The Making of Pun Choi Basin Food

Villagers of the Tang clan of Tai Po Tau Tsuen preparing ingredients for the basin feast. After their Autumn Ancestral Worship, villagers of the Liu clan of Sheung Shui used the traditional stove to cook the basin feast. Villagers of the Liu clan of Sheung Shui joining up to layer cooked food into the basins. The process is also known as “da pun”. After their Autumn Ancestral Worship, villagers of the Liu clan of Sheung Shui enjoyed the basin feast. Some of the ingredients used for basin feast of Ma Tin Tsuen in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long: shitake mushrooms and pork rind.

Stainless steel basins used as containers in the basin feast of Ma Tin Tsuen in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long. The cook of basin feast is preparing the pork belly. (The basin feast of Ma Tin Tsuen in Shap Pat Heung of Yuen Long) Cooked pork is rinsed under cold water. (The basin feast of Ma Tin Tsuen in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long) Ingredient preparation for the basin feast. (The basin feast of Ma Tin Tsuen in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long) The cook of basin feast is adding corn starch, tangerine peel, pepper, spring onion, parsley, sesame oil into the minced dace and pork; the mixture is next stirred repeatedly. (The basin feast of Ma Tin Tsuen in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long)

Villagers who welcomed a new baby girl have to contribute "arrowhead" as an ingredient for the basin food. (The basin feast of Ma Tin Tsuen in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long) Cooked ingredients for the basin food. (The basin feast of Ma Tin Tsuen in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long) Seasonings for the pork belly: red fermented bean curd and fermented bean paste. (The basin feast of Ma Tin Tsuen in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long) Ingredients are placed in the basins according to a specific order. The procedure is known as "da pun" (filling in the container). (The basin feast of Ma Tin Tsuen in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long) Pork rind, bean curd sticks, shitake mushrooms, dried conger-pike eel, pork, chicken, and parsley are placed one after another. (The basin feast of Ma Tin Tsuen in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long)