Yee Sang is a favorite and most sought after among Malaysians and Singaporeans during the Chinese Lunar New Year festive period for celebration known as "Lo Hei". It is believed that Yee Sang is considered a symbol of abundance, prosperity and vigor. Tossing the Yee Sang usually marks the start of a prosperous year and abundance of good luck.
It's ingredients comprise of raw salmon and shredded strips of vegetables. Typical ingredients include: fresh salmon, daikon (white radish), carrot, red pepper (capsicum), ginger, daun limau nipis (leaves from lime tree), 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.
“Yee sang is a good mixture of all sorts of food. There’s some mee hoon in it and some fish too. Macam macam ada."
Not too sure how the mee hoon ended up in the Yee Sang recipe but this must be the truly Malaysian version!!!!! It could be that he had consumed without knowing what it was!!!!
Anybody eaten Yee Sang with mee hoon?
Too proud to ask perhaps!
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