Chinese New Year auspicious food

Abalone, bao yu, is an auspicious food as it means abundance.

Canned abalone ...


black abalone ...


Fa cai (hair vegetable) or black moss is used in Chinese cuisine. Chinese people especially like to eat this during the Lunar New Year because it is auspicious. Fa Cai has the same sound as striking it rich. You often hear Chinese greeting each other with Gong Xi Fa Cai.


Here is another kind of fa cai which some men like to eat …


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This is more appetizing - abalone and fa cai …


Sausages is another Chinese delicacy

Preparing roast sausage ...


Seasoning sausage and eggs ...


Some like it raw ...


Some other weird things men do with their sausages. (The pictures are from this site - http://phalliccymbals.wordpress.com/)