Today there will be a Chinese New Year Dinner for my office staffs. Having a preview on the menu, it is not as what we normally expects to have for Chinese New Year.
The dinner will start with a "Yee Sang" - or raw fish slices with some raw vegetable and sweet and sour sauce. This dish is to be tossed by everyone on the table together which means "Lou Sang" - work for prosperity or work towards progress.
As far as I could remember, this dish is will only be available after the 7th day of Chinese New Year or what better known as "Yan Yat" - Human Birthday. However, as time changes, so does the trend and now it is made available way before the Chinese New Year.
This is the only Chinese dish that will be served today. The rest is kinda mixed style. In the menu, there are dishes like prawns with petai, rendang chicken, pandan chicken etc. All non-Chinese dish. The dinner will be held in a Nyonya (mixed between Chinese and Malays before the independence) restaurant. Therefore, it is not surprising to see those dishes there.
This restaurant is chosen is because this dinner is to be attended by all the staff of the office which include Muslims, therefore, the restaurant chosen must be "halal".
Well, better something than nothing right.
Bon Appetite!!
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