Jade Rabbit and Veganizer: Lunar New Year Banquet
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Join Veganizer and Jade Rabbit for a Lunar New Year banquet to usher in the Year of the Fire Horse. With a curated six-course banquet of traditional celebratory dishes and delicacies. These are meatless renditions of LNY dishes that folks at Jade Rabbit and Veganizer grew up eating.
Six courses, vegan and gluten-free dinner
$75 per person, gratuity included
Crystal Skin Dumplings
Shaped like old-world gold ingots, these symbolize bringing in wealth for the New Year. Two Steamed Tapioca Skin Dumplings filled with Vegan Pork, Shrimp and Kale.
8 Treasures
Served Family Style with sweet rice, folks should toss everything together, mixing blessings into the next year.
- Herb Braised Shiitake – Immortality
- Stewed Jujube Dates – Wealth
- Candied Goji Berries – Vitality
- Roasted Pumpkin Seeds – Fertility
- Fried Mungbeans – Luck
- Candied Walnuts – Wisdom
- Garlic Chive Kimchi – Money
- Soy Bean Sprouts – Rejuvenation
Vegan Shark Fin Soup
For honored guests on Lunar New Year, who represent the prestige of the host, this tradition is continued in a compassionate, vegan way, while considering the preservation and health of the oceans and shark populations. Sea moss, wood ear and enoki mushroom stewed in a rich veggie broth.
Fried vFish with Scallion Oil
Symbolizing abundance, this dish is usually the star of the Spring Festival Dinner. Fermented Soy and nori fried vegan fish covered in chopped chilies, garlic chives and scallions flash fried with hot oil. Served over rice.
Tang Yuan
The sweetness of coming together symbolizes the joy of reunion. Sweet chewy rice dumplings in an osmanthus oolong broth.
Nian Gao
Wishes for a better year ahead. Fluffy and sticky brown sugar rice cakes with jujube syrup.