Thursday, February 28, 2008

'Yee Sang' performed in a malay house.





Yee Sang? I know its traditionally a chinese dish served as an appetizer to raise 'good luck' for the new year and is usually eaten on Renri, the seventh day of the Chinese New Year. In a celebration known as "lo hei", families and friends gather around the table and, on cue, proceed to toss the shredded ingredients into the air with chopsticks while saying (Jíxiáng Huà, auspicious wishes) out loud to mark the start of a prosperous new year.

Typical ingredients include: fresh salmon, daikon (white radish), carrot, red pepper (capsicum), ginger, daun limau nipis (lime tree leaves), Chinese parsley, chopped peanuts, toasted sesame seeds, Chinese shrimp crackers (or fried dried shrimp), five spice powder. The dressing is made primarily from plum sauce.

Well, last Sunday, my Sister’s family celebrated my brother in-law's birthday after Tahlil and Yassin together, starting with Yee Sang, following with Nasi Beriyani (Prawn and chicken) and ended with dessert of Baskin Robbin Ice Cream courtesy of my nephew – Syafique.

Yee Sang? Well I guess Malaysian are more intergrated culturally today than in yester years.

Happy birthday to Abang Mus.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Yee Sang is like kerabu. I like thai kerabu with sotong, but the one with kulit kaki ayam..mmm yummy so hot, spicy and pedas.
The chinese yee sang is not my cup of tea. This chinese yee sang have to go along with salmon fish, uncook.