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What to eat on the winter solstice in Hong Kong Hong Kong winter solstice customary food inventory

Hong Kong winter solstice to eat pon choi, enjoy no chicken feast. Hong Kong compatriots also regard the winter solstice as a year. Many people prepare food and wine early, the family together to eat a reunion dinner, eat dumplings to meet the festival. This is also commonly known as "do winter".

Family get-together on the winter solstice, no less than the New Year's dinner on the night of the New Year's Eve, dishes are also particularly rich in pots of vegetables, hot pots, soup dumplings, and so on, and continue to maintain the "no chicken without a feast" tradition, in the winter solstice, often have the custom of eating chicken.

Poon Choi has a history of hundreds of years, and the "Poon Choi Feast" is a traditional food culture in Hong Kong. At the winter solstice, Poon Choi is an indispensable delicacy in many families' "winter cooking". Almost every restaurant in Hong Kong has "Poon Choi" takeaway, but you need to order a few days in advance to get it on the day of the winter solstice.