Being Chinese New Year and all, I had a craving for Yee Sang. I started googling up restaurants in Melbourne that serve the dish. It was quite a tough job until I stumbled onto a blog by a Malaysian in Melbourne. She didn't provide the name of the restaurant she went to except that it was a Malaysian restaurant in Chinatown. So I googled up Malaysian restaurants in the vicinity but still didn't have much luck. In the end, I sent her a private message to ask her about it. Thankfully, she replied within 24 hours. Her recommendations were Banana Palm Curry House (first preference) and Westlake. The great lengths I go to in looking for food!
Two days later, I got Keith to get the Yee Sang for me. Banana Palm was closed so he got it from Westlake. It didn't come cheap but I finally got to eat it. However it had too much sauce, wasn't sweet enough, a bit too sour, no pomelos, not enough turnip and peanuts. Maybe because Westlake is HK owned and not Malaysian hence the slightly different taste. Banana Palm would have been a better choice being a Malaysian restaurant. Here's photos of the takeaway yee sang.
Verdict : I much prefer the ones in Malaysia including my Mum's homemade one. I should ask her for the recipe next time. However, it satisfied my craving for Yee Sang so I'm happy to wait for another year before my craving comes back ;)
Through googling, I learned that it's a Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese community thing to serve Yee Sang on the seventh day of Chinese New Year. It's slowly gaining popularity in Hong Kong but not as widespread yet.
Two days later, I got Keith to get the Yee Sang for me. Banana Palm was closed so he got it from Westlake. It didn't come cheap but I finally got to eat it. However it had too much sauce, wasn't sweet enough, a bit too sour, no pomelos, not enough turnip and peanuts. Maybe because Westlake is HK owned and not Malaysian hence the slightly different taste. Banana Palm would have been a better choice being a Malaysian restaurant. Here's photos of the takeaway yee sang.
Verdict : I much prefer the ones in Malaysia including my Mum's homemade one. I should ask her for the recipe next time. However, it satisfied my craving for Yee Sang so I'm happy to wait for another year before my craving comes back ;)Through googling, I learned that it's a Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese community thing to serve Yee Sang on the seventh day of Chinese New Year. It's slowly gaining popularity in Hong Kong but not as widespread yet.
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