Thank you to our friend, Isa, for inviting us for Chinese New Year dinner!!
We always enjoy being with Isa because she is so down to earth, so funny and crazy! She is so generous always that even the waiter questioned her tip to them 🙂 She is always so organized and prepared. She planned it and prepared the menu in advance.
We love you Isa! Thank you for sharing yourself and your love with us which makes us very wealthy just by being our friend!
We have been very impressed with Summer Palace as we have been invited here a few times. And everytime is always a unique experience.
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Salmon Yee Sang
What an interesting dish! We all learned about it as Nancy explained it to us. This dish is served during Chinese New Year in Singapore and Malaysia.
During the olden times, gems were used for trading. So, each ingredient represents a gem.
Clockwise: Sapphire ( Raisins ), Tangerine ( Mango ), Gold Bars ( Carrot strips ), Ruby ( watermelon ), Cat Eyes ( corn ), Emerald (Cucumber strips ), topaz ( Jellyfish ), Diamonds ( Melon )
GOLD – Shredded carrots
underneath the shredded carrots is I think raddish which represents Diamonds
Nancy added the salmon which means ADDING MORE WEALTH, then she sprinkled pepper ( silver flakes ) and cinnamon ( gold flakes )
Then she added some crispy flakes which represent gold – so adding more gold
Sesame seeds – represents children, grandchildren, employees, business associates – Sharing your wealth with them
Peanuts – for HEALTH and LONGEVITY
Add sesame oil and plum sauce for solid and sweet life
Then everyone in the table has to toss the salad – the higher you toss the more abundance of wealth
The salad was actually very good!! We all enjoyed it..not only because it meant wealth and abundance 🙂
And Isa’s special dessert!!! WOW!! She created this, suddenly I felt like we were in a French restaurant. My favorite was the buchi with sesame ice cream!
aaaaay why wasnt i invited? hahaha 🙂
hi tita isa 🙂