Spring Festival Recommendation at Millennium Harbourview Hotel Xiamen
2016-01-20
The Basin Food also called Poon Choi. It was said that Poon Choi was invented during the late Song Dynasty. When Mongol troops invaded Song China, the young Emperor fled to the area around Guangdong Province and Hong Kong. To serve the Emperor as well as his army, the locals collected all their best food available, cooked it, and because there were not enough containers, put the resulting dishes in wooden washbasins. In this way, Poon Choi was invented. As Poon Choi is a large portioned dish which suitable for a communal meal, Poon Choi becomes a unique dish, which is served whenever there are rituals, weddings, festivals, ancestor worships, and other local events.