Brown Rice With Pumpkin & Mushroom
by Che-Cheh on January 17, 2012 633 views
in Chinese
Firstly, I would like to wish my dear readers a very Happy Chinese New Year. San nin fai lok. Man see yue yee. Can’t wait to ‘mum’ the CNY cookies and yummy dishes in less than a week time. Hehe :)
As promised, here’s another interesting dish which you can try for the coming CNY. As the pumpkin is golden, it’s considered auspicious. Serving overflowing rice from the pumpkin signify abundance. I really like this idea hence this trial.
Fatt! Fatt! Fatt! to GOOD HEALTH!!!
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Stuffed Lotus Root With Mushrooms
by Che-Cheh on January 13, 2012 996 views
in Chinese, Side Dish
Happy New Year everyone! This first post of 2012 is themed lotus root. As Chinese New Year is around the corner I will share 1 or 2 CNY dishes with you all (provided they are yummy of course) and this is one of them.
Lotus root is one of the many auspicious Chinese New Year food. Others being fish, prawn, sea cucumber, black moss (fatt choy)… to name a few. Lotus root symbolizes abundance, togetherness and family unity. Let me explain how the symbol come about; lotus root in Cantonese is called lin gau (sounds like lin yau) which means abundance year every year. Also the round shape of lotus root is yuen in Cantonese which means togetherness.
This ‘mysterious’ dish… having not seen anything like it before, I was clueless what it would taste like. I didn’t give it much hope. But boy oh boy. It tasted fantastic. It’s a perfect auspicious dish for Chinese New Year!
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