Happy Chinese New Years!

Happy Chinese New Years everyone! Actually, I think its more politically correct to call it Lunar New Year since many people around the world celebrate the same holiday!

I tried to take the day off to clean the whole house and help my parents prepare the new years meal, but instead I was on call for a work emergency and spent about 5 hours working while trying to clean and cook. Of course I'm going to charge that time rather than take the day off, but I just wanted one day to myself!

It's alright though because I like working with the new client and it was a legitimate emergency!

Outside of that, lets look at the main feature of chinese new years dinner at my house hold! I'll follow up with another post, I just want to upload some photos and tease you guy back in with some actual video of the process!!

This is a Canadian Goose thats been prepped with a special mix of ingredients. Good is a gamey and tough meat to eat, and while there are much better tasting and softer meats out there, a New Years goose has always been a tradition in my house. The marinade is a specialty of my parents home town and you cannot find a goose spiced in this way anywhere else in the world. It's a sweeter sauce made from a Hoi Sin Sauce base!

The goose is marinated for 24 hours at room temperature before it is braised and then boiled for 2-3 hours.

Once the goose is done, we set the goose and the other foods on a table and place it by the altar of our most recently deceased family member of the household. For me it is my father's father, or my grandfather.

Happy Chinese New Years guys!