Kung Hei Fat Choy, the Year of the Fire Monkey started TODAY, February 8 and festivities continue till February 22. So what’s the significance of Chinese New Year?
Chinese New Year gives you another chance to wipe the slate clean and start over if you’ve fallen off the wagon with your New Year resolution. It’s an opportunity to start new ways of doing things and kick old habits.
Traditionally, Chinese New Year is a time to spend with family and friends and celebrate LIFE! Eat foods that bring you luck, good health and prosperity (see list below.) Do new things that bring you happiness. Most importantly, cook at home more often and invite friends over. This is something I plan on doing more myself.
If you’re a Monkey, don’t listen to the superstitions surrounding your future and wealth, otherwise it’ll affect your behavior! For a roundup of Year of the Monkey, it’s traits, compatibility, predictions of fame and fortune, celebrities who are Monkeys.
These dishes symbolize luck, good health and prosperity, let us know if they worked!
Pineapple Fried Rice, an all time favorite and most commonly requested dish
Crispy Dumplings
Buddha’s Delight, a vegetable side dish that goes well with anything
Don’t want to cook? Come join my HOH WOK CLUB for a Chinese New Year feast at BAZI, Sun. Feb.16 at 4pm for a delightful 3 course dinner at $50 incl. tips and tax!
Want to experience a Chinese New Year Festival?
Here are some Miami restaurants celebrating Chinese New Year, contact them to find out about menus etc. and order some of those good luck foods…
Hakkasan (my HOH WOK CLUB celebrated there last year for a superb yum cha!)
Mandarin Oriental
Bazi – their own event, Wed. Feb. 10, $75 incl. lion dance
Kon Chau
Tropical Chinese
Golden Marquess
Chinese New Year
HOH WOK CLUB: Bazi hosts Eleanor Hoh's Chinese New Year gathering
To celebrate the Year of the Monkey, I’m excited to announce my HOH WOK CLUB gathers for a Chinese New Year Asian dinner with an Italian spin at Bazi, located inside the historic Marlin Hotel, Sunday, February 21st from 4-6pm for $50 including tips and tax, what a steal! Only 50 69 lucky guests get to join me inside the dramatic dining room with red and gold accents, replete with elegant tufted banquettes, sleek pendant lighting, artfully shaped bonsai, and a massive dragon with glittering golden scales.
Bazi will offer guests a festive communal dining experience rich with traditional Asian touches. Diners can get their year off to a lucky start by enjoying menu items such as long noodles served to symbolize longevity, house made dumplings for prosperity and more, see menu and how to make your reservations below! Do not delay because once the 50 69 spaces are gone, that’s it, see you there! We got the upstairs intimate lounge as well, yay.
I went to their own Chinese New Year gathering with lion dance last week and sat at the bar, it was so much fun! I got to meet the neatest people and hang. Here are many of the dishes you’ll be having. See all the cozy couches and lounge areas you can sit at if you prefer not to be at a table.
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HOH WOK CLUB is a celebration of Asian culture and cuisine. One of the main reasons I created it was to introduce folks to good Asian cuisine run by smaller, independent family owned restaurants and help spread the word. Find out more about HOH WOK CLUB.
Visit Bazi for more details.
Here are details, you know the drill, you’ll be prepaying directly to BAZI…
When: Sunday, Feb. 21: 4-6pm, lunch starts 4:15pm SHARP!
What: Celebrate Chinese New Year of Monkey with an Italian Asian twist!
Where: Bazi Restaurant at the Marlin Hotel, 1200 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Fl 33139
Cost: $50 includes tips and tax
Max: 50 lucky guests
Reservations and prepay: Bazi Reservations if any problems, call Bazi directly, tel: 305) 695-0101
Parking: Valet $15 OR public garage on 13th and Collins.
KUNG HEI FAT CHOY!
HOH WOK CLUB: Hakkasan Miami host Chinese New Year Yum Cha
NEWS UPDATE! 19 more spots have been added due to popular demand! Please click on registration graphic at bottom of this page to SIGN UP and PLEASE, PLEASE read the instructions below for arrival and parking! We will sit down to yum cha lunch promptly at 12:20pm, so give yourself PLENTY of time to get there, mingle and have a complimentary champagne! If you’re interested to hear about specials like this and get the first dibs to attend, sign up for my free newsletter in right sidebar of this website —>
This Chinese New Year of the Ram, I’m excited to announce my HOH WOK CLUB gathers for an exclusive Yum Cha Lunch at the chic and modern HAKKASAN, Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Sunday, March 1st from 12-3pm for $45 including tips and tax! Only 40 lucky guests get to join me inside the elegant Ling Ling Room room designated for this intimate gathering where guests can socialize and savor a sit down yum cha lunch.
Just a teaser, canapes of sesame prawn toast, steamed scallop shui mai, pan fried foie gras Shanghai dumpling and wild mushroom hand pulled noodles (my favorite) are some of the 13 items in this superb menu, see full menu below. I look forward to seeing you then!
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HAKKASAN is located inside the iconic world famous Morris Lapidus’ designed Fontainebleau Miami Beach. I’m proud and honored to be associated with Hakkasan, as a cooking teacher, it’s important for me to showcase only restaurants that represent Asian culture and cuisine at its finest. I only want to bring you the best so you’ll have a wonderful experience to remember, so bring your family and friends and let’s celebrate the Year of the Ram!
HOH WOK CLUB is a celebration of Asian culture and cuisine and a way for cooking students and Wok Star Eleanor Hoh to socialize outside of her Wok Star cooking classes and marketing Wok Star Kits to help folks succeed in wok cooking and eating healthy while having fun! These gatherings are also open to anyone who enjoys meeting people and exploring new flavors. Many who’ve attended have gone back to these restaurants to try other dishes and told friends about them. Over the years, Eleanor has had the honor of building wonderful relationships with the chefs and owners of the restaurants. One of the main reasons Eleanor created HOH WOK CLUB was to support smaller, independent family owned restaurants and help them succeed.
In this case, HAKKASAN is not a small family owned restaurant, it’s a Michellin-star concept with authentic, modern Chinese fare and AAA Four Diamond award winning restaurant. Chef de cuisine Jian Heng Loo (Kenny), originally from Malaysia has worked at prestigious restaurants including the Capella Singapore, a luxury resort, and the G Hotel in Malaysia. Jian honed his craft over a span of twenty years throughout Asia, he’s a new generation chef that uses his creativity and open mind to innovate the traditional Chinese cuisine.
You’ll be prepaying directly to HAKKASAN…
When: Sunday, March 1st, 2015: 12-3pm, do not be late, we will start lunch at 12:20pm sharp!
12pm – complimentary: glass of champagne upon arrival in the bar
12:20pm – yum cha lunch in Ling Ling room (see menu below)
3pm – end
Where: Hakkasan is located in rear of Fontainebleau Miami Beach, near pool, take elevator.
4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139.
Cost: $45 includes tips and tax. Extra Alcoholic beverages will be added to your bill.
Why: celebrate Chinese New Year of the Ram
Tel: if any problems, please call Hakkasan directly, I have no control over reservations. Before 4pm 1-877-326-7412 and 786-276-1388 after 4pm.
Parking: Valet $12 with stamp from Hakkasan. There is public parking north of the hotel and a little hike. Also garage just south of hotel. Your choice.
Social media: use hashtag #WokStar on twitter, instagram and Facebook to share your day. Follow @dinebleau (Fontainebleau’s food account)
Reservations and prepay: click on graphic below to reserve and prepay…