Colourful goodies of CNY

CNY ( Chinese New Year) has always been a colourful and auspicious occasion in Asia. Plenty of reds and gold abound, as these colours represent luck and wealth.

I was in Taipei just before CNY this year and it was really an eye-opener for me. This was how our neighbours in Taiwan prepared for the New Year!
It was an amazing kaleidoscope of colours in their segment of Chinatown; a place called Di-Hwa street. Every stall along this bustling narrow street offers you a free sampling of their goodies. Its said that if you sampled everything from one end of the street to the other, you would have had your fill for lunch! Well, I wouldn’t pig out on the sort of snacks these vendors were offering. They were all very much the same type of foodstuff; from sweets to exotic fish roe. Some of the things.. well, you would have to acquire a taste for it.
For me, I simply wanted to take in the sights, smells and the whole atmosphere.
It was also the best opportunity to buy some goodies home for CNY and sweets for little Megan’s birthday.

~ by macrocosm on March 12, 2007.