[Activity] Spring Festival Party 2023 in Chiba

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Activity Introduction

Dear friends,

Thanks for your attention and support to join in this activity. I'm glad to spend the special day of Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) accompanied with you. Although we come from different country with different culture background, I hope all of us will have a pleasure time to enjoy the Chinese food and chat with each other. For another reason, I'd like to appreciate the help and guidance from three Indonesian doctoral students, Arif, Hamka, and Subuh, who made me learn a lot not only about study but also international culture communication. Meanwhile, we wish they'll take a comfortable journey to go back to Indonesia and spend a nice period with their family.

This activity is just like a party where we will eat and chat together. But if you are interested in the preparation process and would like to help, you're welcomed to come earlier and know more about the cooking methods. Because of the religious reason, all the materials (including ingredients and seasoning) will be checked with Halal verification or filtered by Hamka. We will try best to make sure everyone can enjoy the Chinese flavor with respecting their religion and culture.

Looking forward to meeting you on January 22nd, 2023 ~ Chinese lunar New Year's Day!

Jingyuan Wang

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Activity Schedule

Time Schedule

[MAIN] January 22, 2023 (Sunday)

12:00 ~ 13:00 Guests present, chat and prepare for meal

13:00 ~ 14:00 Dining time

14:00 ~ 14:30 Simple cleaning, see off guests

[EXTRA] Preparation and more workflow (overview)

Jan. 18, 2023 (Wednesday)

material checking and purchasing

preparation for some pre-made food (steamed, fried)

preliminary menu schedule

Jan. 19, 2023 (Thursday)

tableware, groceries checking and purchasing

further preparation for pre-made food (assessment & improvement)

cookbook selection and cooking process plan

Jan. 20, 2023 (Friday)

final confirmation on menu, time schedule, cookbook and detailed arrangements

preparation for complex dishes (dumpling stuffing, braised dishes)

Jan. 21, 2023 (Saturday)

final supplement and checking for vegetable, drinking and groceries

material preprocess and further preparation (dry material, preprocess required vegetable, unfreeze frozen material)

Jan. 22, 2023 (Sunday)

08:00 ~ 09:00 room cleaning, material processing

09:00 ~ 10:30 dumpling making, further material processing

10:30 ~ 11:30 resting, guest checking, assessment & confirmation

11:30 ~ 12:00 room arranging, final check

12:30 ~ 13:30 concentrated cooking

14:00 ~ 14:30 simple cleaning

15:30 ~ night further cleaning, room recovery

Scheduled Menu

The following menu is a schedule version and some dishes may be changed later according to the situation.

Staple Food
- Dumplings with beef stuffing
- Dumplings with vegetable and seafood stuffing
Appetizer
- Preserved Egg with Tofu
- Vermicelli Salad
- Spicy Shredded Chicken
Main Course
- Green Peppers and Eggplants
- Chinese Cabbage Fried Vermicelli
- Saute Spicy Chicken
- Steamed Crispy Chicken
- Braised Prawns
- Fish (undetermined)
- Stewed Beef with Tomato
- Salted Egg Yolk Fried Rice
Dessert
- Sesame Ball
- Candied Sweet Potato
Soup
- West Lake Beef Soup (salty)
- Corn & Egg Soup (sweet)
Extra Staple Food
- Sweet Dumplings with Sesame Stuffing
- Pancake / Steamed Bun
- Rice (undetermined)
Drinking
- Cola
- Green Tea
- Calpis
- Fruit Salad / Yogurt
  
  Note: No alcohol contained drinking will be provided and we don't recommend you to bring.

Material List

Only the materials contained in the following list will be used. The item names are presented as English | Japanese | Chinese or English | Chinese.

The materials below have been checked by Hamka on Jan. 17, and any other materials to be used later will be checked in advance and append to this list to ensure they are suitable for all the guests.

【CEREALS & OIL | 粮油】

CANOLA OIL | キャノーラ油 | 菜籽油
SWEET POTATO STARCH | 红薯淀粉
CORN STARCH | 片栗粉 | 玉米淀粉
SWEET POTATO VERMICELLI | 红薯粉条
MILLET | 黄小米
VERMICELLI | 春雨 | 粉丝
SESAME OIL | ごま油 | 芝麻油
WHEAT FLOUR | 小麦粉
RICE | 米

Note: No animal fat contained oil or material will be used.

