At Lunar New Year, certain foods are particularly lucky to eat. Why? Because in Chinese, their names are puns on fortunate things. Damn, maybe noodles are all it takes to get me into puns after all... Professor Miranda Brown, historian of China specialising in food and drink, explains the wordplay foods of new year, and why names are so resonant in Chinese.
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