With Chinese New Year being celebrated on 29th January February 2025, what better time is there to get stuck into one of our favourite ever cuisines? For those of you that don’t know, Chinese New Year is the most significant traditional festival in China, marking the lunar new year with 15 days of celebrations. Key customs include family reunion dinners, red decorations, giving red envelopes, dragon and lion dances, and fireworks. Traditional foods with symbolic meanings are also enjoyed, such as dumplings for wealth, fish for abundance, glutinous rice cake for progress, longevity noodles for long life, sweet rice balls for unity, tangerines for luck, and Peking duck for prosperity. These foods embody cultural hopes for a prosperous and auspicious new year.
