This was awesome! I'd never been to a Chinese new year celebration but I was excited to go. We showed up and waited in line for about 15 minutes. Its in a shopping center there int he middle of Chinatown on spring mtn. Tons of food and dancing.
FAVE: Absolute favorite thing: was the Lion dancing. OMg.. I've only seen that in movies and it was awesome to see it in real life. These guys must pracitce for hours to do this. It was only $3.00 to get in and it was definitely worth it.
PRIZES: They gave out "prizes" for coming to the event. We went to the back and rolled the dice and I got "red envelope" ... chafa... my bf rolled the dice and he got "red envelope".. the lady next to me won a beautiful blue/brownish ceramic noodle bowl. HUGE bowl.. her husband won the same and he seemed disappointed. I told him.. oh you dont want it. and he shook his head no.. I said " you want my red envelope?" he laughed.
I was serious.
lol.. j/k
FOOD: we tried Pho's shrimp pad thai - mmm forgettable. but only $3.00 not bad. We went to a booth called "satay" .... i ordered teh chicken curry b/c ive never had it before....and never will again. not impressed. it looked like menudo to be honest. w/ more Potato than chicken - and it seemed to be swimming in this fatty broth. yuck. white rice and a water for $5.00 = well ive paid that much for water on the strip so ill let it pass. What was good was the lumpia -for $1. each. good stuff. saved the meal.
BOOTHS: tons of them everywhere trying to sell you jewelery, chinese clothing, shoes, hair accessories - lots of glitter crap you'll never wear but great for kids that love shiny things.
Next time we got to Chinatown I'll go with some boba tea..everyone was drinking it and it looked so good but i was maxed out for all the calories my body was allowed that day.
Fun afternoon- will definitely attend next years festivities...
When we got back to the car (park @ Wells Fargo when you go... ) my bf leans over and says.. "so babe.. do you want your red envelope now or do you want to save it for later? "