You are what you eat, the saying goes, so boost your luck in the Year of the Dog by eating the right foods that abide by auspicious feng shui principles too. Here, we explain how you can harness good luck in 2018 with food suggestions tailored to your Chinese zodiac sign:
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Any rabbit meat dish with yellow ginger garnishing is best, to quell “tsong” or bad luck for the year. Avoid arowana fish dish or dragon fruit and dog meat. Hotdog is fine.
Any goat meat or lamb meat dish with curry or yellow ginger, to boost personal wealth attraction. Avoid any pork and snake dish.
Egg congee, especially with yellow egg yolk. Egg-laced rice porridge helps in becoming more creative in investing. Avoid rat or horse meat.
Butter-roasted or fried chicken. Helps in gaining more income from varied sources. Avoid beef and lamb or goat meat.
Long-cooked pork belly with preserved mustard. This attracts opportunity and love life. Avoid tiger meat or Tiger beer as well as gourmet monkey brains or dishes.
Any curried dish except chicken-based, to help achieve energetic well-being at work and play.
Chicken curry or lemon butter fried chicken, which counters the negative vibes of dragons this year. Avoid dog meat.
Pineapple fried rice, to welcome prosperity into your life. Avoid any pork or snake dish.
Lamb or goat dish, which makes travel profitable and prosperous. Avoid rat meat, horse meat and Red Horse beer.
Chicken or pork dish curried or with yellow ginger, to attract sales and collections. Avoid goat or lamb meat as well as beef.
Lamb or goat dish with curry or yellow ginger side dish, which generates greater cash flow in business and investments. Avoid tiger meat or monkey brains.
Any fish dish cooked any way as long as it has yellow sidings or garnish, be it vegetables or sauce. This brings greater wealth accumulation. Avoid chicken products and rabbit meat.
(Text by Reggie Aspiras, AsiaOne / Additional reporting by Natalya Molok)