It's Year of the Monkey - list of chinese restaurant dishes

As the year of the monkey is celebrated on Monday, the Chinese community will hear the call of Kung Fu Black and thin.
Family and food are the cornerstone of the Chinese New Year celebrations, usually for a week, and for many people including the Me Wah restaurant chef, this is the busiest time of the year, Toby SueWorking 12-
Hours. Mr. Tso was busy for weeks.
Prepare the most popular New Year dishes and hope to bring good luck, such as the whole Tasmanian green lip abalone cooked slowly for more than 10 hours in chicken soup.
"Abalone is one of the most special dishes at this time of year --
"Especially Tasman abalone," said Stanley Tso, restaurant director . ". Air-
Another favorite is dry Tasmanian oysters with black moss on the roast pork slices, as well as grilled chicken or quail meat marinated with herbs.
The rice cake is made of glutinous rice and sucrose, decorated with red dates and steamed to finish the meal.
Zuo Zongtang said that fireworks, firecrackers and dragon dances were used to scare away bad souls and to be welcomed in good things.
Dr. Zhou Meixue, president of Launceston China Association, will celebrate the festival with friends and students at home on Sunday.
Since moving to Australia in 1996, associate professor Tasman Institute of Agriculture has celebrated the festival in this way, although this time it only involves Chinese friends and students, and now, people from different cultures participate in the celebration, learn about tradition.
Dr. Zhou from Yangzhou said that the new year celebration is the best compared to the way Christians celebrate Christmas --
As a time of year to prepare and eat traditional dishes with family and friends.
Dumplings are such a dish that you will prepare with your family before enjoying it together.
He said that the gift was not big or expensive, but it came in the form of a red envelope, called hangbo, with a small monetary gift for the children.
He said they will also watch Chinese TV shows and fireworks in Beijing.