By M.K. Lim

    It's a Chinese New Year's tradition to  "Lou Sang" on the eighth day of the New Year in the Lunar Calendar. Lou Sang or Yee Sang means to mixed up all the Yee Sang ingredients and while mixing with the chopstick, the higher you carry the ingredients the better luck you have ahead for you.

     The ingredients for the Yee Sang is originally the Teochew-style raw fish salad, shredded vegetables and mixture of sauce. However, as the Earth evolved from Green Forest to Titanium buildings, the Yee Sang ingredients also evolved from normal shredded fish to fresh salmon sashimi. You can easily get one full set of Yee Sang from Sakae Sushi or Sushi King. If you are a more practical person, you can always get the vegetables from the morning market and cut them yourself.