On day 1 of CNY, many people have the practice of observing a no meat and no fish day so a vegetarian lou sang (prosperity toss) it is.
What is in this vegetarian dish? 1. carrot 2. pineapple 3. pomegranate 4. green mango 5. lettuce 6. beetroot 7. raw corns 8. purple cabbage 9. seaweed 10. pineapple 11. cucumber 12. pickled young papaya 13. baby tomatoes 14. daikon making this dish very colourful.
It is packaged nicely.
A sturdy box is provided too. This box - a portion meant for 3 to 5 pax - costs MYR 48.80+ (MYR 51.75 nett).
For size comparison. The green and red packets contain pepper and 5 spice powder which we did not use because these ingredients taste good without them too.
Happy cny to you and your family mun huat ah!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Same to you too!
DeleteOh? Never heard of this no meat on the 1st Day thing? I thought everyone would be celebrating and eating full swing.
ReplyDeleteI knew one old Chinese lady in Singapore, my landlady, she would eat plain rice with hardly much else all year and come Chinese New Year, she would cook EVERYTHING - pork, chicken, duck, fish, prawns - you name it, she had it! But the children never came home, just her and her old husband...and she kept asking me to join them to eat...and she would keep reheating and eating the same things the whole week.
Vegetarian on CNY day 1 is quite common in KL. Some do it for half day only, some do it for full day.
DeleteYour landlady is just following tradition to cook EVERYTHING meat related because back in the old days, people are so poor that they only get to eat meat during CNY celebration.
Cool! I've just posted a Yusheng article too. Happy CNY, dear! xoxo
ReplyDeleteHappy CNY to you and your family too! Just read your yusheng post - good that you made your own.
DeleteIt looks tasty even without any raw fish. Gong Xi Fa Cai to you and your family, Mun!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Same to you too! I agree that yusheng taste is good even without the raw fish. Fish is there as a good symbol of "nian nian you yu"
DeleteWow. Preparing the vegetables must had taken a lot of time.
ReplyDeleteThat is why it is expensive.
DeleteHappy CNY to you and family! I love lou sang minus the raw fish.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Same to you! I rather not eat the raw fish as most restaurants that offer lou sang normally do not serve raw fish.
DeleteI'd thrown everything in hehe.
ReplyDeleteDid you see the pics of yee sang arranged to look like dogs this year? For me it's the first year seeing this, and I'm sure the trend would be continuing.
Yes, I have seen it but it puts my appetite off to see it because it is like eating the dog.
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