Chinese new year food in HK ?

Question

What do people in HK eat during Chinese New Year. And do people from different regions of mainland eat different things?

Answer 1

In the southern regions of China and Hong Kong, common celebration dishes are turnip cake ('loh bak go') and new year cake ('neen go'). Traditionally, these were made in the home and then given to relatives as a token of love and respect, though the abundance of ready-made turnip and new year cakes in supermarkets and restaurants means that the laborious process of making these new year foods at home has largely been eliminated.

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Northern Chinese, for example, will ring in the new year by making and eating dumplings ('jiaozi'), as their shape resembles gold ingots. The name 'jiaozi' also sounds like the word for China's earliest form of paper money, so dumplings are thought to bring wealth to those who eat them.

A popular tradition among Chinese walled village communities is a big hearty meal called 'poon choi', a feast that is served in a giant bowl (traditionally made of wood). Diners help themselves to the food in the bowl, which includes a vast quantity of ingredients - pork, chicken, beef, duck, prawns, tofu, abalone, dried mushrooms, Chinese radish, and so on - layered on top of one another and usually braised. The eating of poon choi is a communal activity and is considered important for family relations.

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Taiwan

As in all such festivals, food plays an important role throughout the Lunar New Year Festival, and dinners tend to be especially lavish. Many of the dishes made at this time are served because they are regarded as symbols of good luck. For instance, fish (yu) represent "having enough to spare," garlic chives (jiou cai) stand for "everlasting," turnips (cai tou) mean "good omens," and fish balls (yu wan) and meat balls (rou wan) represent "reunion." Auspicious refreshments are also prepared at this time, such as glutinous rice flour pudding (nian-gao), which is said to make people "advance toward higher positions and prosperity step by step." People usually have dumplings (shuei jiao) too, which look like shoe-shaped gold and are supposed to help those who eat them to amass fortunes and wealth.

Answer 2

HONG KONG

Nian Gao – Chinese New Year Cake

Turnip Cake

Mandarin Orange

Sweet and Sour Pork

Steamed Fish

White steamed chicken

Paper Wrap Chicken

Roast Duck

Honey Garlic Spareribs

Abalone

Buddha Jumps over the Wall

Vegetable roll

Braised Baby Back Ribs with Bean Threads

Braised Oyster with Sea Moss (Fat-CHoi-Hoo-See)

Chow Mein

Mixed vegetables

TAIWANESE

Tang Yuan (Glutinous Rice Balls)

Vegetarian dish

Steamed Fish

Buddha Jumps over the Wall

Spring Roll

Different Provinces serve different foods in China. The southern province, Guangdong food similarity as Hong Kong. The northern province, Hebei eat noodle and dumpling rather rice.