The taste of the New Year on the table, the nostalgia on the tip of the tongue, the New Year's Eve dinner of overseas Chinese

"Mom's Taste"

Indispensable Poon Choi

Full of "Xiang flavor"

A few years ago, Fang Gang opened the first Changsha rice noodle shop in London because he was "greedy" for rice noodles in his hometown, selling Changsha snacks such as rice noodles, sugar and oil cakes
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In August 2020, seeing that the epidemic made it impossible for many Hunan villagers to return to China to visit relatives, he invested in a food processing factory in the UK, mainly developing and producing Hunan specialties
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Hearing that authentic Hunan preserved meat can still be bought in the UK, many overseas Chinese from Hunan were very happy and came to inquire
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"During the Spring Festival, we sent out nearly 200 sets of New Year's gift packages to fellow villagers in the UK
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" Fang Gang said, not long ago, he saw fresh grass carp sold in the local market, and bought two boxes, using traditional methods to make explosions Pickled fish
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"Except for my own food, I gave everything to my friends
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What moved Fang Gang was that domestic friends knew that he would not be able to go home for the Chinese New Year, and specially sent a large box of Changsha snacks from his hometown
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"There are small flower slices, stinky tofu, etc.
, which can't be bought abroad
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" Fang Gang said that with the mutual concern of home and abroad, he and his relatives and friends spent this Spring Festival in a foreign country still full of "Hunan flavor"
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　　Share the sweetness of the Spring Festival

"My wife and I wrapped zongzi and fried spring rolls, my daughter-in-law brought a pair of twins and grandsons to make dumplings, my son cut vegetables and served cold dishes.
Three generations of the family worked together to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.
Isn't this a family's joy!" The New Year's Eve dinner that the whole family of 30 completed together, the Norwegian compatriot Marx and Lenin's words were full of happiness
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Marlene, whose ancestral home is in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, is a master of "Hangbang cuisine"
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After going abroad for nearly 30 years, his specialty "Hangbang cuisine" has captured countless "Norwegian stomachs"
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On the eve of the Spring Festival this year, while preparing the New Year's Eve dinner with his family, he also shot a lot of short videos about making Hangzhou cuisine and posted them on social media platforms
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"Babao rice steamed with fruits, bean paste, glutinous rice, sweet-scented osmanthus and other ingredients, Dongpo pork stewed with old wine, green onion, ginger, soy sauce and other seasonings, as well as zongzi and spring rolls are all indispensable to Hangzhou's Spring Festival feast.
dishes
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” In the minds of Marx and Lenin, the New Year’s Eve is the most important meal of the year for every Chinese family, and it is also the same for overseas Chinese
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He hopes not only to have a lively and peaceful New Year in his small family, but also to share China's rich and colorful New Year's customs and food culture with the local people
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"A neighbor from Norway once tasted Babao Rice in the Chinese restaurant I opened and liked it very much
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When we met two days ago, he heard that we were preparing for the Chinese New Year, and he remembered the sweetness of Babao Rice, and he was full of praise
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I made a special one for delivery.
In the past, we shared the sweet taste of the Spring Festival
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" Malee said
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In the past two days, Marx and his family have been busy again
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"We have prepared bean paste dumplings, sesame dumplings and wine-stuffed dumplings, waiting for the Lantern Festival!"