Operation GDL

With regard to AstroBanana's 过大礼 (guo da li) process, Eric Banana will try to blog as much as he can since he doesn't know or understand all the rituals and procedures. AstroBanana's parents and relatives helped a lot in this aspect.

For the wedding cakes, Astro Girl's parents requested for traditional ones, so Eric Banana ordered them from 锦泰饼家 (Gin Thye Cake Maker), an established name in making cakes since 1964. Different dialect groups have different practices. As Astro Girl is Teochew, the wedding cakes to get were 伍色糖 (wu se tang). According to Gin Thye's website, 伍色糖 are traditional wedding gifts from a Teochew bride to her relatives. 伍色糖 consist of 豆沙饼 (dou sha bing), 明糖 (ming tang), 豆闰 (dou run), 豆槓 (dou gong) and 老妈糕 (lao ma gao). Eric Banana wonders what they are made of though. Even one box was very heavy, as if the cakes were cast from stone. It must have been, what, at least 2 kg each?

Letting the photos speak for themselves, here are what the groom's family presented:























And here are what the bride's family presented to the groom's family in return: