Winter Solstice (AKA Dongzhi Festival) Food 冬至的食品

Winter Solstice is celebrated by most Asian cultures, and it is a one of the most important Chinese Festivals. It celebrates the reunion and get together of family and relatives, where you share laughter, enjoy each others’ company and most importantly, delicious food. Tangyuan (湯圓) or balls of glutinous rice, which symbolize reunion is eaten during this evening, and this evening is regarded as equally important as a Chinese New Year gathering. Henceforth, many families will cook and serve the most delicious foods they can get their hands on. I would like to share with you some of my top picks out of the dishes served on our family dinner table on this evening.

冬至的食品 大多數亞洲囯家的傳統文化都慶祝冬至，它是中國最重要的節日之一，是慶祝家人和親友團聚的節日，與家人團園歡聚是最開心的，但最重要的事情是有美味佳餚可亨用。湯丸是冬至必不可少的食物，寓意一家團圓，在晚飯後食用，其重要性相當於農曆新年的團年飯。因此在這晚上每個家庭都會悉心烹調美味佳餚。我願在此分享今晚冬至在我們家裡晚飯的一些精選菜式。

Fish Maw served with a chicken broth. We even used the broth as a soup base for Japanese Udon.

花膠燉雞湯，我們還用它來做日本烏冬麵的湯底。

South African Dried Abalone with reduction sauce.

南非吉品乾鮑，非常濃稠鮑汁的溏心鮑魚。