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Chinese New Year Miami Roundup 2019

February 3, 2019 By Eleanor Hoh 1 Comment

Kung Hei Fat Choy! Pick from 5 of my fav restaurants to celebrate Year of the Pig, some with Special Menus and Lion Dance. ENJOY!! 
The Year of the Pig starts TUESDAY, February 5 and festivities last 2 weeks.  Since I’m not organizing a Chinese New Year gathering this year, I’ve put together a list of Chinese/Asian restaurants celebrating Year of the Pig so you can experience it.

You can catch me on Facebook Live talking Chinese New Year with Linda Gassenheimer on Food News & Views and get tips for a Simple Skirt Stir Fry! We continued with a radio interview on 880thebiz, hear it as a podcast!

So, what’s the significance of Chinese New Year?

Chinese New Year is a time to spend with family and friends and celebrate LIFE! My mom used to cook for days, there was one of everything, so duck, beef, pork, shrimp, you get the drift. The whole table would be filled, it was our favorite time of the year, what a feast for the eyes and tummy. And we got red packets filled with money when we visited our cousins or friends.

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 kick old habits and start new ways of doing things that bring you happiness.

If you’re superstitious like me and don’t want to chance it, here are a few things I do…
• No sweeping on New Year’s Day or you’ll sweep away good luck, great excuse for no housework.
• Wear red or gold or both and eat things like Dumplings, wontons or gyozas resemble gold ingots. They signify Prosperity, Longevity, Good Luck and Happiness.

Find out Pig traits, compatibility, predictions of fame and fortune and celebrities who are Pigs.

And now for the roundup of 5 of my fav Miami restaurants celebrating Chinese New Year, contact them to find out about menus etc. and order some of those good luck foods.  Do call them PRIOR to going to reserve and check for Lion Dance appearances to avoid disappointment, I’m just the messenger. 

Hakkasan
February 5- February 24, 7:30PM
$108pp
Reserve here.

I took my Wok Star Supper Club for Chinese New Year Yum Cha a few years’ ago and it’s been the talk of the town ever since! Check it out here, you’ll understand why! It’s elegant, the food is exquisite and you get treated like royalty.

Hakkasan celebrates the Year of the Pig with a limited edition menu created by International Chef de Cuisine, Jian Loo alongside an exclusive cocktail and dessert. There’ll be a special lion dance on February 5 at 7:30PM only. Known for its modern take on authentic Cantonese cuisine, you’ll enjoy New Year dishes like Peking duck with crispy bean curd and mango, Fortune Macaron and Liáo liáo cocktail. Every dish features ingredients believed to bring good luck and prosperity in the New Year.

Hakkasan CNY 2019 – Wealth Pot dessert

No Name Chinese
February 5, 5:30-10pm
$45pp + $30 wine tasting
Call 786-577-0734 or on OpenTable

I have really enjoyed No Name Chinese for its interesting fusion and modern takes, check my review and video here. 

One-night-only 4-course tasting menu.  Chef Pablo Zitzmann will be serving dishes like “the Crudo Yusheng that is a really celebratory dish. We got a red braised pork belly that is eaten during Chinese New Year for wealth, long Lo Mein Noodles for longevity and whole roasted fish for a good start and end of the year.” 

No Name Chinese – Crudo Yusheng

OG Supper Club and 1-800-Lucky
February 6, 6:30-9:30pm
$55/pp
Tickets here.

1-800-Lucky is the only hip, Asian food hall in Miami with outdoor garden lounge and offers everyone’s favorite dishes like Dim Sum, Chinese roast duck, Thai, ramen, you get the drift.

A Chinese New Year filled with Good Fortune and Good Food…
Upon arrival, each guest will receive his or her own map to present to each of Lucky’s vendors to receive one of their signature dishes.

Throughout the evening, indulge on specialty, holiday cocktails, snap pics at the event’s pop-up photo booth, enjoy live entertainment and partake in a live karaoke competition held one night ONLY in the venue’s outdoor patio with special prizes for three selects winners and much more!


Sugar at East
February 5, 8pm

Lion Dance and Chinese drummers
Check here.
This is a fabulous rooftop garden bar lounge with exquisite Asian accents.  Small bites and amazing panoramic skyline views make this one of the best venues.
It doesn’t look like there’s an extra charge for the Lion Dance, so just pay for drinks and eats.

Tanuki
Monday, February 4 to Saturday, February 9
$45pp

This modern, zen Japanese restaurant also offers Chinese Dim Sum and South Asian cuisine. What a clever idea their Chinese New Year menu…

Tanuki is ringing in the Year of the Pig by offering a special 4-course menu (full of pig). Pork Belly Fuku Buns, Pork Gyoza, Pork Fried Rice ending with Miso Chocolate Mousse with Pork Crackling Crumble and Pink Peppercorn Ice Cream.

Other specials include: A whole Roasted Pig Porchetta for $26 (limited availability) and Korobuta Double Chop for $35.

Tanuki -Pork Belly Fuku Bun
Restaurants not celebrating with special Chinese New Year menu but you can still enjoy without the fuss?…
Black Brick
They’ll be celebrating Spring Lantern Festival, Feb.19. Check menu here. 

Komodo
They didn’t post anything special for Chinese New Year. Check their menu here. I went when they first opened, ambience, food and execution was excellent.
Novikov
I must say for a Russian owned Chinese restaurant, it was one of the best dining experience I’ve ever had, see my post here.

If you want to experience a Chinese New Year Festival with a Lion and Dragon Dance, Chinese food, with lots of activities for kids, The Chinese Foundation puts on an annual event at the Miami Dade Campus.  

