Chinese New Year is here! How do people in the Chinese restaurant sector celebrate Chinese New Year? Just how many red envelopes do you have to give out once you’re married and own a business? What kind of dishes are eaten for the special Chinese New Year eve dinner, and what’s the secret to getting a crispy coating on your sweet sticky rice cake?
Late night crowds at a food and flower market on Chinese New Year Eve in 2016. No countdown at midnight, but a lot of revelry and laughter as soon as dusk fell.
You can’t beat a rice cake [or 年/黏糕] for its new year luck-giving properties or for its taste and texture. This ‘authentic North Korean’ version’ at the Guangzhou CNY night market - ready to steam at home - is flatter and rounder than the cylindrical rice cakes you get with your Korean fried chicken, or served in a gochujang sauce
XO Soused Special - Chinese New Year