How to Make the Perfect New Year’s Eve Dinner

A Taste of China: Chinese New Year Gourmet Workshop

Chinese New Year is the most important traditional festival featuring the most spectacular celebration activities and the most elaborate foods in China. Through tracking the origins of Beijing, Huaiyang, Cantonese and Sichuan cuisines, “A Taste of China: Chinese New Year Gourmet Workshop” showcases the beauty of Spring Festival foods popular in different parts of China. It also explores the natural scenery, historical legacies, cultural stories and Spring Festival traditions behind those foods, fully demonstrating the “superb cooking techniques, elegant taste, attractive appearance and pursuit for harmony with nature” of Chinese food culture as well as the unique cultural connotations and charm of Spring Festival. The display of different family reunion dinners of the four major cuisines on Chinese New Year’s Eve, online cooking classes, various special dishes and interactive experiences enable overseas audiences to cook dishes with their own hands by watching online videos, forming a new pattern integrating online interaction and offline experience.

淮扬菜芦笋百合

Huaiyang Cuisine: Asparagus and Lily Bulbs

淮扬菜孔雀开屏

Huaiyang Cuisine: Peacock’s Plumage

粤菜红烧牛肉

Cantonese Cuisine: Red Braised Beef

粤菜汤圆

Cantonese Cuisine: Tangyuan (Glutinous Rice Ball)

川菜糖醋虾球

Sichuan Cuisine: Sweet and Sour Shrimp Balls

川菜宫保鸡丁

Sichuan Cuisine: Kungpao Chicken

北京菜蜜汁羊排

Beijing Cuisine: Roasted Mutton with Honey

北京菜五彩饺子

Beijing Cuisine: Colorful Dumplings

Ushering in the New Year in Sweet Fragrance: The Rice Sculpture in Family Reunion Dinner on New Year’s Eve

Rice sculpture in the south of the Yangtze Rive and dough sculpture in the north are regarded as the top two of Chinese food modelling craftsmanship. Learn about rice sculpture and Spring Fetival customs by viewing a set of rice sculpture works themed on Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner and try to make rice sculptures, such as shoe-shaped gold ingot and cartoon ox.