4 Special Chinese New Year Snacks with Unique Flavors, Let's Taste It!

4 Special Chinese New Year Dishes with Unique Flavors, Let's Taste It!

4 Special Chinese New Year Snacks with Unique Flavors, Let's Taste It!

Dream - On February 10, 2024 tomorrow, the Chinese community will celebrate the Lunar New Year. There will usually be many celebrations, performances, and of course, visiting each other's families.

One thing that is also very interesting about the celebration of Chinese New Year is its dishes that have a unique taste. Always served and become a kind of mandatory food to warm the atmosphere while also having a certain meaning.

There are many typical Chinese New Year dishes, but there are 4 that are quite famous and usually sold in traditional markets during the celebration. Dream friends may have tried some of them or maybe haven't tasted them yet, curious about what they are?

1. Rice Cake

The first typical dish of Chinese New Year is the rice cake. The rice cake has become a mandatory food in every Chinese New Year celebration.

Enjoying kue keranjang or nian gao before eating rice on Chinese New Year is a tradition of the Chinese community. This cake symbolizes the hope of always getting luck in work and the sweetness of life. Quoted from Titipku press release, a food shopping app, there are several markets that partner with Titipku that provide kue keranjang this year. For example, the Modern Paramount Market sells kue keranjang packages. There is also the Modern BSD Market that sells homemade kue keranjang and also the Muara Karang Market.

2. Cupcake

The next Chinese New Year snack is the cupcake. The cake made from rice flour is not only delicious, but also visually appealing. Visually, this cake resembles a blooming petal.

Symbolically, this bowl-shaped cake symbolizes good luck for those who consume it. There are many markets around Jabotabek that sell this bowl-shaped cake. Such as Modern Paramount Market, Segar Graha Raya Market, Modern BSD Market, Modern Town Market Tangerang, Sunter Podomoro Market, Rawasari Market, and Cipinang Muara Market.

3. Mandarin Orange

Apart from various processed snacks, fruits such as mandarin oranges are also a must-have treat during the Chinese New Year celebration. The orange color of the oranges is synonymous with gold, symbolizing prosperity.

Meanwhile, the round shape of oranges like the sun indicates happiness. These mandarin oranges are usually sold in fruit stores, and because there is a fruit store in almost every market, it can be said that this product is easily found in any market.

4. Fried Lumpia

The next Chinese New Year snack is fried lumpia. Lumpia or chūn juǎn is often served during Chinese New Year because it symbolizes prosperity, as the shape of lumpia resembles a gold bar.

Just like bowl cake, lumpia is also a street food that is available almost every day, so it is not difficult to find lumpia in the market. So which one do you want to taste, Sahabat Dream?

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