I actually learned how to eat this dish only a couple years ago when I went out for lunch in Ipoh with some of my colleagues. I acquired a taste for this Hakka dish which is made up mostly of vegetables. I would also eat this dish when I go on a vegetarian diet during the Nine God Emperor Festival during the Ninth Lunar month.
Here is info about the Thunder Tea Rice or Lui Cha Fan.
The Ho Poh (a sub Hakka clan) have a unique tradition in this Thunder Tea Rice (Lui Cha Fan). The thunder created is said to signify the noise made when one is preparing the dish which involves a lot of grinding of tea leaves and chopping vegetables and nuts to small bits that accompany this dish.
Thunder Tea Rice is an original recipe deemed healthy by many diners with several finely-diced ingredients such as tofu, green beans, ground nuts, pickled radish and other vegetables mixed into cooked brown rice and served with tea made from tea leaves, basil and mint steeped in hot water. The ingredients are all organic and totally healthy.
To eat your lui cha fan, you pour the condiments into your rice and add the hot tea.
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