七彩鴻運魚生 Rainbow Hong Wan Yee Sang @ D'Butchery USJ Taipan

3 February.2022 Snack

Day 691 since MCO1.0 行動管制領 Covid-19 

@ D'Butchery USJ Taipan (click here to Google Map)
20, Jalan USJ 10/1B, USJ TAIPAN, 47620 Subang Jaya, Selangor

GPS Location: 3°02'56.5"N 101°35'06.7"E

七彩鴻運魚生 Rainbow Hong Wan Yee Sang rm$39.90 👍👍😋😋 7/10

Total bill: rm$35.90

Budget: rm$50++

Payment: Cash or Credit Card

Cuisine: Chinese

Pork free: Vegetarian

Alcohol free: N/A

Air-Conditioning in the shop: Yes

Menu prices: Net (10% for the Product)

Order & Delivery: Self Service

On-line Delivery Service: 在 WhatsApp 上與 +60 17-878 8451 對話, GrabFood

Indoor Seating tables: No

Outdoor Seating: No 

Drive Through: No

Take away : Yes

Dine-in: No

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: MPSJ 

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8

Thoughts: "撈起魚生 Low Hei Yee Sang" or also called "七彩魚生 Rainbow or Prosperity Yee Sang", and some people also simply call it "撈起 Low Hei", "撈魚生 Low Yee Sang", or just "撈生 Low Sang". It is a 農曆新年時的特色賀年食品 Special Lunar New Year Foods in 馬來西亞 Malaysia and 新加坡 Singapore for Chinese New Year. 

Some say that the reason why is called "七彩魚生 Seven Color Yee Sang" is because the food is eaten on 正月初七 "the seventh day of the first lunar month" or "人日 Ren Ri"! And "七彩魚生 Rainbow Yee Sang" is to replace the traditional "七菜羹 Seven Vegetables Soup" or "七菜粥 Seven Vegetables Porridge", with the meaning of「風生水起」及「越撈越旺」的意頭.

The following are "撈生 Low Sang" steps:

準備 Preparation say the following while setting the dish (here in Cantonese below):

To say 年年有餘 "Nin Nin Yao Yee" (Surplus every year) as 生魚片 fish/salmon/sashimi is added.

To say 大吉大利 "Dai Gut Dai Lei" (Great Luck Great Profit) as 柚子 Pomelo are poured in and 酸橙/桔子 lime is squeeze over the dish.

To say 財源廣進 "Choy Yuen Gwong Jun" (Prosperity forward) as 調味品 Condiments and 敷料油 dressing oil are poured in a circular motion.

To say 甜甜蜜蜜 "Tim Tim Mart Mart" (As sweet as honey) as 梅子醬 plum sauce is drizzled down.

To say 五穀豐收 "Ng Guk Fong Sao" (Good harvest) as 芝麻 sesame seeds and 堅果 nuts are added.

To say 金玉滿堂 "Kam Yoke Moon Tong" (Full of Gold and Jade) when 炸薯片 golden fried crisps or alternative 鬆脆的東西 crunchy stuff are topped off the dish.

開始撈生 Start tossing:

Everyone picks up their chop sticks and start scooping up the Yee Sang and tossing it and wish the following "旺 Ong words": 恭喜發財 "Gong Hay Fart Choy", 生意興隆 "Sang Yee Heng Long", 身體健康 "Sun Tai Kin Hong", 學業進步 "Hock Yip Jun Bow", 步步高升 "Bow Bow Gou Sing", 撈起啊" Low Hei ah" (in Cantanese), 撈起啊" Low Hei ah" (in Cantanese), 發啊 "Huat ah" (in Hokkien), 發啊 "Huat ah" (in Hokkien), 發啊 "Huat ah" (in Hokkien) ... and everyone toss higher and higher ........

