This Kebabs Seller only appear in Chinatown to sell his kebabs to the pre Chinese New Year's crowd. At $4 for a chicken kebabs it is very cheap.

This is a cute turkish ice cream seller. Besides selling his ice cream he would play tricks on his customer. He will use a long ladle to scoop the ice cream and put into the cone and pretend to hand them to his customers and before the customers can grab the cone, he would pull the ice cream cone back to him. It is quite funny how he tricked his customers and he did it very professionally.

Fruits for Chinese New Year

These fruits are favourite during Chinese New Year.

Mini Pumpkins are known as lucky melons and they are a favourite because of its gold colour. Having golden pumpkins in the house means having gold in the house.

Tangerines are favourite too because they symbolised wealth. The chinese character "Da Ji Da Li" symbolised good luck.

Pomelo symbolised good fortune and prosperity.

Chinese New Year 2008 Goodies

Stall selling Dried Persimmon.

Dried candies-a favourite during Chinese New Year. It will be placed in a candy box/tray with 8 different compartments. Eight is an auspicious number for Chinese, it meant sudden fortune.

Different candies have different meanings. Candied melons symbolised growth and good health, lotus seeds symbolised lots of offspring.

Melon seeds-it is a symbol of joy and sincerity.

Pistachios from USA.

Assorted sweets also a must during Chinese New Year. It symbolised a sweet year.

Chinese New Year 2008-Goodies

There are many such stalls in Chinatown selling cookies for the festive period. This stall is selling 5 boxes of cookies for $11 but on Chinese New Year Eve, the price will be slashed to just 50 cents a bottle.