As we say goodbye to 2009 and usher into 2010, there are lovely memories as well as pain in the ass ones.
1. Noodle
Being a Malaysian Chinese, I know that noodles, for example La Mien (拉面) (long noodle), are served on New Year. It symbolises longevity and continous good fortune.
2. Fish
Fish are served in Asia, European and North America on New Year. In Chinese culture, fish or yu (鱼) in Mandarin is symbolised with abundance, also pronunced as yu (余).
3. Grape
Every year since, Spanish people have brought in the New Year by eating 12 grapes as the clock strikes midnight. At each strike of the Plaza del Sol clock, another grape is eaten in celebration of lucky years past, and in hope of a lucky year to come.
4. Cabbage
Associated with moeny because of the colour green, people eat cabbage in Ireland, USA and Germany during New Year.
5. Black-eyed Peas
In Southern America, black-eyed peas are thought to bring wealth because they look like little coins.
















