Just had dinner and I am feeling quite bored so I just write how my mind speaks. How time flies, Chinese New Year will soon be over. It is already the sixth day and tomorrow is when most people goes to restaurant to have their dinner and eat "yee sang" as it is "yan yat" or humans' day according to my own translation.
An early birthday wish to everybody.. "HAPPY BIRTDAY EVERYBODY' . During Chinese New Year, when comes to the seventh day, a day where the Chinese celebrated it to remember birthdays, "Yan Yat".
Eating yee sang during the Chinese New Year is quite common nowadays. Years ago, we can only find yee sang and presented as a dish but nowadays yee sang is available even before the Chinese New Year and people start eating even during a family reunion dinner or any days of the 15 days of Chinese New Year. This whole word is part of Chinese culture. When the people eat this dish they also call it as "lou sang" means rise up or prosperity.
Some of the simple ways of making yee sang is that it must be very colourful. It consists of around 20 ingredients or so to make this dish. Coloured strips of green yam in red and green, shredded carrots, pickled papaya shredded radish and young ginger that has been dyed in red and green in colour. Crispy strips of fried stuff is also used and added, not to forget the chestnut, small bits of pomelo flesh (optional) and crackers. All the ingredients are then arranged separated from each other on a very big plate.
Thinly sliced raw fish are then put on a separate plate. Add in a little wine, some lime juice and sprinkle dash of five spice powder on the fish. After that transfer back the rearrange the fish strips that are thinly cut on top of the the rest of the stuff on the earlier on big plate. Remember to add in dash of pepper, sesame seed, grounded peanuts, oil and sweet sauce on top of the yee sang. Jelly fish can be used if one does not like to eat raw fish. Some may even add in abalone to it.
Finally gather everyone in the family or those who are having dinner together and toss the Yee Sang high up. Together everyone who are going to eat the yee sang will shout las loud as possible 'lou hei, lou hei' and the louder you say it the better it is, and you will get a better luck... but make sure the Yee Sang doesn't spill out from of the plate. If this happens then your luck will spill out too.
Everyone that is dining together must finish it up for prosperityand longevity during the lou sang. Though tomorrow is only "Yan Yat" i would like to wish everybody an early "Happy Birthday" for tomorrow seventh day of Chinese New Year.
An early birthday wish to everybody.. "HAPPY BIRTDAY EVERYBODY' . During Chinese New Year, when comes to the seventh day, a day where the Chinese celebrated it to remember birthdays, "Yan Yat".
Eating yee sang during the Chinese New Year is quite common nowadays. Years ago, we can only find yee sang and presented as a dish but nowadays yee sang is available even before the Chinese New Year and people start eating even during a family reunion dinner or any days of the 15 days of Chinese New Year. This whole word is part of Chinese culture. When the people eat this dish they also call it as "lou sang" means rise up or prosperity.
Some of the simple ways of making yee sang is that it must be very colourful. It consists of around 20 ingredients or so to make this dish. Coloured strips of green yam in red and green, shredded carrots, pickled papaya shredded radish and young ginger that has been dyed in red and green in colour. Crispy strips of fried stuff is also used and added, not to forget the chestnut, small bits of pomelo flesh (optional) and crackers. All the ingredients are then arranged separated from each other on a very big plate.
Thinly sliced raw fish are then put on a separate plate. Add in a little wine, some lime juice and sprinkle dash of five spice powder on the fish. After that transfer back the rearrange the fish strips that are thinly cut on top of the the rest of the stuff on the earlier on big plate. Remember to add in dash of pepper, sesame seed, grounded peanuts, oil and sweet sauce on top of the yee sang. Jelly fish can be used if one does not like to eat raw fish. Some may even add in abalone to it.
Finally gather everyone in the family or those who are having dinner together and toss the Yee Sang high up. Together everyone who are going to eat the yee sang will shout las loud as possible 'lou hei, lou hei' and the louder you say it the better it is, and you will get a better luck... but make sure the Yee Sang doesn't spill out from of the plate. If this happens then your luck will spill out too.
Everyone that is dining together must finish it up for prosperityand longevity during the lou sang. Though tomorrow is only "Yan Yat" i would like to wish everybody an early "Happy Birthday" for tomorrow seventh day of Chinese New Year.
1 comments :
Hi auntie!!! your food always look good. How I wish I can try them all now. Anyway, just arrive back from Hat Yai and wish a granny a happy birthday...!!!
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