【MEAT, EGG & MILK | 肉蛋乳】

BEEF PAYA(LEG) | 牛足 | 牛腿肉
BEEF MINCE | 牛ミンチ | 牛肉馅
BEEF BONELESS DICE CUT | 骨なし牛肉 | 无骨牛肉块
CHICKEN WHOLE GRILL | グリル用丸鶏 | 烧烤用整鸡
CHICKEN BONELESS LEG | 骨なし鶏もも肉 | 无骨鸡腿肉
SALTED DUCK EGG YOLK | 鴨の卵黄塩漬け | 咸鸭蛋黄
PRESERVED DUCK EGG | 皮蛋
CHICKEN EGG | 鶏卵 | 鸡蛋

【AQUATIC PRODUCT | 水产品】

PRAWNS | 对虾
FISH | 鱼
SHRIMP | エビ | 虾仁

【BEAN PRODUCT | 豆制品】

TOFU | 豆腐

【VEGETABLE, FRUIT & NUT | 蔬果】

GREEN ONION | ネギ | 葱
GINGER | 生姜
GARLIC | ニンニク | 大蒜
GARLIC | ニンニク | 蒜
ONION | 玉ねぎ | 洋葱
CARROT | 人参 | 胡萝卜
CHINESE CHIVES | ニラ | 韭菜
POTATO | じゃがいも | 马铃薯
EGGPLANTS | 茄子
CUCUMBER | きゅうり | 黄瓜
CHINESE CABBAGE | 白菜
TOMATO | 番茄
GREEN PEPPER | ピーマン | 青椒
JUJUBE | ナツメ | 大枣
PEANUTS | 花生
CORN | 玉米粒
PICKLED MUSTARD STEMS | 榨菜
SUNFLOWER SEEDS | 葵花籽
SEAWEED STRIPS | 海带丝
SESAME | 芝麻
LEMON | 柠檬

【SEASONING | 调味料】

SALT | 塩 | 盐
SUGAR | 砂糖 | 白糖
BLACK PEPPER | ブラックペッパー | 黑胡椒
SICHUAN PEPPERCORN | 四川胡椒 | 花椒
PAPRIKA | パプリカ | 辣椒粉
CUMIN | クミン | 小茴香、孜然
CINNAMON | シナモン | 桂皮
STAR ANISE POWDER | 八角粉
GINGER POWER | 生姜粉
PEPPER OIL | 胡椒油 | 花椒油
SOYBEAN PASTE | 黄豆酱
(HALAL) VINEGAR SUGAR GARLIC | 糖醋蒜
CHILI GARLIC SAUCE | 蒜蓉辣酱
DRIED RED CHILI | 干红辣椒
CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS | 小米椒
(HALAL) BRAISED CHICKEN SEASONING BAG | 卤鸡调料包
(HALAL) SOY SAUCE | 酱油
LEMON JUICE | 浓缩柠檬汁
OYSTER SAUCE | 蚝油
COMPOUND SEASONING (plant composition only) | 复合调味料
KETCHUP | 番茄酱
CANNED CUT TOMATOES | 番茄罐头
HONEY | はちみつ | 蜂蜜

【PRE-MADE | 预制品】

SESAME BALL | 麻球

glutinous rice flour, sugar, maltose, glucose, wheat flour, white sesame, corn starch, black sesame, palm oil, sesame oil

SWEET DUMPLINGS | 汤圆

wheat starch, glutinous rice flour, plant oil, black sesame, sugar

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News Update: Jan. 18, 2023 (Wed.)

Thanks to the help from Arif and Luosang today, we checked the fish selling situation in Japanese supermarket, purchased a lot of groceries (plates, containers, fork, spoon, etc.) for cooking, and finished an important procedure for one dish ~ to fry crispy chicken.

We used the chicken legs bought from MALAM, and flavoured with a lot of seasonings. Wheat flour, sweet potato starch and egg were used to make the crispy wrap, as it was finished with canola oil frying at last. Some photos in this procedure are presented as follows.

We hope everything goes well with our preparation and you can enjoy a delicious and impressing meal finally. We appreciate the help and participation from you.