May 25th, 2006fried noodles, wonton and meatballs
We went to a Brazilian buffet on the eve of Alex’s birthday. The restaurant was okay, the food was alright but not ‘great’. I was too hungry and forgot to take pics of food.The waiters were a bit strange. They seemed to ignore the guys at our table at times and prefered to serve the girls. 
The next day, we had a small gathering in Rosemary’s room. We cooked some dishes which we usually eat in Mauritius, esp. at home. It’s usually the Chinese families in Mauritius who cook those dishes but it’s not uncommon to have non-Chinese cook and eat them too. Like I’ve mentioned before, each community has adapted and mixed each other’s cuisine to their liking.
The filling which Rosemary had prepared for the wonton(馄饨 in Mandarin).
It’s not the same as what my mum makes but it was good enough for all of us.
The wonton wrappers which we bought at the supermarket.
At home, we usually make our own.
While Rosemary was in the kitchen making fried noodles , Joanne and I started making the wonton. Alex even joined us after a while. It was fun teaching him how to fill and wrap the wonton. It was the first time that we were making wonton in China and we were really excited about it. They sell wonton in Shanghai but they don’t look the same as what we have in Mauritius. In Mauritius we call the wonton ‘kiow‘ or ‘wantan‘.
Filling and wrapping done.
After cooking:
Close-up photo of a wonton:
We made meatballs with the leftover wonton meat.
Des decided to add cheese to the meatballs and we poked a small hole in each meatball to stuff tiny pieces of cheese inside and deep-fried again for a few more seconds.
The fried noodles which Rosemary had prepared:
It’s almost the same as what my mum makes. Yummy. I usually eat my fried noodles with garlic sauce and chili or sometimes with just ketchup but we didn’t have any garlic sauce that day.
We bought a Green tea cake for Alex. It was surprisingly good. 
Yummy!!
Wonton is one of my fave dish :laugh:
You usually make your own wonton wrappers in Mauritius?
:faint: Isn’t that a lot of work??Hehehe
Well anyway I’m just too lazy to make my own wrappers :laughing:
I always look for the easiest way,which is to buy ‘em at the port-louis market!
Oh but still i have some credit..I do the filling and the wrapping all by myself!!!!!!
You are pro.. making your own Wontons.. I only know how to order it from the restaurants… :laughing:
Can I ask you a Hakka question? In Hakka do you call it a 混沌 or a 雲吞?
Wonton is a traditional food in china,and we usually eat it when the birthday is coming.
I have had read your “about” ,do you remember the old principal liguohao(李国豪)，he was born in mei county.
you both are mei natives.
It is a great pleasure that you are also a student of tongji university.me too.
haha…that was really nice…even if it took time for the wrapping(chance zot ti la
) and to make the noodles but the most important thing was that we enjoyed it :laughing: and the cake was yummy too.
so,when will we prepare the next dish? :cheers:
Everything looks so good!
I love wontons with meat in them. You could probably make some good dumplings with that leftover meat too.
Your folding technique is different than I’ve seen before. I’ll have to give it a try. I usually fold the skin in half and then connect the corners. Or fold the skin corner-to-corner and then connect the corners.
Aline, is that fish paste in the wontons or is that pork?
云吞… Meixian (where my parents are from) is in Guangdong..and they call it 云吞 there. It’s the mandarin name. I’ll have to ask my mum to confirm though. At home, we call it some other name. Maybe it’s the hakka name.
pork
that’s the way we fold it in Mauritius . The Chinese people in Mauritius are hakka or cantonese (but more hakka people ).
it was hard work at first but I got used to it by now. We use the same machine for making noodles to make the wonton wrappers except that we need to change the metal thing. Then it’s just turning the handle until the dough goes through, adjust the metal thing and redo the process again and again.
woohooo … chef aline!
looks yummylicious!
Haha, in Singapore, we spell it as ‘Wantons’.
I can’t do wantons for nuts. They always end up all lumpy or perfectly out of shape, disgusting to an extent that nobody dares to eat them.
But yours look lovely, though!
You’ve got to teach me someday!
Heehee.
云吞看上去好好吃哦，又勾起我的食欲了 :faint:
omg!
the food looks SO YUMMY!!
i want it alllll
haha.. Happy Bday Alex… [ whoever u may be.. 
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wow…those food look so good!!
i love wonton and fried noodles. and the cake looks absolutely yummy! you guys must have a feast.
maybe you can post the fried noodles recipe?
i wish i have made meatballs with my leftover meat the last time i made. i didn’t and just fried it.
now thats new~ ive heard of green tea skincare, tasted green tea ice cream..but green tea cake? o.O
Seriously, I can make ALL of these yummy stuff in the pictures! Ah wait…except the Green Tea Cake.
As usual, those food pics are making me hungry!! I want a mine frite!! The fried noodle that they sell here is different from the mauritius ones. Mru one pli bon!!
Heh the green tea cake looks cute. Think I tried green tea cakes only once.