Well guys, it's only Wednesday, but it definitely feels like it should be Friday already. This week has just felt really, really long.
In a way, it is sort of almost my Friday - tomorrow, the office closes after lunchtime tomorrow for the Chinese New Year holiday, which officially starts on Friday. Unfortunately, I have plenty of work to do, so I will still be working instead of going on holiday like I did last year.
In celebration of the upcoming holiday, today at work, we did something a bit traditional - yu sheng! Yu sheng is also known as lo hei, and it is meant to bring prosperity for the new year. It is basically a big salad of shredded vegetables topped with raw salmon. Some spices and a plum sauce is added, and then diners take their chopsticks and toss all the ingredients together.. and that brings good luck to everyone I guess?
For some reason, I had always previously thought that lo hei had noodles in it, but I was wrong! Our lo hei had shredded carrots, green radishes, white radishes, some other vegetables that I didn't know, salmon, a ton of peanuts, some crispy things on top, pepper, cinnamon, and sauce. I was a bit nervous as one of my co-workers was setting everything up - I mean, salmon and cinnamon and peanuts??
Sadly, I didn't take a picture post-toss, but it was pretty tasty! It did taste mostly like a shredded vegetabel salad with an oriental dressing, but I didn't really care for the crispy bits that were on top. Other than that - pretty good! This was a new-to-me tradition, as I think this is a Chinese New Year tradition that is more common in Singapore and Malaysia, rather than in Taiwan? Hopefully the year of the horse will be a lucky one for me!!
In a way, it is sort of almost my Friday - tomorrow, the office closes after lunchtime tomorrow for the Chinese New Year holiday, which officially starts on Friday. Unfortunately, I have plenty of work to do, so I will still be working instead of going on holiday like I did last year.
In celebration of the upcoming holiday, today at work, we did something a bit traditional - yu sheng! Yu sheng is also known as lo hei, and it is meant to bring prosperity for the new year. It is basically a big salad of shredded vegetables topped with raw salmon. Some spices and a plum sauce is added, and then diners take their chopsticks and toss all the ingredients together.. and that brings good luck to everyone I guess?
Before the toppings are added
For some reason, I had always previously thought that lo hei had noodles in it, but I was wrong! Our lo hei had shredded carrots, green radishes, white radishes, some other vegetables that I didn't know, salmon, a ton of peanuts, some crispy things on top, pepper, cinnamon, and sauce. I was a bit nervous as one of my co-workers was setting everything up - I mean, salmon and cinnamon and peanuts??
Before the toss!
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