Guess Whose Kids Are Called Char Siew Bao & Glutinous Rice?
So cute and so yummy.
Celebs really do give the funniest, not to mention yummiest, nicknames to their kids. Here are eight of the best.
SANDRA NG & PETER CHAN
They refer to their daughter Jillian as… Little Fat Chicken. Yes, seriously.
Um, why? Remember Sandra’s award-winning role as the hooker with the heart of gold in Golden Chicken? Apparently, Little Fat Chicken, you know a nickname for their now 12-year-old daughter, is a tribute to that. Did we mention the movie is about a sex worker?
ANGELABABY & HUANG XIAOMING
They refer to their son as… Little Sponge. (They have remained mum about their one-year-boy’s name.)
Um, why? When the couple was still keeping their relationship a secret back in 2010, Angelababy would often write about a certain ‘sponge cake’ on Weibo. It turned out to be her nickname for the actor, as ‘Big Brother Xiao Ming’ and ‘sponge cake’ sound similar in Cantonese. Which kinda makes sense that their kid is called ‘Little Sponge’ since he’s clearly um, soaking up all their love?
VICKI ZHAO
She refers to her daughter Huang Xing as… Little April.
Um, why? ’Cos the eight-year-old was born in, surprise, surprise, April.
ATHENA CHU & PAUL WONG
They refer to their daughter Debbie as… Char Siew Bao
Um, why? In 2012, the actress, and we’re assuming, major foodie, told journos that her then-newborn daughter was “as pretty as a freshly steamed char siew bao”. And the nickname just took off from there.
KELLY CHEN
She refers to her two sons Chace and Riley as… Har Gao Boy and Xiao Long Bao.
Um, why? Eight-year-old Chace is called ‘Har Gao Boy’ ’cos after giving birth to him, Kelly had described to reporters that the kid’s chin looked like the Cantonese dim sum dumpling. The next day, she realised that the papers had christened him as ‘Har Gao Boy’. As for her second son Riley, now six, she went along with the dim sum theme and since he was born in the Year of the Dragon, decided to name call him ‘Xiao Long Bao’. “I really didn’t want to call him ‘Siew Mai’,” she had joked.
RUBY LIN & WALLACE HUO
They refer to their daughter as… Little Dolphin. (FYI: The couple has yet to reveal the one-year-old’s name.)
Um, why? Turns out, when Ruby was a kid, she was nicknamed 'Dolphin' 'cos she would straighten her body during meal times the same way a dolphin would when it’s tail walking in water. She then decided to pass that moniker down to her daughter.
YANG MI & HAWICK LAU
They refer to their daughter Noemie as… Little Glutinous Rice.
Um, why? Yang Mi and Hawick's three-year-old was born on the fifth day of the fifth Lunar Month aka the Dragon Boat Festival. You know when we eat bak zhang, which are made of, yup, glutinous rice.
WILL LIU
He refers to his daughter Yu Fu as… Little Puff
Um, why? No particular reason apart from the fact that ‘Yu Fu’ in Chinese sounds like 'pao fu' or 'puff' in Chinese. We guess that makes Will... Puff Daddy?
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