Chinese Food

Yuhensg , yee sang or yuu shang in Chinese means "鱼生".It is a cuisine consist of strips raw fish (most common salmon) , mixed with shredded vegetables and a variety of sauces and condiments. Yee Sang is served durimg Chinese New Year festival.

It originating from China then contemporary version is created and popularised in Singapore in the 1960s amongst the ethic Chinese community and its consumption has been associated with Chinese New Year festivities in Singapore as well as in neighbouring Malaysia. In Singapore, government, community and business leaders often take the lead in serving the dish as part of official functions during the festive period or in private celebrity dinners.

The dishes can be served with daikon (white radish), carrots,red pepper (capsicum),turnips,red pickled ginger,sun-dried oranges,daun limau nipis (key lime leaves),Chinese parsly,chilli,jellyfish,chopped peanuts,toasted sesame seeds.

During the serving,all people from dinners at the table then stand up and on cue,proceed to toss the shredded ingredients into the air with chopsticks while saying various "auspicious wishes" out loud.It is believed that the height of the toss reflects the height of the dinner's growth in fortunes.

Since Malaysia have 3 main races, therefore is good to promote the "Yee Sang" to foreign traveller, let them know more information about this dishes that only served during Chinese New Year.We believe that many foreign traveller don't have this kind of cuisine in their country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusheng