The good luck food of Chinese New Year

Released on: January 30, 2008, 7:43 pm

Press Release Author: Jojo Robles

Industry: Food & Beverage

Press Release Summary: Fancy eating a salad of raw fish? You might get lucky doing
so according to Chinese legends. But, with a sumptuous mélange of spices and plum
sauce, luck or no luck this Chinese New Year treat is a must-have for even the most
philistine and discriminating of delicacy buffs.

Press Release Body: Called yusheng in local parlance, the raw fish salad treat is
introduced in Singapore by 19th century Chinese settlers from the coastal towns of
South China. These seafaring men and women depended on the sea for their fortunes,
and gave thanks to the sea by offering the most elaborate seafood treat they had to
a Chinese female deity known as Nuwo.

The Chinese dish consist of fish strips, most commonly salmon or ikan parang, and
mixed with shredded vegetables and fermented sauce mixes to enchanting effect. Due
to the labor-intensive requisite of preparing a Singapore yusheng, the dish has
traditionally been served in Chinese-majority countries like Singapore only on
special occasions and dates like the Chinese New Year.

Yusheng is a popular dish in Singapore hotels and restaurants. By tradition at the
YWCA Fort Canning Lodge in Singapore, families would gather around the table of
yusheng and on cue, would toss the shredded bits of the dish into the air while
exclaiming auspicious wishes. This practice has given the name "Traditional Toss" to
a dish of yusheng.

From January 28 to February 8, the hotel in Singapore of YWCA Fort Canning Lodge
offers Chinese New Year yusheng packages at the hotel's Coffee House restaurant. The
traditional yusheng toss comes with salmon and ikan parang varieties. Each set is
available for up to 10 persons and can be availed at the Singapore hotel from 12 pm
to 8:30 pm.

In addition to the traditional yusheng toss, the Singapore YWCA Fort Canning Lodge
likewise offers reunion and celebration packages during the Chinese New Year season.
For details on the Chinese New Year Specials at YWCA Fort Canning Lodge, you can
visit their Singapore hotel website. Located at Fort Canning Park, the YWCA Hotel in
Singapore can get you tossed to prosperity this Chinese New Year.



YWCA Singapore Hotel
Fort Canning, Singapore
http://www.ywcafclodge.org.sg


Web Site: http://www.ywcafclodge.org.sg

Contact Details: Jojo Robles
Head, Editorial Department
http://singaporetravelblog.blogspot.com/
robles.jojo@gmail.com

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