Yet another meaningless record has been broken in the Malaysian Book of Records, this time for the longest ensemble of Yee Sang . It beat last year's record of 888m by 111m to 999m. And what happened to the effort of 99 chefs and kilogrammes of fish, vegetables and the accompaniments? Well, 80% of the dish was dumped into the dustbins. It is ironic that the concept of yee sang originated amongst the poor Teochew fishermen who did not want to waste the leftovers from Chinese Lunar New York and decided to throw in their fish strips, turnips, carrots, vinegar etcetera and toss it high in the spirit of festivity. (and eat it, of course) Some smart alecs suggested that perhaps the leftover yee sang from the Malaysian Records endeavour should have been put to good use, like feeding the orphans and the underprivileged. Perhaps, the armchair critics are out of touch of the practicality of things around here. Yee sang , being a relatively uncooked mixed delicacy in the o...
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