Yu Sheng Lo hei

I really miss lo hei. Seeing my friends posting pictures of lo hei, and it's not even CNY yet! So for reunion dinner tonight, my first reunion dinner in AU, I decided to DIY. I found this recipe by Noob Cook and decided to try it out. Being in a foreign country, I had to improvise. I'm sure if I trawled Sunnybank (the Chinese suburb) hard enough, I would be able to locate more of the ingredients (altho I'm still pretty sure pomelo would be elusive), but I wasn't about to brave the Chinese crowds, or risk the shops closing on me. So here's my highly improvised recipe.

Ingredients (for 2)
1 Carrot
1 Cucumber
2 small pears (to replace daikon. I used a harder and less juicy pear - Wiliam Barnett- so it would't be too soggy)
2 tbsp plum sauce
1 tbsp chopped Japanese ginger (the pink one)
1 tsp five spice powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp pepper (white is preferred but I only had black)
2 tbsps olive oil
1 tsp toasted white sesame seeds
2 tbsp Captain Crunch (to replace crushed toasted peanuts and the crispy Pok Chu)
Optional: raw salmon. My version had no raw fish and hence can be considered vegetarian, but I would have used smoked salmon had I remembered to buy it!

Method
1) Use the peeler to peel slivers off the carrot, cucumber and pears. Arrange separately in a deep bowl.
2) Gather family (and/or friends). While adding each of the other components, say the necessary prosperous greetings (check original Noob Cook article)
3) Get family and/or friends to hold their chopsticks and as everyone mixes up the salad, tossing as high as they can and saying auspicious greetings like lo hei and fa da chai.