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Where to celebrate Chinese New Year in Canberra 2016

Natasha Rudra

Yee sang long life noodles at XO Restaurant.
Yee sang long life noodles at XO Restaurant.Supplied

For a special celebration of the lunar new year head to XO Restaurant in Narrabundah. They're hosting a series of eight-course Chinese New Year feasts featuring traditional dishes such as yee sang, a salad which is tossed at the table for prosperity (pictured) and long life noodles. Other dishes include silky tofu with century eggs, crispy skin chicken, and toasted pandan cake with sea coconut and lime granita to finish.

It's $80 a head and the dinners start on February 8 (the number eight brings luck and wealth in the Chinese culture).

16 Iluka Street, Narrabundah; bookings: 6295 9696 or xo-restaurant.com.au

Or head to Lanterne Rooms in Campbell, where the Chinese New Year feast comes from a special guest, the head chef of Capella, a five-star Singaporean resort. The theme is "Red Earth and Ocean" and the menu will be an evolving series of dishes in collaboration with the Lanterne Room chefs. It also starts from February 8.

3 Blamey Place, Campbell; bookings: 6249 6889 or lanternerooms.chairmangroup.com.au

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Default avatarNatasha Rudra is an online editor at The Australian Financial Review based in London. She was the life and entertainment editor at The Canberra Times.

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