Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
How did you celebrate the Lunar New Year with your family? In Hong Kong, it’s common to share a one-pot dish known as “poon choi” (盆菜). It’s served in a big basin, with dozens of ingredients, ranging from pork to cuttlefish, each being placed neatly layer by layer. We talked to the Tang family, one of the clans who traditionally lived in walled villages in the city’s New Territories, the birthplace of this dish, to find out how this unique festival meal came about.
How did you celebrate the Lunar New Year with your family? In Hong Kong, it’s common to share a one-pot dish known as “poon choi” (盆菜). It’s served in a big basin, with dozens of ingredients, ranging from pork to cuttlefish, each being placed neatly layer by layer. We talked to the Tang family, one of the clans who traditionally lived in walled villages in the city’s New Territories, the birthplace of this dish, to find out how this unique festival meal came about.
