Lunch date: February 7, 2008
Occasion: Anna’s Family New Year Gathering
Number of People: 15
Cost: HK$1,056 (US$135), inclusive 10% service charge
Restaurant name: Hoi Tin (Asia) Harbour Restaurant
Anna's comment: It is my family’s tradition of getting together on the first day of Chinese New Year. The name of the foods are given in a good sense the Cantonese way, such as:
* Fish – surplus
* Tongue – profit
* Knuckle – lucky money
* Oyster – lots of business
Occasion: Anna’s Family New Year Gathering
Number of People: 15
Cost: HK$1,056 (US$135), inclusive 10% service charge
Restaurant name: Hoi Tin (Asia) Harbour Restaurant
Anna's comment: It is my family’s tradition of getting together on the first day of Chinese New Year. The name of the foods are given in a good sense the Cantonese way, such as:
* Fish – surplus
* Tongue – profit
* Knuckle – lucky money
* Oyster – lots of business
Cantonese enjoy family gathering with lots of dim sum.
This is just part of them. 滿枱點心最開心
Fish Balls (lots of surplus) 髮菜鯪魚球Pig's Tongue (lots of profit) 大吉大利
Pig's Knuckle (lucky money come the easy way) 橫財就手
Pig's Knuckle in close up 橫財就手
Hong Kong Chinese New Year - Cantonese Dim Sum
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