On New Year’s Eve, when Chinese families gather for a festive dinner, married people begin the distribution of small red envelopes filled with money (called lai see in Hong Kong and hong bao in Singapore) to children and single …
Photos of Lo Hei by Jeanne Gunsolus
Lo Hei is a traditional New Year’s dish eaten in Singapore. Though I’ve heard it has now spread to Hong Kong and Taiwan, I’d never seen or tasted it until I moved here. While lo …
Photo: Typical offerings for the Kitchen God.
Daoists believe that the Kitchen God was once a mortal man born into a wealthy family. Unfortunately, he later squandered his inheritance and then sold his wife to pay his debts. ...
