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Watch Zor Tan ‘Chef That!’ Prosperity Toss Salad, Your Lunar New Year Dish

For our “Chef That!” video series, Singapore’s Zor Tan, of the Michelin-starred Restaurant Born, demonstrates his take on lo hei or yu sheng, known as the “prosperity toss” salad for Lunar New Year.

By Laurie Ochoa
, Betty Hallock, Mark E. Potts, Quincy Bowie Jr. and Brenda Elizondo
Zor Tan, who is the chef and owner of the Michelin-starred Restaurant Born in Singapore, was in Los Angeles recently to cook a collaborative dinner with 88 Club’s Mei Lin. One of the dishes on the menu was yu sheng, a Lunar New Year specialty known by several other names, including lo hei or prosperity toss. Made with raw fish and thin, long slices of vegetables and fruit, it’s a wonderful salad to serve any time of the year. But during Lunar New Year celebrations, especially on the seventh day (Feb. 23 this year), families and friends often gather around the yu sheng platter and then toss the salad with their chopsticks while shouting “Huat ah!” or other wishes for prosperity and good fortune in the new year. Tan demonstrated how he makes the dish for our “Chef That!” video series. Get the full recipe here.

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Laurie Ochoa

Laurie Ochoa is general manager of Food at the Los Angeles Times.

Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times.

Mark E. Potts

Mark E. Potts is a former senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.

Quincy Bowie Jr.

Quincy Bowie Jr. is a video fellow at the Los Angeles Times. The proud Alabama native graduated from USC, where he studied journalism and documentary. In his time there, he contributed to the Daily Trojan, USC Annenberg Media and produced multiple documentaries and short films. You can find his previous work at CNN, Spectrum News and Memorías de Nomada.

Brenda Elizondo

Brenda Elizondo is a former video journalist at the Los Angeles Times. She covered diverse beats across the paper including De Los, Entertainment and reported breaking news on immigrant communities during the peak of the ICE raids. The Santa Ana native received her bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Cal State Fullerton and previously field produced at NBCLA and Telemundo52.

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