Lo Hei

Just came back from a pre-Chinese New Year (CNY) dinner celebration, as usual such pre-CNY dinner celebration will have Lo Hei.

The word "Lo Hei" is Cantonese, it means 捞起. Actually, it a dish that consists of shedded carrot, ginger, grinded peanuts, white radish, shrimp crackers, salmon and sweet dressing. And such dish is usually eaten during Chinese New Year period to symbolise good fortunes for the coming year.

Before we tuck in this delicious dish, we have to mix the shredded ingredients together by using chopstick, usually the practise here is to toss the ingredients in the air. In addition to the process, auspicious wordings are said during the tossing. It is believed that when tossing, your fortunes are represented by the height that you tossed. Therefore, the higher you toss, the more fortune you will have. So let's hope that Lo Hei can bring us more good luck for this coming new year. Huat Ar!