"Lucky" food - bread, bun, wonton, dumpling - the shape of ingot

It seems that each day of the 15-day of Chinese New Year celebrations, is supposed to symbolize something. And now I know that the 2nd day is dedicated to eating ingot-shaped wontons. Ingots - money used in ancient China must be such a lucky object that some of our food take after them in shape. Here, an ingot-shaped bun...

stuffed with char siew filling; and

my ingot-shaped wontons with a video on how to wrap them.


Let's hope by eating some of these "lucky" food, we all turn lucky this year. ^0^

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37 comments:

  1. Angie's Recipes2/7/10, 6:41 AM

    Look so beautiful, esp. the bread!

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  2. Little Inbox2/7/10, 6:43 AM

    Yeap, the ingot shaped stuffs are so auspicious for the CNY.

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  3. Wilfrid2/7/10, 7:18 AM

    You always seem to amaze me with you talent. How in the world are you able to make bread look like that?! You could sell that, you know ...

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  4. Ed Schenk2/7/10, 7:22 AM

    Thanks for the post. I am surprised (and dissapointed) that there are not more post about Chinese New Year!

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  5. tigerfish2/7/10, 12:59 PM

    Wilfrid, I did not bake that bun leh....

    Ed, I'm still posting for CNY. Just took a break with the previous post ;p

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  6. Somewhere in Singapore2/7/10, 6:50 PM

    It's very nice...

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  7. Indonesia Eats2/7/10, 7:20 PM

    I miss Chinese New Year in Indonesia.

    Miss the holiday, the food from my neighbours :)

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  8. Tuty2/7/10, 11:08 PM

    I like the look of the roll too. Thanks for showcasing it.

    Gong Xi Fat Choi

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  9. My Asian Kitchen2/8/10, 12:13 AM

    I like the bun shape.Didn't know 2nd day have to eat Ingot shape foo..thanks for the info:)

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  10. Kenny Mah2/8/10, 6:16 AM

    Ingot-tible! :D

    (Now goes off to work on earning some real ingots of his own)

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  11. Juliana2/8/10, 12:02 PM

    Love the anytime...great pictures :-) Happy Chinese New Year!

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  12. Little Corner of Mine2/8/10, 1:08 PM

    Wow, the ingot shaped bun is really cute, very imaginative to come out with this.

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  13. Noob Cook2/8/10, 6:05 PM

    wow I have never seen ingot shaped bao before! so cute ^_^

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  14. OohLookBel2/8/10, 8:45 PM

    Those foods are so cute! And if it brings you luck, then that's even more reason to eat them :)

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  15. food makes me happy2/8/10, 11:27 PM

    I...I shouldn't read your blog at 11:27 p.m. especially when I didn't have dinner...You made me so hungry here...!!!!!

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  16. MaryMoh2/9/10, 4:56 AM

    Wow...these lok so cute...creative!

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  17. LifeRamblings2/9/10, 5:04 AM

    that looks delightful. hope the year of tiger will bring better luck for everyone.

    Happy CNY!

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  18. eastcoastlife2/9/10, 6:06 AM

    tigerfish, your Chinese zodiac is Tiger? :P

    I prefer gold ingots. :D

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  19. x_pEpPeRoNi_x2/9/10, 7:43 AM

    Waah. That looks yummy! :)

    Haha, have a happy CNY.

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  20. Pam2/9/10, 8:06 AM

    The bun looks AMAZING!

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  21. Maria @ LSS2/9/10, 8:54 AM

    I will lots of that, I need lots of luck. ;)

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  22. Cafe au lait2/9/10, 8:55 AM

    The stuffed bread looks yummy. Happy WW.

    Mine are here and here.

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  23. Moder Mom2/9/10, 8:57 AM

    I should tell mom to have Ingots too. TFS!

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  24. Simply Delicious2/9/10, 8:58 AM

    They look beautiful, especially the bread. Happy WW. Mine is up as well.

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  25. SandyCarlson2/9/10, 5:47 PM

    These foods look delicious.

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  26. The Sudden Cook2/9/10, 10:34 PM

    Gong Xi Fatt Chai to you!!

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  27. Memória2/10/10, 12:01 AM

    What a lovely bread!! I'm learning so much! Thanks.

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  28. daphne2/10/10, 1:03 AM

    HUAT ah! this year will be a GREAT year!

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  29. diva2/10/10, 8:43 AM

    How did u shape your bread? That's totaly awesome. I wanna eat everything here. happy CNY :)

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  30. Food For Tots2/10/10, 9:08 AM

    I didn't know the meaning for 2nd day until now. I learn something new today. Thanks. Must look for more ingot-shaped food now.

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  31. pigpigscorner2/10/10, 11:45 AM

    The bread looks so cute!

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  32. tigerfish2/11/10, 1:01 AM

    Diva, I did not make that cute bread. It was store-bought! :O
    Woops!

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  33. backStreetGluttons2/11/10, 6:03 AM

    We are already feeling lucky !
    Happy New Year !

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  34. ~~louise~~2/11/10, 11:39 AM

    Don't they look darling. I find it rather charming that the shapes of food offer such symbolism.

    I really wanted to do a post this year as a tribute to CNY but I'm afraid I still don't know enough about the celebration. I'm saving this link for future reference. Thanks for sharing, tigerfish...

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  35. Dora2/12/10, 11:55 PM

    Keong Hee Huat Cai!

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  36. Janet @Gourmet Traveller 882/18/10, 2:59 AM

    Such a beautiful ingot shaped bread : ) In fact I do not have much time cooking this Chinese NY as I am away most of the time.

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  37. Anonymous10/14/10, 4:51 AM

    I like the way you shaped the bun, I love it. :)

    jen@loose green tea

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