Ginger and Scallion Fish (姜葱鱼片)

Ginger and Scallion Fish (姜葱鱼片)
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Chinese (Lunar) New Year falls on February 14 this year. In less than three weeks time, Chinese all over the would will be ushering in the year of Tiger. According to Chinese zodiac, this is the year of Golden Tiger, which signifies a prosper, courageous, and fearless year. I am personally looking forward to the year of Tiger and pray hard that the Golden Tiger will bring happiness and great health to my family and that all my dreams will come true.

A big celebration such as Chinese (Lunar) New Year calls for many scrumptious dishes; most importantly, we believe that certain ingredients signify great meanings to what lie ahead in the coming year. For example: fish, dried oysters, fat choy (hair moss or hair weed), all of them are lucky foods that will guarantee buckets of savings and money (fish), good market (dried oysters), and great fortune (hair moss). I know, Chinese are superstitious but I am a firm believer…(get ginger and scallion fish recipe after the jump)

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Ginger and Scallion Crab Recipe (姜葱蟹)

Ginger and Scallion Crab Recipe (姜葱蟹)

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Remember that scene in Pretty Woman when Julia Roberts was trying to devour her escargot and it flew across the table?
I had that exact “Pretty Woman” moment–a disgraceful and embarrassing one I must say–at a Chinese restaurant recently. It was a plate of mouth-watering ginger and scallion crab, and the character in play was…