Friday saw the Chinese New Year celebration of the Year of the Rat. My Dad's birthday present from us was to attend the Chinese New Year Dragon Dance dinner at our favourite chinese restaurant - Taipan in Milton Keynes (definitely worth a visit for dim sum on Saturday or Sunday lunch if you are in the area).
The dragon dance was spectacular with loud drumming that seemed to go on forever - it was quite hypnotic!
We were also visited by the money God - I think all of us were secretly hoping that by giving our gift envelopes, we would be lucky and win the Euromillions lottery - sadly not!
The food was of course delicious, with tempura and duck pancakes, dim sum, scallops and my all time favourite, crispy shredded chilli beef!
Happy Chinese New Year!
Friday saw the Chinese New Year celebration of the Year of the Rat. My Dad's birthday present from us was to attend the Chinese New Year Dragon Dance dinner at our favourite chinese restaurant - Taipan in Milton Keynes (definitely worth a visit for dim sum on Saturday or Sunday lunch if you are in the area). 
The dragon dance was spectacular with loud drumming that seemed to go on forever - it was quite hypnotic!
We were also visited by the money God - I think all of us were secretly hoping that by giving our gift envelopes, we would be lucky and win the Euromillions lottery - sadly not!
The food was of course delicious, with tempura and duck pancakes, dim sum, scallops and my all time favourite, crispy shredded chilli beef!
Happy Chinese New Year!
Ohh, it looks like you had a wonderful time. I have never been to a Dragon Dance or a Chinese New Year celebration. It looks like a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteAs a child, I remember one time going to Chinatown in NYC for a New Year celebration. I recall being terrified by the dragon and all of the fire crackers! Probably not the best of memories, but it's what I got, lol.
ReplyDeleteOn a positive note, duck pancakes...yum.