Five Chinese New Year Fire Rooster options in London: Chinese New Year is early this year and starts on January 28th 2017. The year of the Fire Rooster, we should be looking forward to a year with a general level of restraint but with a move towards honour and integrity. And, it’s a year when […]
Chinese New Year at the Chinese Cricket Club
Year of the Fire Rooster – Preview of the Chinese New Year Feast – Chinese Cricket Club: I was very excited to be invited to try the special menu for the Chinese New Year at the Chinese Cricket Club (great name for a restaurant, don’t you think?). It’s been a long time since I did […]
The Year of the Rooster at Hakkasan Hanway Place
Year of the Rooster Signature Chinese New Year Menu – Hakkasan Hanway Place: Chinese New Year is approaching fast. It’s the year of the Fire Rooster a year which (apparently) should see progress, a move towards honour and integrity and to a general level of restraint. This year we will all be more polite and […]
Min Jiang – Chinese New Year with a View
Min Jiang at The Royal Garden Hotel: The Royal Garden Hotel is a glamorous place on the edge of Kensington Gardens. I’ve been there for drinks but never made my way to the tenth-floor Chinese restaurant, Min Jiang, open now for eight years. There is something quite exciting about taking the elevator up – and […]
Year of the Monkey – Cha Cha Moon
Cha Cha Moon Chinese New Year Feast for the Year of the Monkey: It’s the Chinese Year of the Monkey coming up and Cha Cha Moon are celebrating by offering a £19.99 set menu for a week from February 8th. The deal includes a set main dish, a side, a dessert with a cocktail to finish […]
Hakkasan Mayfair Michelin Star Chinese
Celebrating the Year of the Red Fire Monkey at Hakkasan Mayfair: It was a real treat to be invited to Hakkasan Mayfair, Londons top Cantonese restaurant, to sample their Chinese New Year signature menu. The restaurant, which first got its Michelin Star in 2011 is right in the heart of Mayfair. Set over two floors, […]
Preview – Hakkasan Chinese New Year – The Year of the Red Fire Monkey
Chinese New Year at Hakkasan – Celebrating the Red Fire Monkey: The first day of the Chinese calendar is Monday 8th February. The Year of the Red Fire Monkey. From what I’ve been reading, 2016 should be fun – in the year of the monkey, anything can happen. And, the Fire Monkey in particular is […]
The Year of the Sheep – Chinese Cricket Club Dinner
Chinese Cricket Club New Year Dinner: About this time last year I visited the Chinese Cricket Club for a celebratory New Year lunch. We had a great meal although dining with just one other person it was a quiet affair. This year I was invited back in the evening for a press dinner in anticipation […]
Chinese Cricket Club Celebrates
The Year of the Horse Feast at the Chinese Cricket Club: Don’t blink, you read the title correctly. The Chinese Cricket Club is an elegant restaurant in the Crowne Plaza Hotel at Blackfriars. Whilst the Chinese are famous for many things – cricket is not a sport you’d normally associate with them. But, apparently, the […]