The meaning of your favourite Chinese New Year dishes


Auspicious ingredients that are always in the festive spread. Photo: The Star/Low Lay Phon

A group of gregarious youngsters is in the hall while the women are labouring in the kitchen.

Siblings and cousins strike up a chat on auspicious ingredients in festive food, their stomachs rumbling while waiting for the glorious meal to be served. The smells of various dishes being cooked are making their mouths water.

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