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A unique dish to ring in the Lunar New Year

21 January 2012

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Chinese Malaysians and Singaporeans celebrate the New Year with a dish that isn’t common in Chinese communities anywhere else in the world. Yee Sang is a fish salad served as an appetiser and tossed with great ceremony at family reunion dinners.

Yee Sang symbolises good luck for Chinese families and is the most important part of a New Year meal for these cultures.

Presenter: Adelaine Ng

Speaker: Helen Tan, founder of Melbourne’s Straits Cafe in Wantirna