When: January 15th - 30th, 2025 Details: Enjoy $5 off our delicious Bundle Feasts, perfect for Lunar New Year celebrations with family and friends. Choose from a variety of tasty combos that include Chowking favorites like dim sum, fried rice, and savory dishes. In Chinese, "fish" (鱼 Yú /yoo/) sounds like 'surplus'. Fish is a traditional Chinese New Year dish on the Chinese New Year dinner menu. Chinese people always like to have a surplus at the end of the year, because they think if they have managed to save something at the end of the year, then they can make more in the next year. Each dish served during this festive period carries a special meaning, symbolizing prosperity, luck, and togetherness. As we approach the 2025 celebrations, let’s explore the top 10 traditional Chinese New Year foods that are sure to grace tables across the globe. 1. Chinese New Year Side Dishes. Even some vegetable dishes are iconic Chinese New Year foods. Buddha’s Delight, consisting of at least 8 ingredients, is often eaten the morning of Chinese New Year after a ceremonial offering of food to honor family ancestors. Also called Spring Festival in most of mainland China, Lunar New Year begins on the night of the first new moon of the lunisolar calendar, which is a bit shorter than the 365-day solar year. The 16-day festival season is celebrated with lots of traditional Chinese New Year foods that are prepared, served and eaten in symbolic ways. But in China, especially in the South, pork tongue is a staple for special occasions like Chinese New Year. “猪脷,” pork tongue in Chinese, sounds similar to “吉利,” good luck. That’s why it’s one of the most popular main courses for Chinese New Year. The Year of the Snake 🐍 (蛇年) is fast approaching!In 2025, the Chinese Lunar New Year falls on Wednesday, January 29, and the celebration lasts at least 15 days.To help you prepare for celebratory meals, I’ve curated 30 popular recipes for this most important occasion. Related: 100 Chinese New Year Wishes to Honor the Lunar New Year In addition to a traditional Chinese rice pudding recipe below, you'll also find recipes for dim sum and more classics like Dan Dan Our Chinese New Year Menu for experienced cooks is a high-bar test of endurance, knife skills, precision, timing, and sheer dedication. Some of our best, tastiest, and most beloved Chinese New Year dishes are included here, so this menu is high risk, high reward. You pull this off and Chinese New Year’s dinner at your house will become legend. Toss your takeout menus—celebrate Chinese New Year with homemade recipes to bring you good luck, like dumplings, fortune cookies, and noodles. It's such a special ritual, not to mention a 2025 Chinese New Year Set Menu 金蛇報喜 賀歲宴 (Advance order is REQUIRED.) Family Dinner Menu Set 合家歡聚 (Limited availabilities per day, advance order is required.) Koi Palace's Superior Suckling Pig Dinner 乳豬全體宴 (Limited 3 Sets per day) Koi Palace's Chow Chiu Style Set Menu 兩頭鮑魚潮式夏日宴 This year, the 15-day holiday begins on Wednesday, Jan. 29, the first New Moon of the lunar calendar. Traditional celebrations run through Wednesday, Feb. 12, the full moon. Liturgical Colour : Red Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today for all those of us who are celebrating the Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year to the Chinese people who celebrate it every year. This day marks the celebration of the beginning of the end of winter in the Northern In the Cape Fear, Double Happiness, a Chinese restaurant on Wrightsville Ave is celebrating the occasion with promotions on select menu items and special dishes. Nian gao, also known as “rice cake” or “New Year cake” in English, are a must for Chinese New Year. In ancient times, nian gao were used only as offerings to the ancestors and gods. Gradually, they became a traditional dish during the Spring Festival. Now they are available every day of the year, but are still a special treat for the Guests can indulge in Chinese New Year Set Menus (starts at S$188 or S$118 for vegetarian) such as Happiness Set Menu, Prosperity Set Menu, Harmonious Set Menu, and Opulence Set Menu Joyous Set Menu that includes a Fortune Yu Sheng with Norwegian smoked salmon, poached lobster, or vegetarian fish. Chef Tu David Phu is preparing a special dish for the Lunar New Year at his new Divisadero wine bar, Gigi’s. From Wednesday, January 29, to Sunday, February 2, diners can get a bite of Phu’s Welcome the Year of the Golden Snake in grand style at Loong Foong, the renowned Cantonese restaurant at Swissôtel Bangkok Ratchada.This Chinese New Year 2025, gather your loved ones and celebrate with luxurious feasts, elegant ambiance, and authentic Cantonese cuisine crafted with precision and care by our expert chefs. We have seasonal live seafood, assorted BBQ plater, soup dumpling, braised pork with vegetable, sweet and sour pork, lobster noodles and many more. 408-212-4903 in Sunnyvale
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