While we can’t guarantee that eating these dishes is all it takes for a fruitful year ahead, we’ll be cooking up these lucky foods this Chinese New Year's eve to play it on the safe side
Chinese New Year is the time for family reunions, fresh beginnings, red packets—and lots of food. The reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve, which falls on Thursday, February 11 this year, is considered to be the most important meal of the year where family members get together to celebrate.
Traditionally including dishes that each symbolise a lucky meaning due to punny wordplays or similar appearances, eating these dishes promises that you’ll have a luck-filled year ahead, whether you’re looking for riches, a harmonious family life or good health.
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To learn more about the dishes’ origin and lucky meaning, Tatler Hong Kong invited chef May Chow, founder of Little Bao and Happy Paradise; chef Jowett Yu of Ho Lee Fook; and chef Lee Man Sing of Mott 32 to get special insights on how dishes are made, prepared and served.
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