KUNG HEI FAT CHOY everyone!
May your year bring you much happiness, good health and prosperity! 

Filed Under: blog, Chinese food, Chinese New Year, Miami restaurant, restaurant review Tagged With: "Chinese food", "Miami Foodie event", "Miami restaurant review", "Year of Pig", Chinese New Year

Wok Star Supper Club, huge success at Drunken Dragon

August 16, 2016 By Eleanor Hoh 3 Comments

Thank you everyone who came out to celebrate my Wok Star Supper Club at Drunken Dragon this past Sunday. Everyone raved about the exotic flavors of each dish, what a successful dinner gathering to conquer the summer blues and celebrate what would have been my mom’s birthday, my mom would have approved!

Crack Ribs was my fav dish, made with sambal, tender, fall off the bone!
Crack Ribs was my fav dish, made with sambal, tender, fall off the bone!
Chef Xavier Torres had a few surprises for us, see menu below. This is the part I love most about organizing these events, I work with the chefs and staff to make it the best experience for you and your taste buds!
We had other surprises, the General Manager, Ryan Hamilton arranged for their art gallery two doors down to be open so we could view some pretty amazing art before going through a back alley to visit Foxhole Bar. It was a lovely evening with 3 activities rolled into one. Thanks also to Alex Tanaka the manager and Alexia Tapanes who was so patient with my wish list. And of course, Voss who hydrated us all evening.
I hope you’ll return and try other dishes and don’t forget their Korean BBQ, and say that’s what you want to do when you make your reservations, not all tables have the BBQ grill.  Visit Drunken Dragon for more details.
Missed my Wok Star Supper Club? You can drool over the photos below. I’ll be organizing more this fall, so stay tuned.
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To find out more about my Wok Star Supper Club (previously called Hoh Wok Club.)
Note: I don’t get paid to organize these events. I do it because I love introducing people to good Asian cuisine in Miami!  I do get 2 complimentary dinners.
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Yours truly with talented Chef Xavier Torres, thanks for making it so much fun and so successful!
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Tuna Poke Taco was so light and refreshing, a perfect starter and set the tone for what’s to come!
DrunkenDragon-Edamame
Appetizer: Edamame with black pepper, sea salt, radishes
 
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Appetizer: Salt Roasted Gold and Red Beets with blackberry, pea shoots, miso yogurt, dry miso and red quinoa.
DrunkenDragon-Voss-Hamachi
Appetizer: Hamachi with kalamansi ponzu, cashews, orange and grapefruit segments, red onion and mint. Thanks VOSS for hydrating us.
DrunkenDragon-lobsterroll
Appetizer: Lobster Roll, crispy brioche, sriracha aioli, cavier, Bottarga, tarragon.
 
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Entree: Crack Spare Ribs with serondeng sambal, scallion, coriander, red chili.
 
DrunkenDragon-TwiceFriedChicken
Entree: Twice Fried Chicken with Asian slaw, Miso Ranch, Red Dragon Sauce.
 
Taro Truffle Hash with 63 egg, Chinese sausage, corn, snow peas, taro chips.
Sides: Taro Truffle Hash with 63 egg, Chinese sausage, corn, snow peas, taro chips.  Not shown: Drunken Dragon fries with curry salt and truffle aioli.
 
Stir fry vegetables with sweet soy-ginger sauce and garlic salt.
Stir fry vegetables with sweet soy-ginger sauce and garlic salt.
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Visit to Market Gallery after dinner and Foxhole Bar through an alley wrapped up this 3 event evening!
 

Filed Under: blog, foodies, Miami Events, Wok Star Supper Club Tagged With: "Asian fusion", "Drunken Dragon", "Miami Foodie event", "Wok Star Supper Club"

Wok Star Supper CLUB: Hakkasan Yum Cha 2015 (updated)

March 2, 2015 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

Year of the Ram is off to a fabulous start for 2015!  Chinese New Year with 70 lucky people at HAKKASAN, Fontainebleau Miami Beach was such a treat! I organized it as part of my Wok Star Supper Club gatherings, to celebrate Asian culture and cuisine with like minded people. If you’ve never had an authentic Yum Cha Chinese style, you have to experience it.  And the best way to do that is at a chic, modern and beautiful restaurant like HAKKASAN.  You get the royal treatment and you leave all the work to the chefs who painstakingly make all the intricate and magnificent dumplings and miniature sculptures!
WokStar-CNY-Hakkasan-dumplingsYum Cha in Chinese literally means, “drink tea” and is a leisurely way to enjoy an afternoon with family and friends over a 4 course 13 item dim sum menu, and that’s what we did yesterday. If you missed it, you can drool over the dishes below.

It was wonderful to see so many who’ve attended my class join me in this celebration and I hope to make this an annual event.  If you want to experience future Wok Star Supper Club events, subscribe to my free newsletter in right sidebar so you’ll be the first to hear about events and get first option to reserve as well as news about my wok cooking classes, resources, meal ideas, tips, techniques and videos to simplify your life!

Thanks so much to Tasting Table, New Times and Miami Herald for spreading the word!

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photo credit: all horizontal photos by Geraldine Ramirez, square food shots by me!

Hakkasan at the Fontainbleau Hotel
4441 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Hakkasan - Fontainebleau Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato

Filed Under: "Hoh Wok Club", blog, Chinese New Year, wok star eleanor hoh, Wok Star Supper Club Tagged With: "Chinese New Year 2015", "dim sum", "Fontainebleau Miami Beach", "HOH WOK CLUB", "Miami Foodie event", "Wok Star Supper Club", Chinese New Year, Hakkasan, Miami events, Wok Star Eleanor Hoh

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