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Umchasi wam kunye nam sikukhuphiswano lokujongisisa. Amehlo ethu avaliwe, aqinile, akukho namnye kuthi ozimisele ukuqhwanyaza kuqala kulo mdlalo wenkukhu. Mhlawumbi omnye wethu sele elahlekile, nangona kunjalo, ecinga ukuba umntu endikhuphisana naye yinkukhu yokwenyani, ephekwe kwaye ibekwe, ukusuka entloko ukuya ezinzwaneni, kwisitya esiphambi kwam. Ndolula isandla ukuze nditshintshe icala lentaka, kodwa umakhulu wam, uMei Ying, undibambe ngesandla ngaphambi kokuba ndihambise i-intshi.
Ngaba ikofu creamer imbi kuwe
Ndawa esitulweni, ndoyisiwe, kodwa andothukanga. Licebo endilizamayo nanini na xa kukho inkukhu yaseHainanese kunye nerayisi, kwaye umakhulu wam sele elindele izenzo zam. Ngobu busuku, umzamo wam ongaphumeleli uyenzeka ngexesha lesidlo soNyaka oMtsha waseTshayina, iholide apho isitya sisisiseko, kufuphi neengcambu zentsapho yam-kunye nezisu.
NgoNyaka oMtsha waseLunar, iziqhamo zeGolden Citrus zizisa iiNtsikelelo kunye neThamsanqaIsuka kwiSiqithi saseHainan, kwiphondo laseTshayina apho utatomkhulu nomama wam bafuduka khona, esi sidlo sinenkuku, irayisi kunye neesosi zokudipha. Okokuqala eyaziwa njenge Wenchang chicken , esi sidlo kucingelwa ukuba saqala ngexesha loBukhosi baseMing, xa igosa lasipha umlawuli ngeenkuku zedolophu yakowabo, iWenchang. Emva kokuba abahlali besiqithi befudukele eMalaysia naseSingapore yanamhlanje, iresiphi yavela neempembelelo zalo mmandla.
Namhlanje, inkukhu ilele kwisitya, ithenda kwaye ifumile emva kokubiliswa ngokupheleleyo kwaye ixutywe ngeoli yeesame kunye nesosi yesoya. Ukufakwa kwentloko kunye neenyawo kungumfuziselo wonyaka omtsha, obonisa ukuphelela kweentaka. Nangona ndihleli etafileni ndinqwenela ukususwa kwentloko, ndiyazi ukuba ndikwicala elilahlekileyo letyala. Ukuqala unyaka omtsha ngenxalenye yentaka engekhoyo okanye yonzakeleyo ibiya kuba lishwa, kwaye andizimiselanga ukucinezela eyam.
Alex Loh
Ecaleni kwenkukhu, i-slivers ye-ginger kunye ne-scallion ihlala kwiinqanawa zomntu ngamnye, ilungele ukusetyenziswa kwi-sauce yokucoca eyenziwe kwinkukhu yenkukhu kunye nejusi ye-kumquat. (Kwezinye iinguqulelo zesitya, i-sauce yokudipha isoloko isekwe kwi-chile.) Ndigalela inkukhu yam kwisosi yesoya, kwaye ulwelo olumnyama lungena kwipleyiti yam, lungcolise okunye ukutya okusingqongileyo. Ngethamsanqa, inxalenye yam endiyithandayo yesitya ihlala ingenasiphako, ukhuseleko lwerayisi luqinisekisiwe ngokubonga kwindawo yalo kwisitya esahlukileyo.
I-scoop yerayisi iphumle kwisitya, ivumba elimnandi kwaye liyamema. Iinkozo zigaywa ngegalikhi ngaphambi kokuba ziphekwe kumhluzi wenkukhu onetyuwa, uvelisa irayisi enencasa enencasa. Igranule nganye iyamenyezela, irhawuze umthubi kumhluzi, kwaye imfiliba ngokugqibeleleyo, enkosi kwiqhinga likamakhulu elingenabudenge lokwenza irayisi. Kunokusebenzisa ikomityi yokulinganisa, umlinganiselo wolwelo olongeziweyo embizeni ujongwa ngomgca wesalathisi somnwe omnye njengesikhokelo. Isiphumo kukuba irayisi ephekwe ngobuchule ngalo lonke ixesha.
Njengoko nditya indlela yam yenkukhu, irayisi kunye nezinye izinto ezisisiseko zoNyaka oMtsha iinoodles kwaye amadombolo , Ndihlala ndisazi kakuhle intloko yenkukhu. Ukuzimisa nje kude nesitya asiyondlela yokukhetha. Inkukhu isoloko ibekwe phambi kukamakhulu, kwaye ndihlala ndisekhohlo kuye. Ngelixa abantakwethu kunye nabazala bam begxalathelana ezitulweni, indawo yam igciniwe, isitulo endasibanga ebuntwaneni kwaye ndiya kuncama kwiminyaka kamva, emva kokuba umakhulu wam eswelekile.
Ezi Noodles zeLucky Longevity ziyakukunceda ukuba uBhiyozele uNyaka oMtsha waseLunarIndawo enqwenelekayo ifanelekile kwiimeko ezininzi, ukusuka 'ngengozi' ukubona amakhadi abanye ngexesha lomdlalo werummy ukuya ekukhuselweni kwiinyawo ezigwenxa zabantakwethu, kodwa ngakumbi ngexesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa. Isihlalo sam esikhulu siside esikude kumakhulu wam, osebenzisa isibini sakhe ngoku ukongeza ukutya kwipleyiti yam kwindawo yokuqala engenanto. Ngaphandle koqhanqalazo lwam olubuthathaka lokuba ndizele, ndiyazi ukuba isenzo sisuka kwindawo yothando (isenzo endisikhumbula kakhulu).
Ngelixa ndikhumbula imizuzwana kwezi zidlo zangokuhlwa, andisakwazi ukwabelana nomakhulu wam isidlo. Emva kweendibano ezingenakubalwa, iipleyiti ezizele yinkukhu yaseHainanese okanye i-char siu, ikeyiki yosuku lokuzalwa okanye i-dan tat, itafile egqunywe ngeplastiki kwasebuntwaneni bam iye yajulwa, isitulo sam asikho. Siye satshintsha saya kwitafile ecwengileyo, yeplanga kwamalume, ngoku bengasekho bobabini ootamkhulu. Izitya ezitsha zivela kwitafile yokutya, kodwa enye ihlala ihleli: isitya senkukhu yaseHainanese, ukusuka entloko ukuya ezinzwaneni. Andisajongi kude.
