Food and Fun

On the eve of Chinese New Year, join the celebration at the Dragon Palace and prepare your own jiaozi, enjoy a chance to win wonderful prizes and take part a traditional Lion Dance.

Where: Dragon Palace, Kempinski Hotel Beijing

When: January 21, 5:30-10:30 pm

Tel: 6465 3388 ext. 4108

Special Set Menus

The Sui Yuan restaurant presents three Chinese New Year set menus, priced at 268 yuan, 368 yuan or 468 yuan per head plus 15 percent service charge.

Where: Sui Yuan, Hilton Hotel Beijing

When: January 21

Tel: 6466 2288 ext. 1230

Niangao Fiesta

The Horizon Chinese Restaurant presents homemade delights of sweet and sticky niangao, available in five special flavors with the finest ingredients: eight treasure (babao), strawberry, green tea, coconut and jinhua ham. Our exquisite niangao comes shaped like gold bars or fish, symbols of luck and happiness, perfect as gifts on their own or in special holiday baskets. Cost: 188 yuan and up

Where: The Horizon Chinese Restaurant, Kerry Centre Hotel Beijing

When: until January 30

Tel: 6561 8833 ext. 41

Glories of the Monkey Year

The 1,688 yuan "Family Feast" and 2,388 yuan "Prosperity Year Feasat," the Gloria Plaza Hotel include roast suckling pig, sauteed pig tongue and dried oyster with lettuce, steamed mandarin fish, pan-fried niangao, double-boiled chicken soup with ginseng and Chinese herbs, deep-fried baby pigeon and braised bamboo with mushroom and vegetables.

Where: Gloria Plaza Hotel Beijing

When: January 21

Tel: 6515 8855 ext. 3178

Family Festival Buffet

Enjoy a massive buffet of New Year's treats including free soft drinks and local draft beer, priced at only 128 yuan per person net. A series of handmade pizzas priced at just 45 to 70 yuan each are also available.

Where: Orchid Terrace, New Otani Changfugong Hotel

When: January 21 - 28

Tel: 6512 5555 ext. 61

Make Your Own Menu

For a memorable Chinese New Year's Eve dining experience, enjoy our master chefs' special creations and create your own festive menu with friends and family.

Where: Four Seasons Restaurant, Jianguo Hotel

When: January 21

Tel: 6500 2233 ext. 8041.

Village-style Potluck

Enjoy a pencai, or potluck meal, a village-style dining tradition at the Oriental restaurant for Spring Festival. Bring family and friends to dig into a lavish spread served in custom-made wooden pots.

Where: The Oriental, Traders Hotel Beijing

When: January 20 - February 6 Cost: 688 yuan per table of 10 people

Tel: 6505 2277 ext. 34

Knock-out Dinner Packages

Dine in fine Chinese New Year's style with our six special menus, priced from 1,388 yuan to 3,588 yuan net for a table of ten, and including two big bottles of soft drinks, four bottles of beer and a real niangao pudding. Groups of over five tables get one complimentary night in the hotel.

Where: Dynasty Restaurant and ballroom, Jingguang New World Hotel

When: nightly until January 31

Tel: 6597 8888 ext. 2138

Family Gathering at Novotel

In celebration of Chinese New Year, the chefs of the Utopia Restaurant have prepared special Shandong and Cantonese dishes for family gatherings available in set menus priced at 518 yuan to 998 yuan, including three bottles of local beer and two bottles of soft drinks.

Where: Novotel Xinqiao Beijing, 2 Dongjiaominxiang, Dongcheng

When: January 21 - 28, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm, 5:30 - 9:30 pm

Tel: 6513 3366 ext.2402

Old Beijing-style Celebration

Celebrate the holiday in style in the Grand Ballroom, which will be decked out like a street from Old Beijing. As CCTV's Spring Festival show is broadcast on large screens, indulge in traditional treats such as Beijing duck, roasted chestnuts and niangao.

Where: Great Wall Sheraton Hotel Beijing When: January 21, 6:30 pm - midnight

Cost: Menu A–288 yuan net per person; menu B– 238 yuan net per person, half price for children under 120 centimeter tall. Prices inclusive of free flow soft drinks and local beer. Tickets available in the hotel lobby from 9:00 am - 9:00 pm.

Tel: 6590 5566 ext. 2132

(Beijing Today January 18, 2004)