The above picture is a mini bowl of yee sang for 1 person from Sushi King at this time of festivity. As for the tradition of eating yee sang during Chinese New Year, this is an invented “tradition” of the Chinese in Malaysia (and Singapore). Yee sang – a dish of raw salmon fish slices mixed with crunchies and other ingredients like julienned cucumber, carrots, turnips plus sauces of various kinds such as plum sauce and honey – is not part of New Year cuisine among the Chinese of Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Part of the attraction or fun of eating yee sang comes from audience participation, i.e., all those present at the dinner table are supplied with chopsticks and are actively encouraged to indulge in boisterous mixing of the ingredients simultaneously. The higher you toss the yee sang, the better luck and fortune for the year. Thus, a feeling of family togetherness and bonding is created at the same time.

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