let's go have a blast.
Is your car okay?
I think my car's fine.
Oh. But I'm not sure if the door's okay.
I mean that can be fixed.
The car I'm more like concerned about.
It's all right.
Enjoy. Happy New Year.
Thank you. Happy New Year.
We've met before, right?
Yeah, we've met. I came here once.
You look so familiar, yeah.
My name is Lei Lei. Nice to meet you. Sorry, can you say it again? Lei Lei
I'm from Penang. Oh, okay. Oh, from Penang? Yeah.
Okay, so you must be very close friends with Jai then. Yeah.
Isn't her dress beautiful?
Oh, I didn't see that. Oh.. It's so beautiful.
Guys, it's been like pretty fun like hanging out with people and meeting new people.
There's a lot of people here that travelled all the way from San Francisco Peninsula. That's like...
No, no. I got one better for you. Where?
They travelled from Minnesota.
Really?
Wait, wait, one person from Chicago.
Minnesota's further, I think.
Oh, really?
They're both really far. Super far.
People come so far, all the way up in America to come and celebrate Chinese New Year.
We're about to start. It's running a little late, but it's all right.
We're about to start.
It started, guys.
Cindy, do you know how to do the whole thing?
Yeah.
You do, right? Okay, because I don't.
I need a professional Chinese to do it.
A professional Chinese, yeah.
Happy New Year!
That's our salad, guys.
Look at that.
Okay, so what I just learned is we have to pour this clockwise.
Oh my gosh. I'm like totally butchering this.
Now putting all the stuff.
I don't know what it is.
This looks like sesame seeds.
Powder. Five spice? Chinese five spice.
Clockwise, clockwise. Oh, clockwise, clockwise.
And then, lime.
I'm just following what the other people did because I have no idea what I'm doing.
Okay, guys get ready.
Cindy, what do we say? What do we say?
Huat ah!
Huat ah, okay. Huat ah.
Stay, stay, stay.
Ready, one, two, three.
Huat ah, huat ah, huat ah.
Mix it, mix it, mix it. Huat ah.
Is it good?
Really good.
Yeah? It's amazing. It's actually really good, yeah.
I think I can... Actually, I'm gonna go so far as to say like probably the best yee sang I've ever had.
That's right. Right? I remember having in Malaysia, but I don't remember it tastes this good.
Yeah, it's like this is so good.
Like... Like... You'd eat this everyday.
Like you'd eat this every day? Do you like it, Zae Zae?
Yeah. All right.
Ky Ky, do you like it?
Yeah?
What is this?
Loh bak.
Loh bak?
So this one?
Oh, so this is chicken? Yeah.
Chicken loh bak.
But does this go with this, though or...
No, you wrap it.
You wrap it? Oh, you wrap it with a salad.
You wrap this with jicama.
Jicama. Oh, jicama. Okay, okay, okay.
This is very traditional. Okay.
And then they bring you chili, what we'd like to do is put chili on the leaves and then wrap it.
Finger food.
There you go. Okay, thank you.
I feel like it's a lesson for me too.
I consider myself a professional Malaysian but there's so much to learn.
Malaysian culture is so deep and complex.
There's just so much things to know about...
Because they're rich with so many different ethnicities.
That's what makes us such a beautiful country.
How was that? Is it good?
Yeah? Umm hmm.
Wow!
So I didn't realize that curry kapitan... Is it Chinese?
Is it common for Chinese New Year?
I didn't realize. I thought curry usually like Diwali or even like Hari Raya got curry.
But like first time I'm seeing Chinese New Year got curry.
Do you want some?
You can have some here.
Can he have it? Yeah. All right.
Okay, so a few additional things just came.
We got this shrimp right here in like some sort of black sauce.
And then the soup just came. Apparently, it's like super authentic.
It is salted vegetables with duck.
I don't think I've ever had that in my life.
But according to Cindy, it's like something you have very regularly during Chinese New Year.
Very traditional.
So the final stuff that came is dessert.
And we got bubur cha cha for dessert
Rachel just looked at this like... That doesn't look like dessert.
I mean, in America desserts are like cakes or pies or ice cream.
This looks like soup for me.
I feel kind of bumped, but I just wanted you to try this.
But unfortunately Rachel's not having sugar this month.
So are sure you don't wanna have it? She's like it's not worth it.
I'm sure it's amazing, but I'm gonna stick to my guns.
Oh, it's good.
Yeah? Yeah.
Cindy, is it taro?
Taro, yeah. Taro.
The boys gonna have the taro ball.
It's really not that sweet.
Zae Zae, you wanna have the dessert?
You can have this. Come.
Do you want to try?
What is it?
It's taro.
Do you like it?
It's not good?
Okay, I'm glad you tried it. That's all that matters, okay.
Rachel, how do you say it?
Gong Xi Fa Chai.
It was pretty good. Yeah, it's good? Yeah.
What's the other way?
Kung Hei Fat Choy.
Pass, pass, pass.
I'll teach you one more. Okay.
Kiong Hee Huat Tsai. Kiong Hee Huat Tsai.
Kiong Hee Huat Tsai?
Yeah. This is like Hokkien. Oh, Hokkien.
Klang people speak that. Yeah.
Look at Mama.
Okay, ready?
Say Gong Xi Fa Cai.
Gong Xi Fa Cai.