“Prosperity Toss”, and “Basin Food”

Two food dishes that are popular during the Chinese New Year are the 'Prosperity Toss', also known as 'Lo Hei' in Cantonese, or ‘Yi Sheng’, a salad and raw fish dish, and ‘Basin Food’, or 'Poon Choi' in Cantonese.

That was what we had at one of the gatherings during Chinese New Year. The usual suspects gathered at our friend, Ernest’s house, and he prepared 'Yu Sheng' and ‘Poon Choi’ for dinner.

For starters, we had the ‘Yu Sheng’ which is basically a salad - Julian's of carrots and radish with slices of fish. All diners gave the ingredients a toss while chanting well wishes, before they share the dish.

Ingredients in the ‘poon choi’ includes minced pork n fish paste, braised mushrooms, braised pork, scallop, abalone, broccoli, prawns, sea cucumber. So called 'Poon Choi' because everything is in one pot.

We had 'Yi Sheng' and 'Poon Choi' two years ago and I wrote about them in detail. Have a look at the posts if you are interested.

👉 Prosperity Toss

👉 Basin Food

This year, we had an additional dish of lotus roots, pork ribs soup with dates. This soup is touted to have herbal qualities, nutritious and good for the body.

As with all dinners at Ernest's, it was scrumptious dinner.

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