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Some Delicious Lunar New Year Foods

Posted on by Cynthia Cheng Mintz

The Lunar New Year is almost upon us.  In fact, the year of the snake starts this coming Sunday.  New Year foods can vary from region to region and from household to household.  There is jai, of course, eaten on the first day (and of which I discussed in further detail last year).  One thing […]

Christmas and Dim Sum = Craziness!

Posted on by Cynthia Cheng Mintz

It’s true what they say about Chinese restaurants and Christmas Day.  They’re crazy busy!  I think the only day worse than December 25 is the first day of the Lunar New Year.  While most Chinese people in Canada actually DO celebrate Christmas, at least in some form, dim sum seems to be the preferred way […]