From Friday, February 9, 2024 to Saturday, February 10, 2024 February 9, 2024 February 10, 2024 InterContinental New York Barclay

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is the most important festival in China and a major event in some other East Asian countries.

Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. It was traditionally a time to honor deities and ancestors, and it has also become a time to feast and visit family members. 

Chinese New Year Specials in The Parlour

Friday, February 9 & Saturday, February 10

Breakfast Buffet Addition 

• Vegetable Spring Roll & Chicken Lemongrass Dumpling with Lemon Ginger Soy Dipping Sauce 
  • Lucky Saying for Eating Spring Rolls
    • 黄金万两 (hwung-jin wan-lyang/): 'A ton of gold' (because fried spring rolls look like gold bars) — a wish for prosperity.
  • Lucky Saying for Eating Dumplings
    • Zhāo cái jìn bǎo (招财进宝/jaoww tseye jin baoww/): 'Bringing in wealth and treasure' — a felicitous wish for making money and amassing a fortune.

Chinese New Year Special 

• Steamed Blackbass, Soy, Ginger, Chili & Scallion with Cardamon Rice 
  • Lucky Sayings for Eating Fish 
    • 年年有余 (Niánnián yǒu yú /nyen-nyen yo yoo/): May you always have more than you need!
    • 鱼跃龙门 (Yú yuè lóngmén /yoo ywair long-mnn/): Success in your exam! ('A fish leaping over the dragon gate' implies successfully passing a competitive examination.)