Gong Hei Fatt Choi !

[DC.]

Gong Hei Fatt Choi !! (Cantonese greeting for a Prosperous & Happy New Year)

As usual pictures are here
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/displaced_chinaman/my_photos

1. Scallops & broccoli
2. Deep fried stuffed fish
3. Yu Shang(raw fish toss salad)
4. Braised sea cucumbers & veg.
5. Spicy sweet & sour prawns
6. Green veg. (a kind of Chinese lettuce/cabbage?)
7. Double cooked pork
8. Drunken chicken
9. Shark's fin soup
10. HorYipFan(rice cooked with Chinese sausages, meats etc. wrapped in lotus
leaves-served w/o the leaves)

All 8 dishes have symbolic meanings in Cantonese. The word for 'fish' sounds
& rhymes with the words for prosperity & good fortune, hence quite a few
fish dishes are served. The word for 'prawns' (Ha) sounds like laughter &
the dish is red in colour, a festive colour. The name for that particular
green veg. (Shang Choi) sounds like 'to born' = a new life or a new start.
The double cooked pork has a story behind it as well but i forget... i just
like to eat it! The chicken dish is also symbolic to a new life & hence new
year. The shark's fin as well has a meaning but again me forgets... The
lotus leave rice 'HoYipFan' = good fortune rice as 'Ho' sounds identical to
the Chinese word for good fortune/good luck. Finally... 8 dishes are served
because the Cantonese word for 8 is Paat & sounds like Fatt (to prosper) as
in the Cantonese new year greeting... Gong Hei Fatt Choi.

DC.

[Lin Chung]

Post by DC.
Gong Hei Fatt Choi !! (Cantonese greeting for a Prosperous & Happy New Year)
As usual pictures are here
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/displaced_chinaman/my_photos
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All 8 dishes have symbolic meanings in Cantonese. The word for 'fish' sounds
& rhymes with the words for prosperity & good fortune, hence quite a few
fish dishes are served. The word for 'prawns' (Ha) sounds like laughter &
the dish is red in colour, a festive colour. The name for that particular
green veg. (Shang Choi) sounds like 'to born' = a new life or a new start.
The double cooked pork has a story behind it as well but i forget... i just
like to eat it! The chicken dish is also symbolic to a new life & hence new
year. The shark's fin as well has a meaning but again me forgets... The
lotus leave rice 'HoYipFan' = good fortune rice as 'Ho' sounds identical to
the Chinese word for good fortune/good luck. Finally... 8 dishes are served
because the Cantonese word for 8 is Paat & sounds like Fatt (to prosper) as
in the Cantonese new year greeting... Gong Hei Fatt Choi.

...

Gong Hei Fatt Choi from here too.

We have chicken, a lot. This is the year of the rooster.

[LeRoy]

Gong Hei Fatt Choi to you and yours, DC and to all of you here on the NG.
Best wishes for a happy, peaceful and prosperous year of the Rooster.

Just a small gathering for us this year - main festivities at my parents, so
no cooking for me (yay!!), just the washing and clearing up (boooo)

Happy New Year

Pat

Post by DC.
Gong Hei Fatt Choi !! (Cantonese greeting for a Prosperous & Happy New Year)
As usual pictures are here
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/displaced_chinaman/my_photos
1. Scallops & broccoli
2. Deep fried stuffed fish
3. Yu Shang(raw fish toss salad)
4. Braised sea cucumbers & veg.
5. Spicy sweet & sour prawns
6. Green veg. (a kind of Chinese lettuce/cabbage?)
7. Double cooked pork
8. Drunken chicken
9. Shark's fin soup
10. HorYipFan(rice cooked with Chinese sausages, meats etc. wrapped in lotus
leaves-served w/o the leaves)
All 8 dishes have symbolic meanings in Cantonese. The word for 'fish' sounds
& rhymes with the words for prosperity & good fortune, hence quite a few
fish dishes are served. The word for 'prawns' (Ha) sounds like laughter &
the dish is red in colour, a festive colour. The name for that particular
green veg. (Shang Choi) sounds like 'to born' = a new life or a new start.
The double cooked pork has a story behind it as well but i forget... i just
like to eat it! The chicken dish is also symbolic to a new life & hence new
year. The shark's fin as well has a meaning but again me forgets... The
lotus leave rice 'HoYipFan' = good fortune rice as 'Ho' sounds identical to
the Chinese word for good fortune/good luck. Finally... 8 dishes are served
because the Cantonese word for 8 is Paat & sounds like Fatt (to prosper) as
in the Cantonese new year greeting... Gong Hei Fatt Choi.
DC.

...

[PE]

Post by DC.
Gong Hei Fatt Choi !! (Cantonese greeting for a Prosperous & Happy New Year)
As usual pictures are here
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/displaced_chinaman/my_photos
1. Scallops & broccoli
2. Deep fried stuffed fish
3. Yu Shang(raw fish toss salad)
4. Braised sea cucumbers & veg.
5. Spicy sweet & sour prawns
6. Green veg. (a kind of Chinese lettuce/cabbage?)
7. Double cooked pork
8. Drunken chicken
9. Shark's fin soup
10. HorYipFan(rice cooked with Chinese sausages, meats etc. wrapped in lotus
leaves-served w/o the leaves)
All 8 dishes have symbolic meanings in Cantonese. The word for 'fish' sounds
& rhymes with the words for prosperity & good fortune, hence quite a few
fish dishes are served. The word for 'prawns' (Ha) sounds like laughter &
the dish is red in colour, a festive colour. The name for that particular
green veg. (Shang Choi) sounds like 'to born' = a new life or a new start.
The double cooked pork has a story behind it as well but i forget... i just
like to eat it! The chicken dish is also symbolic to a new life & hence new
year. The shark's fin as well has a meaning but again me forgets... The
lotus leave rice 'HoYipFan' = good fortune rice as 'Ho' sounds identical to
the Chinese word for good fortune/good luck. Finally... 8 dishes are served
because the Cantonese word for 8 is Paat & sounds like Fatt (to prosper) as
in the Cantonese new year greeting... Gong Hei Fatt Choi.
DC.

...

Gong Hei Fatt Choi to everyone!

Bravo Bravo DC. You've got everything - sea cucumber, shark's fin soup etc.
Where is abalone? And where is "fatt choi ho si"? HeeHee.

I cooked only three dishes for CNY eve dinner:-
1. Steamed fish (lemon sole)
2. Beef fillet steak Chinese style, with lettuce "yau choi" round the
edge of the dish.
3. "Fatt choi ho si" black moss with dried oysters.

We had quite a bit of left overs for next year, especially "fatt choi ho
si". HaHa.

Theresa