Lo Hei Or Yu Sheng!
Sunday, January 27, 2008 in Daisy's Thoughts, General Blog Posts, Really Nice Food by Daisy Share 
Today, we went for “Lo Hei” (Cantonese 撈起 or æžèµ·) or Yu Sheng!! Here in Singa, it’s a very popular appetiser dish during the CNY period… representing good luck…
Yu means “fish” but enunciated appropriately, it also means “abundance”; and sheng means literally “raw” but enunciated appropriately, it means “life”. So yu sheng implies “abundance of wealth and long life”! In Cantonese it is known as lo sheng with lo also meaning “tossing up good fortune”. The tossing action is called lo hei, which means to “rise” (hei). Families and frens would gather round the table and when ready – toss the shredded ingredients into the air with chopsticks whilst saying “good luck” wishes… Really fun!
Typical ingredients include: fresh salmon, daikon (white radish), carrot, red pepper (capsicum), ginger, daun limau nipis (leaves from lime tree), Chinese parsley, chopped peanuts, toasted sesame seeds, Chinese shrimp crackers (or fried dried shrimp), five spice powder and the dressing made primarily from plum sauce.
