For reunion dinners on the last day of the Chinese New Year, certain dishes were served.
Fish is a must have, "yu" means abundance.
Prawns are chosen because "ha" in Cantonese sounds like laughter.
Oysters are valued as "hosi" in Cantonese means good news.
Those vegetarian black threads that look like fake hair is called "fatt choy" which means becoming prosperous.Sometimes deep fried tofu is served as "kum yook moon tong". That is supposed to mean gold and jade filling the hall.
For some families, it is a joy to have every member the table. For others it is stressful to see everyone together. Tradition dictates that some need to slave over the kitchen for hours to prepare a feast that takes less than an hour to eat. If there is no one willing to put in that amount of work, then someone would have to shell out a fair amount of hard cash to pay for a restaurant meal.
Chinese new year will come early in 2012. Any Chinese restaurant willing to stay open will make a killing in profit. I heard that booking was full in November in certain popular eateries for the dinner on the eve.
* Ingredients Health Food.jpg from tupian8.info
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