Nowadays, "七彩魚生 Rainbow Yee Sang" are not just something to have on "人日 Ren Ri" but also before the Chinese New Year especially on "收工餐 Company year end dinner before the Chinese New Year" or "開工餐 Company start work dinner after the Chinese New Year", or any gatherings of friends and families before or after the Chinese New Year. Recently, even 河豚魚魚生 Pufferfish/Fugu Yee Sang, Fruit Yee Sang 水果魚生 or 榴槤魚生 Durian Yee Sang are also available!! and some exotic "Toss" in KL can be from rm$150 to rm$400 per plate of Yee Sang!!!!

Chinese around the world have no idea why 馬來西亞華人 Malaysian and 新加坡華人 Singaporean Chinese are "Playing" with their food like this. One story is that it began with a 芙蓉 Seremban man although roots of the Origin of "魚生 Yee Sang" may have been from China. This is because 生魚料理 Raw fish cuisine, also known as "膾 Kuai", was already popular in China thousands of years ago. But the "膾 Kuai" cuisine eventually died out as Chinese cooking became more and more awesome as well as variety over time. Also, as Chinese medicine developed, Chinese physicians discovered health hazards of eating 生食 raw food like the "膾 Kuai" cuisines; Nevertheless, the traditional dish with raw fish survived  in the 中國南方地區 Southern region of China but not as a Chinese New Year dish. "魚生 Yee Sang" culture was brought over to 馬來亞 Malaya by 廣州移民 Cantonese and 福建移民 Hokkien immigrants who arrived from the late 1800s onwards. But it was also not popular here until sometime in the 1940s, where a man named 陸清發 Loke Ching Fatt introduced his own version that would eventually became the "撈起魚生 Lo Hei Yee Sang" which Malaysians know now and enjoy during CNY. Soon after Word War 2, Loke's dish became popular all over 森美蘭州 Negeri Sembilan and later became a Cantonese tradition of eating "魚生 Yee Sang" on "人日 Ren Ri", the 農曆正月初七 seventh day of Chinese New Year!

Food today: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋

Price: 6 / 10 👍

Value for Money: 6 / 10 👍

Service: 7 / 10 👍👍

Ambiance: 6 / 10 👍

Parking: 6 / 10 👍

LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport:  5 / 10 😐 (450m+ from Taipan LRT station)

Website: https://d-butchery.business.site/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DButchery

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dbutchery.my/

Telephone: +6019-594 5288

Operation hours: 08:00am - 10:00pm

  

七彩鴻運魚生 Rainbow Hong Wan Yee Sang rm$39.90

  

@ D'Butchery USJ Taipan

 

鮑魚盆菜 Premium Poon Choi @ D'Butchery USJ Taipan

31 January.2022 Dinner

Day 688 since MCO1.0 行動管制領 Covid-19 

@ D'Butchery USJ Taipan (click here to Google Map)

20, Jalan USJ 10/1B, USJ TAIPAN, 47620 Subang Jaya, Selangor

GPS Location: 3°02'56.5"N 101°35'06.7"E
鮑魚盆菜 Premium Poon Choi rm$218 👍👍👍😋😋😋 8/10

Total bill: rm$196.20
Budget: rm$200 - rm$300++
Payment: Cash or Credit Card
Cuisine: Chinese

Pork free: Seafood, Chicken

Alcohol free: N/A

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: Yes

Menu prices: Net (10% for the Product)

Order & Delivery: Self Service

On-line Delivery Service: 在 WhatsApp 上與 +60 17-878 8451 對話, GrabFood

Indoor Seating tables: No

Outdoor Seating: No 

Drive Through: No

Take away : No

Dine-in: No

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: MPSJ 

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: The rm$218 "鮑魚盆菜 Premium Poon Choi" comes with the following: 

