Events Features Chinese New Year Chinese Events Places to Celebrate The Lunar New Year 2023 in Connecticut Stephanie Webster January 16, 2023 The 2023 Lunar New Year falls on Sunday, January 22nd and celebrations culminate with the Lantern Festival on February 5th. Lunar New Year marks the transition between zodiac signs: 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. Here are a few spots to celebrate here in CT. SHU Restaurant-West Hartford, Fairfield, Avon www.shurestaurantusa.comSHU Restaurant will be celebrating the Lunar New Year with special dishes including: Stir-Fried Luffa with Fish Tofu, Fillet with Pork Intestines & Silky Filet with Soup & Homemade Rice Chips. Join them at any of their three locations throughout CT and celebrate with traditional cuisine to bring luck in 2023. Junzi: Lunar New Year Tanghulu Pop-up- New Haven www.eventbrite.comBack by popular demand! Your favorite fresh-made Chinese winter sweets are coming back to junzi kitchen! This Tanghulu 糖葫芦 (handmade candied fruit skewer) experience is brought to you in collaboration with 京味小馆. See pop-up schedule below:New Haven, CT: Sunday, Jan 29, 2:30 pm - 5 pm junzi kitchen - Yale (near Yale University)Junzi will be the only restaurant in the city bringing these to the market, and guests will be able to see how they're made on site. Be sure to bring your cameras and appetite!Hinoki: Greenwichhinokigreenwich.comHinoki will be serving a special menu for the lunar new year. It includes: LOLA BUNNY Cocktail (Toki whisky, carrot juice, turmeric fresh pressed cochi aperitif); GREAT FORTUNE-salmon, avocado, yuzu jelly and black garlic soy & GREAT FAVOR-Szechuan pork wonton with chili oil. TAO Asian Bistro & Lounge: Mohegan Sunwww.instagram.com/mohegansunHappy early Lunar New Year! 🐇🧧🎇 To honor the year of the rabbit, TAO will be featuring a special Giant Fortune Cookie through January 25th at TAO Asian Bistro & Lounge.Lunarfest 2023: New Haven Museum & Yale China Celebrationwww.yalechina.orgJoin The Yale China Association on January 28 at 10 am on Whitney Avenue to ring in the New Year with our lion dance parade. Participate in free, family-friendly activities after the parade at our partner locations. See full schedule here.Lunarfest is Connecticut’s largest annual Lunar New Year celebration. Featuring a traditional lion dance troupe, local artists, and local organizations, the annual festivities are full of learning, culture, arts, and fun. In 2021, Lunarfest went fully virtual, but we are back in person. It will culminate with a riveting lion pole dance and speeches from local community leaders. In the afternoon, there will be free family-friendly, educational activities, workshops, and performances hosted at the New Haven Museum, the New Haven Free Public Library, Creative Arts Workshop, and Yale Office of International Students & Scholars.Chef Jiang: Farmingtonwww.chefjiang.com Chef Jiang will be offering two different meal plans for the new year. Each feeds up to 10 people and these are only available from 1/20 to 1/22.. Reservations are required. Dishes include: Soy Braised Special Platter, Marinated Chicken, Stirred Fried Lobster, Roasted Whole Duck, Chef’s Special Soup, Stirred Fried Snail w. OX Sauce, Scallop and Squid Mixed Soup, Sweet & Sour Fish, Mixed Seafood w. Egg, Sautéed Vegetables, Eight Treasure Rice & Fruit Platter.Kumo Sushi: Stamford-Hosted by The Organization of Chinese Americanswww.eventbrite.comKumo will host the Organization of Chinese Americans (Fairfield County Chapter) 2023 Chinese New Year Party to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year, the year of Rabbit on Sat, January 21, 2023, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST. More information here.
