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Chinese Chicken Spring Rolls is one of my favorite Chinese snack, crispy and crunchy yet so juicy and loaded with so much flavors.
Christmas day was so special for us, I was given day off from my hubby and kids, day off from kitchen!! though I did make some specials for Christmas eve, which everybody happily gobbled up....but on Christmas day, the three of them declared......Kitchen closed- for Christmas!! So I was pampered the whole day by the three love of my life ....... Homey was on official tour for about a week and he flew in on Christmas eve and again he had another official engagements on 26th, so he came down to be with us for Christmas, thoroughly jet-lagged....but I was glad he could make it home for Christmas, I had…
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