What is Poon Choi?

The symbolism of Poon Choi is joyful reunion and harmony between the top and bottom. Because the basin used for ponzu is round, so it symbolizes the meaning of reunion, *** there are eight kinds of dishes combined, layer by layer in the basin, people can clip any layer they like to eat, not divided into upper and lower, that is, not divided into the same, and later, people like to eat ponzu on New Year's Eve when the festivals, we gathered around, very lively, but also represents the celebration of the reunion.

Poon Choi, is a kind of chowder-style dishes, mainly popular in Shenzhen, Guangdong and Hong Kong New Territories, it has hundreds of years of history, the earliest originated in the late Southern Song Dynasty, usually use wooden pots or antimony pots to hold food, put all the ingredients into the pots, easy to absorb the soup underneath the layer by layer to eat, the aroma of the rich, every festivals will be held in pots of vegetables feast.

The food in the basin will be arranged in a certain order, one layer after another, from top to bottom. The top layer contains more expensive items that need to be eaten first, such as chicken and prawns, while the bottom layer contains ingredients that can easily absorb juices, such as pork rinds and radishes. When eating Poon Choi, you will eat it layer by layer from top to bottom.