紅燒飽魚 Braised Abalone

魚鰾 Fish Maw

小秃參 Small Sea Cucumber

花菇 Mushroom

日本干貝 Japanese Scallops

虎蝦 Tiger Prawns

雞肉福袋 Chicken Prosperity Bag

芋頭 Yam

蓮藕 Lotus Root

煙鴨胸 Smoked Duck Breast

發菜(髮菜) Nostoc

韓國蠔士 Korean Oyster

日本豆腐包 Japanese Tofu Buns

白蘿蔔 White Raddish

西蘭花 Broccoli (packed separately)

上湯鮑魚汁 Abalone Sauce (packed separately)

Taipan's D'Butchery provide free home delivery. The 上湯鮑魚汁 Abalone Sauce and 西蘭花 Broccoli are packed separately. To prepare, all 3 items have to be defrosted for at least 2-5 hours and steamed for about 30-45 minutes. 

Fun facts: Origin. According to tradition, 盆菜 Poon choi has a history of at least 700 years and was invented during the 宋朝末 late Song Dynasty. When 蒙古軍隊 Mongol troops invaded Song China, the young Emperor fled to the area around 廣東省 Guangdong Province and 香港 Hong Kong. To serve the Emperor as well as his army, the locals collected all their best food available, cooked it. But there were not enough serving containers available, so they put the resulting meal in 大型木製洗臉盆 large wooden washbasins.

The Cantonese style "盆菜 Poon Choi" is a Chinese traditional meal that contains layers of different ingredients of meat and vegetables in a wooden, porcelain, or metal basin. In today's Hong Kong, 香港圍村 Walled village culture is well preserved in the 香港新界 New Territories of Hong Kong and 盆菜 Poon choi (a One-Pot meal) gradually became a traditional dish of the 圍村 walled villages. As 盆菜 Poon choi is a large dish in a big pots and require many days and villagers to prepare them, it was served whenever there were 慶祝活動 celebrations connected with rituals, 婚禮 weddings, 節日 festivals, 祖先祭祀 ancestor worship and other local events as an expression of 鄉村飲食文化 village dining culture. 

Food today: 8 / 10 👍👍👍😋😋😋

Price: 6 / 10 👍
Value for Money: 6 / 10 👍
Service: 7 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 6 / 10 👍
Parking: 6 / 10 👍
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport:  5 / 10 😐 (450m+ from Taipan LRT station)
Website: https://d-butchery.business.site/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DButchery

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dbutchery.my/

Telephone: +6019-594 5288
Operation hours: 08:00am - 10:00pm

@ D'Butchery USJ Taipan

Preparation

  

鮑魚盆菜 Premium Poon Choi rm$218

 

@ D'Butchery USJ Taipan

 

鮑魚盆菜 Premium Poon Choi & 七彩鴻運魚生 Hong Wan Yee Sang @ D'Butchery USJ Taipan

15 January.2022 CNY food

Day 672 since MCO1.0 行動管制領 Covid-19  

@ D'Butchery USJ10 (click here to Google Map)

20, Jalan USJ 10/1B, USJ TAIPAN, 47620 Subang Jaya, Selangor
GPS Location: 3°02'56.5"N 101°35'06.8"E

鮑魚盆菜  Premium Poon Choi rm$218 (not yet consumed)

七彩鴻運魚生 Hong Wan Yee Sang rm$39.90 (not yet consumed)

Total bill: rm$232.10 (10% Discount)
Budget: rm$300
Payment: Cash or Credit Card 
Cuisine: Coffee and Pork Grocery etc

