Chinese New Year’s Edition! While this isn’t quite slang and more of a colloquialism, it will have to make do for the sake of CNY.
WTF is that? Well, it’s a modification of another colloquial phrase, for the Year of the Sheep/Goat/Ram.
Now, no household is complete with their CNY decorations unless they have a 全盒 (Literally translates to “Complete Box”).
There are a lot of Chinese auspicious traditions for Chinese New Year and the Complete box is no exception. It is usually a shade of red (auspicious colour for the Chinese) and it’s named the complete box because well, it symbolizes that there is nothing missing and that you have everything you need for the upcoming new year.
So what goes inside this Complete Box? Lots of yummy goodies! Alongside with the Complete Box, you also will eat a lot of different snacks… Every single one with an auspicious name or meaning of course. So when do you see the Complete Box? When you go to Bai Nian (click here if you want to learn the most common Bai Nian greetings) at your friends’ and family’s house, they will offer you snacks from this Complete Box. And might one expect to consume from this Complete Box? Read on to find out!
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As you can already tell, I went French and I went private. Private kitchen that is. Les Saveurs popped my private kitchen cherry, and it’s piqued my interest to try more!
You may be wondering, what’s a private kitchen and how was Les Saveurs? Well, keep reading then =P…
Gotta keep the slang(s) in keeping with the times right?
WTF is that? How is curry chicken related to anything remotely romantic?
Singles who are ready to mingle in HK, countdown to Valentine’s Day begins, and you’ve got less than a week to find yourselves a date! TINDER of course. It’s the easiest way to find a bunch of single people on a single platform in the least amount of time possible.
Ladies, to help you with decision between swiping left (Reject boy) or right (Yes to boy), I’ve a few hard and fast rules for myself that I would like to share. This is, of course, a tongue in cheek post in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Hope you have a chuckle and tell me how you get on with Tinder.
The first quarter of the year is the period where performance reviews are conducted and bonuses are paid out… This slang is just in time!
WTF is that? No, we aren’t talking about the culinary arts here, not even close.
Time Out Hong Kong gave it the “best burgers in town” title, so you know what that means… That means I believe NO ONE, and will have to try it out for myself to be the judge of that! So was it really the “best burger in town”…?
The Smoo Diaries 