Eat your way through Lunar New Year

Feast your way through Lunar New Year with a range of dishes and restaurants to try.

Jin Yan in Castle Hill is one of the many places people can visit for a special Lunar New Year’s banquet.

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Many people around the world celebrate Lunar New Year with a feast starting on New Year’s Eve.

Like many people, for Eastwood Lunar New Year Organising Committee chairman Simon Zhou an important part of Lunar New Year is coming together with family to enjoy a meal on New Year’s Eve.

Prawn and Pork Wantons from Chef's Gallery.

The meal often includes a variety of dishes including meat, which used to be considered a luxury and continues to be a celebratory food.

“In the northern part of China people have dumplings and buns,” he said.

Fellow committee member Felix Lo said sticky rice cakes will also make an appearance at his Lunar New Year celebrations.

“In Cantonese culture around New Year we typically eat rice pudding,” he said.

Eastwood Lunar New Year Organising Committee chairman Simon Zhou (fifth from right) with fellow committee members and performers from the Australia Sydney Chinese Folk Dance Group and Eastwood Daichi Incorporated. Picture: Julian Andrews

Feasting continues throughout the New Year period, which this year finishes next weekend.

People will be dining on a variety of dishes including spring rolls, dumplings, noodles, and fish.

Sydney’s northwestern and western suburbs have a broad range of great Asian restaurants to try this Lunar New Year, including:

Se Jong Korean BBQ Restaurant

Se Jong in Carlingford is renowned for its Korean BBQ. Get a group together and enjoy the all-you-can eat buffet.

Chef’s Gallery

Chef’s Galley has created a special eight-course banquet to feast on during Lunar New Year. Visit them at Westfield Parramatta or Macquarie Centre.

Uncle8

Try the crispy pork belly at Uncle8 Vietnamese Fusion & Bistro in Sydney Olympic Park, or go for their noodles topped with pork chops.

678 Sydney

Popular Korean BBQ joint 678 has an outpost in Eastwood, where diners can feast on a range of hearty meats from wagyu to pork belly.

Blue Dragon

Long-running Northmead restaurant Blue Dragon is the place to go for Cantonese cuisine. Join them tomorrow night for a special banquet, fire crackers and a lion dance.

Got Pho

Head to Carlingford for a bowl of pho made using Got Pho’s 12-hour slow cooked beef broth, and be sure to order a dessert or two — after all, New Year is the time to indulge. Ask about the not-so-secret secret menu for something special.

Jin Yan

Today and tomorrow is your last chance to enjoy Jin Yan’s New Year banquet. The restaurant, inside the Castle Hill RSL, has two banquet options to choose from with a variety of dishes including oysters, lobster, crispy skin chicken, prawns and dim sim.

Sea Bay

Eastwood restaurant Sea Bay is known for its handmade noodles — order a big bowl of beef noodle soup with a side of buns and dumplings for a delicious start to the new year.