How to Ring in the Year of the Rat? With Dancing Lions and Fabulous Feasts
09 January 2020 - 7:46AM
Dow Jones News
By Matthew Kronsberg
Rat Pack
Where better to celebrate the Year of the Rat than with close
relatives, at the Kingdom of the Mouse? Disney's parks world-wide
celebrate the holiday with decorations, characters dressed in
traditional finery and special foods. At Disney California
Adventure Park, Mulan's Lunar New Year Procession will be a daily
centerpiece. Holiday-inspired grub ranges from traditional lo mein
noodles (symbolizing long life) to bespoke creations like purple
sweet-potato macarons shaped like mouse ears.
disneyparks.disney.go.com
Lions in Chicago
Peninsula Hotels, based in Shanghai, will pull out the stops in
their Chicago location, starting with turndown service on Jan. 24
-- New Year's Eve. Guests will find traditional red envelopes
placed on their pillows, containing a large chocolate coin to
portend a healthy, prosperous (and sweet) New Year. On the holiday
proper, the hotel will welcome a traditional dance troupe whose
performers don lion costumes. The hotel's Shanghai Terrace
restaurant will offer a special $168 menu until Jan. 31 that
includes Peking duck and hot and sour soup with truffles.
peninsula.com
Opportunistic Scallops
America's largest Chinese New Year's parade will be held in San
Francisco on Feb. 8 ( chineseparade.com). Hakkasan restaurant is
perfectly positioned for a post-parade dinner, with a $98 per
person prix fixe three-course menu that starts on Jan. 25.
Highlights include abalone and wild-mushroom dumplings decorated
with gold leaf, and Maine king scallops, whose coin-like shape
symbolizes success and opportunity. hakkasan.com
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January 08, 2020 15:31 ET (20:31 GMT)
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