Things You'll Need:
- Chinese Noodles
- Red Bean Soup
- Squab
- Ducks
- Pigs
- 7-Ups
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Step 1
Serve an eight-course meal, plus dessert. The word "eight" in Chinese sounds like "good luck."
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Step 2
Begin with appetizers such as dragon phoenix plates. These are cold plates with sliced meats, jelly fish, and chilled nuts.
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Step 3
Follow with sharkskin soup. This expensive delicacy is a sign of wealth.
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Step 4
Offer lobster and chicken as choices, since this combination represents the balance between male and female.
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Step 5
Serve roast suckling pig, since pork is a symbol for virginity.
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Step 6
Provide Peking duck, since the red color signifies happiness. Consider serving this dish with the legs and head intact to represent completeness. (The same is true of the lobster.)
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Step 7
Bring out pigeons or squab as a sign of peace as you begin your new marriage.
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Step 8
Prepare vegetables with sea cucumber to represent selflessness. The words "sea cucumber" sound like "good heart" in Chinese, which will help you and your spouse to think similarly and avoid conflict.
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Step 9
Consider serving fish since the word sounds like "plentiful" in Chinese.
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Step 10
Bring out noodles at the end of the meal as an additional course. The long noodle strands represent longevity.
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Step 11
Remember to include dessert because this will help to ensure a sweet life for you and your spouse. Offer the following choices: hot sweet red bean soup with lotus seeds and bak hop (a bark-like vegetable) to ensure that your marriage lasts for 100 years, and steamed bread sweetened with lotus paste as a sign of fertility.
