Lao Hei Lao Hei, let's all prosper in the new year.

📍Putian 🔍7/F, L Place, 139 Queen's Road Central, Central ----- Since I won't be in Hong Kong for the New Year, I came early to have Lao Hei. Every year, I choose this restaurant because their staff is very professional. They have a whole speech prepared, saying festive phrases while mixing the ingredients, which makes it feel very auspicious😆. New Year Prosperity Set for 2 ($888) Although it's a set for two, the portions are enough for three people, and the ingredients are plentiful, including abalone and shark fin, making it quite cost-effective. There are also cheaper and more expensive set options, ranging from 2-person to 10-person sets. 1. Prosperity Toss • Smoked Salmon Lao Hei 2. Abundance Pot • Abalone and Prawn Pot 3. Good Fortune • Seafood Shark Fin Soup 4. Success in Everything • Braised Loofah with Scallops 5. Mazu Peace Noodles 6. Sweet Harmony • Longan and White Fungus Soup The Lao Hei is colorful, symbolizing prosperity, with rich textures and ingredients. The staff mix the ingredients while saying festive phrases, and then join us in tossing the salad. The higher you toss, the better the luck. The special sauce is sweet and sour, refreshing and appetizing. It tastes like a salad, but the main point is that it's fun and auspicious👍🏻. The Seafood Shark Fin Soup contains shark fin, shrimp, sea cucumber, crab meat, and Jinhua ham, all very flavorful and packed with ingredients. The Abalone and Prawn Pot is also very festive, with high-quality ingredients. The taro is soft, the mushrooms and abalone are chewy and flavorful, the Fuzhou fish balls are large and unique, the sea cucumber, pork knuckle, and pig skin are full of collagen, and the shrimp is fresh and bouncy. The whole dried scallops and fat choy make it very luxurious, and the flavors are well-balanced. Paired with the light and fresh Braised Loofah with Scallops, it's a perfect combination. The Mazu Peace Noodles are smooth and soft, with snow peas, razor clams, mushrooms, peanuts, crispy pork, seaweed, and daylilies, a traditional Fujian home-style flavor that's hard to find in Hong Kong. Peace noodles (also known as longevity noodles) symbolize peace and health, often eaten during festivals by Fujian people. Finally, the meal ends with the mildly sweet Longan and White Fungus Soup, which is refreshing and comforting. -----