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Happy Chinese New Year (& Giveaway Winners!)

January 24, 2012 by Jennifer Che Leave a Comment


The Bellagio in Las Vegas

I’m just a little late, but Happy Chinese New Year!

We enter the year of the dragon this year, a year that many people think is the luckiest of all the Chinese zodiac signs.

Bryan and I just came back from Las Vegas not too long ago. The Bellagio always puts out a fantastic display every year during Chinese New Year. This year, they went all out, complete with huge dragons that blew smoke out of their noses, larger-than-life firecrackers that lit up and made cracking noises every so often, and tons of flowers. There was even a pond filled with live fish!

We celebrated this weekend by having hot pot! Apparently we weren’t the only ones in the city who had the brilliant idea of having a hot pot during the new year. Several Chinese supermarkets in the city ran out of thinly sliced beef. We finally “sacrificed” a couple of our USDA prime steaks from the freezer and sliced them up for hot pot (!!).

Although it was delicious, I still think thinly sliced filet mignon (which I prepare at home) is by far the best way to enjoy beef during a not pot. The New York strips were good, but the texture of filet mignon can’t be beat.

Giveaway Winners!
Congratulations to our three winners who win a personally autographed copy of Nina Simonds’ brand new book:  Simple Asian Meals.

Our winners said the following:

Lindsay of Eat, Knit, Grow says her favorite Asian dish is “Pho!!”

I still haven’t actually made real, beef pho before, but I’ve attempted chicken pho!

Janice said “it’s tough to pick a single favorite dish. I love all Asian food! But if I had to, I would say Ramen is my favorite dish. I could probably eat a bowl daily.”

I’m just starting to learn about ramen! I’ve had incredible tsukemen (dipping ramen) in Japan a few times, pretty good ramen in Boston, and fantastic ramen at a pop-up restaurant. However, I have still yet to try some of New York’s most well-known ramen, such as Ippudo or David Chang’s Momofuku ramen!

Finally, Emily said, “my favorite is gyoza. I grew up helping my mom fold the gyoza skins – painstaking but worth the effort!”

I love gyoza (Japan’s version of dumplings) as well! It’s one of my favorite foods and I love making it at home or at some of my favorite dumpling restaurants!

Congratulations everyone and thanks for playing!

Here’s to a wonderful new year! 

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Hi, my name's Jen and welcome to my cooking, eating, and travel site! I am a Boston to Hong Kong transplant, born and raised in Ohio with parents from Taiwan. Feel free to head on over to the About page if you want to learn more about me, or just explore away, maybe starting with the Recipe Index or one of the travel pages! I hope you enjoy this site!
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