Very good morning~~~~
I have to admit that I didn’t blog regularly recently. It’s not because that I didn’t have story in this new area; it’s simply that my daily work has been very busy. But not to worry because I had an excellent story for the past Chinese New Year. Today I want to share about the famous food in Chinese New Year. Have you heard or watch Yee Sang???
Yee Sang or Yu Sheng is Chinese New Year Prosperity Salad.
It usually consists of strips of raw fish most commonly salmon, mixed with shredded vegetables and a variety of sauces and condiments, among other ingredients. Therefore, Yee Sang is considered a symbol of abundance, prosperity and vigor. Yee Sang have own history. From the web I were found actually the present form of Yee Sang is believed to have started in Chouzo and Shantou as far back as the Dynasty. But the modern Ye Sang dish originated during Lunar New Year in 1964 in Singapore's Lai Wah Restaurant.
A Yee Sang dish would comprise of a plate of various pickled strips of vegetables and fruits in various red and green shades. Yee Sang had fish served with daikon (white radish), carrots, red pepper (capsicum), turnips, red pickled ginger, sun-dried oranges, daun limau nipis , Chinese parsley, chilli, jellyfish, chopped peanuts, toasted sesame seeds, Chinese shrimp crackers (or fried dried shrimp), five spice powder and other ingredients, laced with a sauce using plum sauce, rice vinegar, kumquat paste and sesame oil, for a total of 27 ingredients. Originally, the dish used raw mackerel, although in deference to the popular wishes of customers, salmon was later offered as an alternative due to the growing popularity
of Salmon.Wow Yee Sang just like colour of rainbow
of Salmon.Wow Yee Sang just like colour of rainbow
Yee Sang is often served as part of a multi-dish dinner, usually as the appetizer due to its symbolism of "good luck" for the New Year. The base ingredients are first served. The leader amongst the diners or the restaurant server proceeds to add ingredients such as the fish, the crackers and the sauces while saying "auspicious wishes”.
All diners at the table then stand up and on cue proceed to toss the shredded ingredients into the air with chopsticks while saying various "auspicious wishes" out loud. It is believed that the height of the toss reflects the height of the diner's growth in fortunes, thus diners are expected to toss enthusiastically.I think Yee Sang is symbolic for Chinese New Year that same with us that Ketupat and Rendang at Hari Raya.I put Yee Sang this week just to share many variaties of food comes from different culture.
Happiness resides not in posessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Democritus
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