Sibu Food. Manjiu Gor and weddings

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A cousin of mine told me not too long ago, Foochow men were really good in making these caskes. 40 or more years ago, wedding banquets for Foochow families were mainly catered at home and a team of cooks and helping hands would come to the house to prepare the wedding feast.

So when a family was invited to the wedding, the whole family would get ready to go to the house to SIAK JIU, or eat WINE.

It was really a happy occasion for every one, old and young, big and small.

Some families even chartered a motor launch for relatives to attend the feast.

There was no wedding card I remember, just by word of mouth.

At the end of the wedding feast because every one was very full, the host and the hostess would wrap up the extra manjiu gor for the guests to take home.

Well made manjiu gor can last a few days without refrigeration. But poorly made ones would have moulds very quickly.

I did not like to see moulds on food and I usually made this comment, "Why not enjoy the gor as soon as we get them. Now you see all the tii sai moh and you have to throw it away. What a pity."