China News Service, January 28. According to the US "World Journal" report, nearly a year of sheltering at home, and the California government has begun to loosen the ban on business closures, the Chinese-inhabited city of San Gabriel Valley is expected to usher in a more lively city than expected During the Lunar New Year of the Ox, catering businesses from all over the country have begun to plan New Year dishes and various Chinese New Year food supplies, eager to usher in a new round of consumption peaks after Thanksgiving and Christmas.

　　"Everyone seems to really want to have a lively Chinese New Year", Lucy Chen, general manager of 888 Haizhen Restaurant, a large Chinese-owned restaurant in Rosemi, said. These days there are constant calls from guests, and many people ask when the dine-in can be resumed. The whole family went to the restaurant for dinner; many people began to inquire about the take-out supply of New Year dishes, and asked her to let everyone know as soon as she had a decision; some customers directly placed a deposit to order the new year's pot choi, worried that it would be sold out.

　　The past Thanksgiving and Christmas were so busy that there was no time to go to the toilet. Lucy said that although there were basically fewer tourists staying in Los Angeles for the Chinese New Year in the past two years, coupled with the impact of the epidemic, the catering industry was greatly affected.

However, the Chinese people's enthusiasm for food during the New Year holidays is not diminished, especially the old immigrants. The tradition of family reunion for the Chinese Lunar New Year has been well continued. Therefore, their restaurants dare not slacken the food supply for the Chinese New Year every year. This year is no exception. .

At present, the chefs of the restaurant plan New Year's dishes, bon choi, rock sugar rice cakes, brown sugar rice cakes, cured carrot cakes and other New Year cakes, all of which are in preparation.

　　Poon Choi, which southerners prefer during the New Year, has also been welcomed by more and more northern Chinese in recent years.

Chinese New Year is to eat things that you can’t normally eat. Abalone, oysters, hair vegetables, scallops, prawns and other layers of pots of potted choi have become many people who plan to spend the New Year at home but have no time to cook them. First choice for families and homesicks.

However, Lucy said that, unlike previous years, this year due to the epidemic, it is estimated that many families will not hold large-scale dinners. Therefore, this year's Poon Choi will be reduced from the traditional ten servings to six servings, and the price will be lowered accordingly.

Last year, the sales volume of "Poon Choi" alone reached several hundred. It is estimated that orders should only increase this year.

　　Although many folk culinary masters have also launched their own New Year dishes this year, so as to collect reservations from relatives and friends, traditional catering businesses are confident about the three-week festive consumption from New Year's Eve to the 15th Lantern Festival of the first lunar month.

　　Canaan cuisine, which launches Lunar New Year delicacies every year, has received orders for Bu Shao Cai.

The proprietress Lily Wang said that after a whole year of epidemics, I hope to be bullish for a whole year. Therefore, the New Year dishes prepared this year are very rich. If there are more people and less busy or not busy, you will have to have a reunion dinner around the stove.

　　Lily said that I believe that many families will have a lively Chinese New Year with rich food, but considering that the scale of gatherings is smaller than in previous years, this year's banquet takeaways are also divided into two types, and other single dishes for the new year have been added, which is convenient for the public to have more freedom. Selection and combination.

　　New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day of the Lunar New Year of the Ox are on Thursday, February 11 and Friday, February 12 respectively. Some Chinese-owned catering businesses stated that they will provide Chinese New Year dishes and New Year’s food two weeks in advance.

At that time, many restaurant chefs will cook a variety of steamed cakes and fried snacks, rock sugar rice cakes, red bean rice cakes, roasted rice cakes, traditional rice cakes, cured radish cakes, taro cakes, rice dumplings, pastry corners, smiling dates, There are many mini egg powders, everything you need.

　　Many restaurants for Poon Choi need to be reserved one day in advance.

Some people said that according to tradition, they began to buy Poon Choi on December 28 of the lunar calendar.

(Yang Qing)