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The adorable new couple cosy up and share their favourite Lunar New Year traditions, from their drink of choice to why they will always wear red
Chinese New Year is always a highlight for many who celebrate the occasion, including Singapore-born Daphne Wee—whose father is veteran realtor Dennis Wee and uncle is Tatler's sartorial award winner Mervin Wee. In fact, pre-pandemic Chinese New Year is a huge annual affair for them: “My dad cooks his famous Hokkien mee once a year every Chinese New Year, and prior to this pandemic, it would take us three days to prepare. He cooks it for about 300 people who would come visit us.”
Her other half, Edmund Santoso is Indonesian-Chinese and shares how celebrations with his family tend to be rather traditional: “Chinese New Year is a big celebration at home. We start by having mee sua and eggs on the morning of the first day of the new year.”
While having mee sua (where the salted wheat flour noodles signify ‘longevity’) with hard-boiled eggs is a tradition that Wee isn’t familiar with, she has introduced Santoso to yusheng (a dish of shredded vegetables and raw fish) and the fun in tossing the salad as high as possible for good luck.
“My first yusheng was actually just four years ago!” Santoso chimes in.