Pork free: Pork shop

Alcohol free: Not sure

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: Yes

Outdoor Seating: No

Internet Wifi speed: No  

Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: N/A

Electrical outlets for Digital Device: N/A

Free Drinking Water: No

Menu prices: Net  

Order & Delivery: Self Service

On-line Delivery Service: Not sure

Tables: None

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: MPSJ  

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: Interesting fact:  In the Chinese Lunar Calendar, a month in the Chinese Calendar spans a single 朔望月 Lunar Cycle (the Chinese/Lunar Calendar is in-line with the Moon Phase). The first day of the month begins during the 新月 new moon, when no sunlight falls on the lunar hemisphere that faces the Earth. A lunar cycle, on average, lasts 29.53 days, so a lunar month can last 29 or 30 days (the Lunar Calendar is a total of 354 days a year compared to the Solar/Gregorian Calendar of 365.25 days a year). Therefore, in those Lunar Calendars in which each month begins on the day of the 初一 new moon, the full moon falls on either the 初十四或十五 14th or 15th day of the lunar month. Usually, there are 12 lunar months in a Chinese calendar year. In order to catch up with the Solar/Gregorian Calendar, which averages 365.25 days in a year, an extra month is added to the Chinese calendar every two or three years. As a result, Lunar New Year falls on different dates each year (in the Gregorian calendar) between January 21 and February 21 and this TIGER year's 正月初一 Day 1 falls on the Gregorian Calendar of February 1, 2022. 

2022 Chinese New Year is just about 2 weeks from now, it is likely that most restaurants are fully booked now for the CNY Reunion Dinner on the 31th January (and this is in Chinese Lunar Calendar is the 29th day (年二十九) of the 12th month of the year since there isn't a 30th day this the end of the "COW" year).

盆菜 Poon Choi is a "big bowl feast" with layers of food served either in large wooden porcelain or metals basins called 盆 Poon (Cantonese). 盆菜 Poon Choi is a 粵式節日大餐 Cantonese festival meal popular in 廣東 Guandong or 香港 Hong Kong. According to tradition, Poon choi was invented during the 宋代晚期 late Song Dynasty. When 蒙古軍 Mongol troops invaded Song China, the young Emperor fled to the area around 廣東省 Guangdong Province and 香港 Hong Kong. To serve the Emperor as well as his army, the locals collected all their best food available, cooked it. But there were not enough serving containers available, so they put the resulting meal in 木製洗臉盆裡 large wooden washbasins.

Poon Choi inside the large metal basin includes ingredients such as 豬肉 pork, 牛肉 beef, 羊肉 lamb, 鴨肉 chicken, duck, 鮑魚 abalone, 人參 ginseng, 魚翅 shark fin, 魚鰾 fish maw, 蝦 prawn, 蟹 crab, 香菇幹 dried mushroom, 魚丸 fishballs, 魷魚 squid, 鰻魚乾 dried eel, 蝦米 dried shrimp, 豬皮 pigskin, 豆腐 bean curd and 白蘿蔔 Chinese white radish. Everyone in the village is invited for this big feast for celebrations of 宗教儀式 religious rituals, festivals, special occasions and wedding banquets in the open areas of villages. To prepare such an elaborate bit pot of ingredients usually take 2-3 days of preparation time.

In the midst of Covid-19 last year, 盆菜 Poon Choi was a popular "Take-away FROZEN" dish for the CNY ReUnion Celebrations offered by many Hotels, Restaurants, and even some Grocers, or even online stores such as Lazada or Shopee. To prepare the dish, it is to be "DE-FROZED" for few hours and then "STEAMED" for about an hour. 

Food today: (not yet consumed)

Price: 6 / 10 👍
Value for Money: (not yet consumed)
Service: 7.5 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 6 / 10 👍
Parking: 6 / 10 👍
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport:  5 / 10 😐 (maybe 5-8 minutes walk from Taipan LRT station)
Website: https://d-butchery.business.site/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DButchery/
Telephone: +6019-594 5288
Operation hours: 08:00am - 08:00pm

鮑魚盆菜  Premium Poon Choi rm$218

  

七彩鴻運魚生 Hong Wan Yee Sang rm$39.90

 

佛跳牆盆菜 Fat Tiu Cheong Poon Choi (rm$398)

  

臘味 Lap Mei

  

罐頭鮑魚 Canned Abalones

  

肉乾肉絲 Dry Meats and Pork Floss

新年餅乾 CNY Biscuits

  

The shop

  

@ D'Butchery USJ Taipan