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Lunar New Year

Rosheen Kaul's claypot rice with chicken and choy sum. Styled by Lee Blaylock.

Giddy up! 20 brilliant recipes for your very own lucky Lunar New Year banquet

Happy Year of the Horse! Rosheen Kaul, RecipeTin Eats, Adam Liaw and more help you celebrate LNY with mix-and-match Asian-style recipes from the simple to the showstopping.

Jade Swan at Club Rivers.

Nine of the best Chinese restaurants in western Sydney leagues clubs and RSLs

Sydney’s clubs are home to some of the best Cantonese cooking in Australia. We round up our favourites for Lunar New Year, including one place where live seafood is always half-price on weekdays.

  • Kevin Cheng
Assorted dishes at Royal Palace Seafood in Haymarket.

Icons and instant hits: 10 of the best Chinese restaurants from the Good Food Guide

From live seafood to free biang biang noodle refills, these Sydney restaurants are worth celebrating year-round, but especially during Lunar New Year.

  • Callan Boys and Good Food Guide reviewers
Helen Goh’s palm sugar sago pudding.

Five lucky Lunar New Year desserts to make this weekend (starring this ‘irresistible’ pudding)

Usher in a sweet life for the year ahead with these treats from Helen Goh and Adam Liaw.

Palm sugar sago pudding

This beloved Malaysian dessert is an irresistible combination of chewy sago pearls, creamy coconut milk and rich syrup.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
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Dessert offerings from Fuji Seafood Restaurant

Six affordable Sydney snacks to celebrate the Lunar New Year

From Laughing Cow cheese gelato to a char siu pie as big as your head, these limited edition treats will start your Lunar New Year on a tasty note.

  • Isabel Cant
“Hong bao” or red packets are given by adults to children as a Lunar New Year tradition.

‘The main purpose of Lunar New Year is to get your life to rain money like in a rap video’

Red packets, eating fish, making dumplings, yee sang – Adam Liaw on how every Lunar New Year tradition relates to one crucial purpose – getting rich.

  • Adam Liaw
Cebu Lechon chef-owner Will Mahusay dines at Jumbo Seafood in Mount Pritchard.

The chefs’ guide to Sydney’s Chinatowns, and what to eat when you’re there

Tens of thousands of Sydneysiders are expected to celebrate come February 10. This is where and what you should eat,.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Lee Ho Fook owner-chef Victor Liong outside his favourite Melbourne restaurant, Flower Drum.

The chefs’ guide to Melbourne’s Chinatowns, and what to eat when you’re there

Ahead of Lunar New Year, five top chefs share where they head for “textbook Cantonese cooking”, “a warm Cambodian hug”, or crispy suckling pig.

  • Daniela Frangos
Yee sang prosperity salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s yee sang prosperity salad

This theatrical salad involves everyone using chopsticks to toss the salad high into the air. The higher the tossing, the more luck you’ll have!

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw