Lucky New Year Dishes Across Cultures

Lunar New Year isn’t just a Chinese holiday — it’s celebrated across Vietnamese, Malaysian, Korean, and more cultures too! As a result, many countries have developed their own unique LNY dishes that people cook and eat to celebrate the new year.

See below to see some of the delicious dishes that different countries cook up to wish for prosperity and happiness. And what’s special about Chinatown is that you can get a taste of all these different cultures.

Restaurants

• Jing Fong (202 Center St)

• House of Joy (28 Pell St)

• Royal Seafood (103 Mott St)

Restaurants

• Tofu Tofu (96 Bowery)

Restaurants

• Pho Bang (157 Mott St) - has Cha Lua (pork sausage)

• Kitchen Co Ut (85 Chrystie St) - has Ban Chung, head cheese, and pork belly

• Mam (70 Forsyth St) - has head cheese, pork ham, and more

Restaurants

• Kopitiam (151 E Broadway) - has yee sang, pineapple tarts, and almond cookies

• Nyonya (199 Grand St)

• West New Malaysia (69 Bayard St)