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The scent of lotus flowers is imbued with the warmth of the homeland.
During Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year), alongside the traditional feast of each family, you can enjoy lotus root salad, a rustic Vietnamese dish. It's considered an excellent appetizer for gatherings with relatives and friends. The vibrant colors blend together, and the taste is a delightful mix of flavors: the crispness of lotus root, the sourness of vinegar and lime, the sweetness of sugar and shrimp, the spiciness of garlic and chili, and the nutty flavor of roasted peanuts. All these elements combine to create a dish that stimulates the senses; it's tempting to look at and irresistible once you've tasted it. Typically, dishes made with lotus are best enjoyed slowly to savor the sweet and delicate flavor of the lotus seeds. You can also choose another special lotus dish: lotus rice, a light yet captivating dish. Trying it reveals a surprisingly refined and elegant taste, like a high-class royal dish, embodying the essence of Vietnamese cuisine.
Crab porridge hotpot
Crab porridge hotpot is definitely a perfect dish for diners during Tet (Vietnamese New Year) with its subtly sweet flavor of freshwater crab, enhanced by shallots, pepper, and spices. The crab roe is also stir-fried separately to bring out its aroma and infuse the "essence" of the crab into the hotpot. The key is that the porridge must be very thin, completely submerged in broth like a hotpot, allowing for dipping of vegetables, rare beef slices, and duck eggs according to individual taste... And since it's a porridge hotpot, it doesn't need to be eaten with rice, noodles, or vermicelli. The broth is fragrant, sweet, and rich with the flavors of the countryside – freshwater crab – along with a plate of chrysanthemum greens, watercress, coriander, and green onions. With every bite, the flavors of the greens blend into the hotpot – a truly delightful experience!
Start the year of "Dragon and Phoenix Reunion" with the prosperous Lo Hei Yu Sheng fish salad.
Just like in Vietnam, Lunar New Year is the most important holiday of the year in Singapore, when all family members, friends, and relatives gather together to enjoy traditional dishes. According to Singaporean tradition, the seventh day of the first lunar month is when everyone gathers to enjoy Lo Hei Yu Sheng, a delicious and auspicious fish salad, a popular dish served during the Lunar New Year. Family members, colleagues, and business partners will stand around a table and excitedly toss their chopsticks in the air while exchanging wishes for prosperity before enjoying this auspicious dish.
Lo Hei Yu Sheng, a salad of prosperity, is often served as an appetizer symbolizing good fortune at the beginning of the new year. It's a salmon salad with crisp, shredded vegetables and characteristic seasonings; each ingredient is carefully prepared. The act of tossing the ingredients together, called "Lo Hei," meaning "prosperity," again signifies success in business, making it a very popular dish among investors and businesspeople. The pronunciation of the "mixing" and "tossing" actions when enjoying this salad further enhances its meaning of "prosperity" and "abundance." This tradition is linked to the seventh day of the festival, where each participant must toss the salad seven times, shouting "Lo Hei" seven times, and the dish is made from seven different main ingredients. Let's look forward to 2013 and welcome a successful and lucky year with family, friends, or business partners with Lo Hei Yu Sheng!
May Man Restaurant – Fortuna Hotel Hanoi
- 6B Lang Ha Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
- Tel: 04. 3831 3333
