🦞 Dad's TASTY Lobster Yee Mein (龍蝦伊麵)!

Whenever you see a table that's been graced with a dish with lobster on it, you know that whoever is at the table is celebrating something at that moment. Lobster Yee Mein or 龍蝦伊麵 is a celebratory dish that you can find at wedding dinners, banquets, and casual dining. Its auspicious symbolism through the use of lobsters and long noodles make for a very special meal item.

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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲
00:00 - Start
00:47 - Cook noodles & on yee mein
02:41 - Prepare aromatics
05:00 - On lobster
05:44 - Release urine
06:09 - Cut lobster
08:27 - Dry off & cornstarch lobster pieces
09:12 - Create sauce
09:34 - Fry lobster pieces
10:30 - Stir-fry ingredients
12:22 - Plate
13:01 - Meal time!
13:40 - Did parents have lobster in China?

🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗
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The Food Ranger -    • INSANE Chinese Seafood - $1500 Seafoo...  
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The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered -    • Lobster for Dinner: A Forgotten History  
PBS NewsHour -    • How U.S.-China trade war is pinching ...  
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CNBC Television -    • Canada lobster exports to China skyro...  

🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵
Produced by Randy Lau, Grace Phan-Nguyen
Edited by Willard Chan, Nicole Cheng
Translation by Arlene Chiu, David Loh
Intro Flute Music - Performed by Daddy Lau
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