Few people outside Mayfair seem to have heard of classy Kai, which is odd as not only has the restaurant held a Michelin star since 2009 but it serves some of the best modern Chinese food in London. On Chinese New Year’s Day (January 29), guests will receive a red envelope with a gold coin special offer. 📍Address: 54 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AF 3. London's pair of dim sum and Cantonese specialists, in Soho and the City, are offering an almost month-long celebration of the Year of the Dragon. The Chinese New Year menu features seven Chinese Join London's most popular dim sum restaurant Ping Pong for an epic Chinese New Year celebration. From the 14th of January, you can awaken the snake within with a limited-edition menu that honours this year's zodiac symbol. Get stuck into grilled eel on a crispy rice cake, char siu roast pork, wagyu beef dumplings and more. Traditionally eaten in the hope of a prosperous year to come, Nian Gao is often gifted to loved ones, so pop into Sakurado to pick up the perfect present this Chinese New Year. Tsujiri 33 Newport Court, London, WC2H 7PQ. For a sweet treat to ring in Chinese New Year, visit Tsujiri and indulge in their 6-inch Taro Vanilla Crepe Cake. For a truly memorable Chinese New Year celebration, Hakkasan is the epitome of fine dining in London. This Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant boasts an elegant and sophisticated ambience, perfect for a special occasion. When is Chinese New Year 2025 in London? This year, Chinese New Year falls on Wednesday 29 January 2025. It’s nearly always celebrated on the rising of the second new moon following the winter solstice, which makes it a movable feast, a bit like Easter in the Christian calendar. Because of this timing in the year, Chinese New Year typically Peninsula London (Belgravia) - This new hotel will be having a special Lunar New Year Set Menu available at Canton Blue with dishes including steamed dumplings made with crab and scallops as well as drunken chicken with goji berries (7- 16th February, £168). They'll also have a lion and dragon dance in the hotel courtyard at 11am on 10 February. London's Chinese New Year Parade and Trafalgar Square celebrations on 1 and 2 February 2025 Canton Blue, the upmarket Cantonese restaurant in The Peninsula at Hyde Park Corner, becomes Canton To celebrate Chinese New Year, Poon’s Wontoneria by Amy Poon will add limited edition shui jiao 'Water Dumplings' to the menu throughout the festive period. Filled with a drool-worthy combination of pork, shrimp and Chinese mushrooms, these parcels of joy will be available alongside the Wontoneria’s signature selection of handmade wontons and soothing noodle bowls at lunch, or a menu of We wish you all a Happy Chinese New Year!’ These are the best Chinese restaurants in London. 11 London restaurants triumphed at the Deliveroo Restaurant Awards 2024. Celebrate Chinese New Year with family and friends at Chinese Cricket Club with a sumptuous menu meticulously crafted by Head Chef Tony Truong. Priced at £78 per person, the menu features the restaurant's signature dish including the Smoked Peking Duck. Available for 28 January to 2 February 2025 only. Dumplings are traditionally eaten on New Year’s Eve, particularly in Northern China, and symbolise wealth. Chinese dumplings are said to resemble Chinese gold or silver ingots, the currency of imperial China; not the rectangular gold bars familiar from heist movies, but boat-shaped, with turned-up ends. It’s the Year of the Rat, and we’ve rounded up the best places to celebrate Chinese New Year in London. By Natasha Patel. Hakkasan. Hakkasan will be celebrating Chinese New Year with a limited edition signature menu designed to reflect good health and fortune for the year ahead. London's Lunar New Year Parade is undoubtedly one of the best ways to welcome the Chinese New Year. The celebrations are the biggest of their kind outside of Asia and will see thousands of people flock to the streets to watch as colourful performers in lion and dragon outfits and vibrant floats cruise through the city streets. Saturday 25 January marks the Chinese New Year, and London is putting on a host of exquisite festivities to celebrate the event. 2020 is the Year of the Rat – the first of the zodiac symbols, and the most respected of the Chinese horoscope, associated with wealth, intuition and surplus. Chinese New Year in 2025 will be celebrated on Wednesday, January 29. In London, the main festivities, including parades and events in Chinatown and Trafalgar Square, are typically held on the weekend following the actual New Year's Day. So, for 2025, the largest public celebrations will take place on the weekend of February 1-2, 2025. THE In Chinatown London you’ll find lion dancing, stalls and plenty of places to stop off for a Chinese New Year feast. Full Schedule of Chinese New Year Events in London: 1st February 2025. 11:00am – 5:00pm: 📍Chinatown: Lion Dance Performances throughout Chinatown; 2nd February 2025. 10:00am – 11:45am: 📍 East of Trafalgar Square to Once upon a time, going for a Chinese meal in London meant Cantonese in Chinatown. That central London enclave, packed with everything from bakeries and grocers to Chinese doctors and travel
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