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Chinese New Year Eats

I actually wrote up three comprehensive posts on the subject of food and its symbolism during Chinese New Year last year. You can find them here:

http://thehungryrose.blogspot.com/2006/01/woof-woof-happy-lunar-new-yearpart-1.html
http://thehungryrose.blogspot.com/2006/02/chinese-lunar-new-year-part-2-sweet.html
http://thehungryrose.blogspot.com/2006/02/chinese-lunar-new-year-part-3-customs.html

I realize this isn't IN in NYC proper, but the best Chinese New Year's meal my family has had outside of our home is at a great restaurant called "Aberdeen" in White Plains (Westchester county), located in the Marriott Residence Inn.

http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=aberdeen&near=White+Plains,+NY&radius=0.0&latlng=41033889,-73763333,15849827070965604637&sa=X&oi=local&ct=authority

Rose at 1:55AM on 02/18/07

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Chinese New Year Eats

here in austin, we are seriously lacking in the chinese restaurant department, but i had an absolutely lovely CNY meal with some egulleters last night at Pao's Mandarin House in Lakeway. Pao's really is the best authentic chinese restaurant in austin, and one of the best in texas, even rivaling those in coastal cities with larger chinese population. the friendly and knowledgeable staff, some from beijing, filled us in all the meaning behind the food choices for our new year's celebration. and everything was perfectly prepared. i have pics on flickr that i would link to right now, but flickr is having a massage. :(

yi at 10:48PM on 02/19/07

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Chinese New Year Eats

In our house, Chinese New Year is celebrated on December 31 with a feast of chinese dishes (it was a diabolical way to get newly-legal kids to stay safely home on New Year's Eve!). While it is time-consuming (mostly the prep work) to make chinese food, it is fun and you can make sure you have lots of leftovers to eat through the week!

play-with-food at 7:23AM on 02/18/07