We love Chinese New Year celebrations and traditions, especially the foods. On New Year’s Eve, we always have jiaozi, though my recipe varies from year to year. One of these days I’ll post a recipe. We also had chicken, longevity noodles, congee, niao gao and fa gao. I served tea gongfu style in the fancy tea set that I purchased in Guangzhou. Of course, with the exception of nian gao and fa gao, these are foods I make all the time.
But we didn’t go to the parade this year: L gave us mixed signals about wanting to go and I also made the mistake of scheduling her and her dad to go to “The Little Mermaid” musical that afternoon. But we will be going to the performance by the New York Chinese Cultural Center. They are so talented and their show is so beautiful. If you live in NYC, you should check it out. Definitely don’t go to the “Chinese New Year Spectacular”–that is a show with a political agenda by the Falun Gong. We made that mistake last year and regretted it.
