Yee Sang usually consists of strips of raw fish, mixed with shredded vegetables and paired with a variety of sauces and condiments, among other ingredients. Every Chinese New Year, it’s a must for family and friends alike to toss yee sang for prosperity and the higher we toss our yee sang, the better! Traditional yee sangs typically be salmon and vegetable mixes but here are 10 unique flavours that you can actually get in Malaysia.
1. Hokkaido Bafun Uni Yee Sang
Darren Chin Restaurant also known as DC Restaurant is no stranger to unique fusion cuisine. They go by the principle of “Slow Food Movement” which means that they respect nature by using products at their seasonal peak. This Chinese New Year, you can level up your Yee Sang game by having some of their Hokkaido bafun uni (sea urchins) or perhaps even replace the salmon in your yee sang with some Australian abalone.
DC Restaurant
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 7pm-11.30pm, Monday Closed
Address: 44 Persiaran Zaaba, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Kuala Lumpur
Website: DC Restaurant
Tel: 03-7731 0502
2. Popcorn & Jellyfish Yee Sang
Nook’s at Aloft Hotel is known for their local and western buffets and for CNY, they will be offering a yee sang with Popcorn & Jellyfish! Who would’ve thought that caramelised popcorns would complement the yee sang so well, what with it being sweet? Interestingly enough, it blends well with the other elements such as raw julienned carrots. It also replaces the traditional wanton wrappers at the same time. If you want to try it out, do it before February 11, when the promo ends.
Aloft Hotel
Hours: 6.30am-12am, daily
Address: Aloft Hotel, KL Sentral
Website: Aloft Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2723 1188
3. Popcorn Pork Yee Sang
Have you ever tried a “Western style Yee Sang”? Morganfields offers their prosperity yee sang with ingredients like shredded carrot, crispy wanton wrappers, mandarin oranges, bell peppers and instead of salmon, they stay true to their meaty concept by incorporating popcorn pork. If you’ve ever had a popcorn chicken, this is the pork version of it. They serve this dish alongside other sides like seasonal vegetables, pork spare ribs, beer battered fish and chips, prawns, juicy pork sausages and freshly made chips.
Morganfields
Hours: Daily, 11am-1am
Address: Sunway Velocity (Also available at Sunway Pyramid, Publika, Empire Subang, etc.)
Website: Morganfields
4. “Big Breakfast” Yee Sang
Runners Café has a pretty unique concept of turning a classic Big Breakfast into a yee sang. This café is a meetup place for avid runners and for CNY they will be presenting the Prosperity Ultra-Marathoner Yee Sang Big Breakfast. The ingredients are wholemeal sweet potato bun, pumpkin barley bun, chicken bacon, chicken sausage, smoked salmon, sauteed mushrooms, hash browns, sunny side up eggs, egg mayo, tuna mayo, quinoa, mandarin oranges and vegetables. It is topped off with organic agave syrup plum sauce, extra virgin olive oil, passion fruit juice, lime juice, granola mixed nuts and five spice cinnamon powder.
Runners Café
Hours: Monday-Friday, 12pm-1opm, Saturday-Sunday, 8.30am-10.30pm
Address: 7-21-M, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 14, Aked Esplanad, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur
Website: Runners Café
Tel: 019-265 6568
5. Granola & Cornflake Yee Sang
If you’re a fitness buff, why not order your yee sang from The Good Co with collaboration with PurelyB? Their Natural & Healthy Prosperous Yee Sang is made from Seabird nest, Pomelo, Purple cabbage, Pear, Young papaya, Cucumber, Pickle, Beetroot, Carrot, Daikon, Pickle ginger, The Good Co. Granola, Organic cornflakes, Home-made honey plum sauce, 5 spiced powder and Sarawak pepper powder.
The Good Co x PurelyB
Website: The Good Co & PurelyB
6. Fruit & Chicken Yee Sang
Chynna at Hilton Kuala Lumpur serves modern Cantonese cuisine with a focus on healthy ingredients. It is not very common to see yee sang made predominantly from fruits but Chynna is going the healthy route this year. This dish is made of strawberries, dragon fruit, jackfruit and pear with a topping of sweet and sour chicken. It’s unique to replace vegetables with fruits and you won’t feel guilty having a second (and even third) helping of this dish too!
Chynna Hilton KL
Hours: Monday-Friday, 12pm-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm, Saturday-Sunday, 11am-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm
Address: Hilton Kuala Lumpur
Website: Chynna
Tel: 03-2264 2264
7. Premium Jamón Serrano Yee Sang
Jamón serrano is a type of dry-cured Spanish ham and it is a premium cut of pork. It comes from the native Spanish Iberian pigs and is only produced in south and south-western Spain. The jamón serrano dish is complemented by 18 other auspicious ingredients. If you enjoy pork with just about everything, you can toss this yee sang at ANTE One Utama!
ANTE
Hours: Daily, 10am-10pm
Address: One Utama
Website: ANTE One Utama
Tel: 03-7732 5204
8. Pork Belly Kimchi Yee Sang
Powerplant is a Korean fusion restaurant specialising in soju and kimchi. They have also made their own version of yee sang and it is a Pork Belly Kimchi Yee Sang. This combo of Chinese and Korean cuisine adds a little bit of sourness and spice to the typically sweet yee sang and it also pairs well with what else but soju?
Powerplant
Hours: Daily, 10am-1.30am
Address: Lot G-03&04, Pearl Shopping Gallery, Menara Pearl Point 2, No. 2A, Jalan Sepadu Off Jalan Klang Lama
Website: Powerplant
Tel: 016-829 0112
9. Smoked Bacon Yee Sang
Bacon goes well with everything and sensing this, pork eatery Three Little Pigs & Big Bad Wolf has incorporated it into their yee sang. Who could resist filling slices of smoked bacon with crispy wanton wrappers and other sweet-sour yee sang condiments?
Three Little Pigs & Big Bad Wolf
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8.30am-11pm, Friday-Sunday, 9am-11pm
Address: Bangsar Village 1
Website: Three Little Pigs & Big Bad Wolf
Tel: 03-2283 2270
10. Tempeh Goreng & Murukku Yee Sang
Agak Agak’s colourful yee sang screams Malaysian, what with its dish of local elements like tempeh goreng and murukku. Other elements include fresh vegetables, plum sauce, mandarin oranges, citrus cured salmon, 5 spice roast duck and even ebiko too! Truly a Malaysian twist!
Agak Agak
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-6pm, Monday Closed
Address: APW Bangsar
Website: Agak Agak
Tel: 03-2788 3590
Feature Image Credit: Aloft Hotel & Agak Agak
