5 places to treat yourself for the Lunar New Year

5 places to treat yourself for the Lunar New Year
5 places to treat yourself for the Lunar New Year

Steam Bar

At Steam Bar, we find ravioli with a thousand flavors and colors. From the most traditional Hong Kong dumplings to the most creative with taro and rhubarb, every bite is divine. At the head of this address? THE chef Mr Wonga dim sum master of all kinds, who makes bamboo steam baskets waltz until late at night. And for Chinese New Year, the chef has concocted a unique menuincluding an assortment of ravioli with 8 dim sum and 6 gyoza, izakaya-style plates with fresh tofu and prawn salad, and for dessert, a large hot mochi with black sesame and peanuts.

Steam Bar
2, rue du Sabot – 6e
Tasting menu at 65€
From January 27 to February 2, 2025
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Dessert

It's the neighborhood address that we never get tired of. Sobremesa delights the entire 18th with good plates with Asian influences and finely selected nature skittles. And while the restaurant's kitchen is used to seeing chefs in residence parade, for the Lunar New Year, the founder of the place, Marie, decided to collaborate with her family (grandma, mom and little brother there). -you) to develop a unique menu with Vietnamese flavors. And meal in 7 or 8 courseswhich is directly inspired by the authentic cuisine that his parents once prepared in their traditional restaurant in the 15th century. On the menu? Great Vietnamese New Year classics and “chef’s surprises” with raffle and karaoke as a bonus to get in the mood.

Dessert
127, rue Caulaincourt – 18th
Single menu at 45€
From January 28 to February 1, 2025
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Big Bao

The Bao Family is obviously also pulling out all the stops for the Lunar New Year and has a special two-part celebration. We start the festivities on January 29 at Gros Bao with a traditional single menu which will make the plates waltz: spring rolls, homemade mini bao, snake cucumber, the unmissable Peking duck and an exclusive Lava Bao with a flowing heart to finish with a sweet touch. And because one evening is obviously not enough, from January 30 – and until February 28 – Gros Bao invites you to discover a special Lunar New Year menu at €22and as a bonus, a fortune cookie kindly slipped onto the table with a trip to Hong Kong for two people to win !

Big Bao
72, quai de Jemmapes – 10th
Special evening on January 29, 2025
Lunar New Year Menu available from January 30 to February 28, 2025
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The Belleville Food Market

On January 30, boulevard de Belleville will vibrate to the rhythm of drums and smoking woks. Fifteen restaurateurs handpicked will put the spotlight on the best of Asian cuisinein total immersion between a thousand and one red lanternsspicy scents and authentic flavors. Do you like it crunchy, slow-cooked or gooey? Then you will be served. Imagine: the irresistible bao burgers of Superbaothe tasty banh mi of Coupi Barles mala xiangguo qui claquent de Malaboom or the Laotian sausages signed Mimi’s Charcuterie. And that's just a taste…

Food Market: Lunar New Year
Thursday January 30, 2025 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
1-34, boulevard de Belleville – 11e
FREE ENTRANCE
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The Hot Air Balloon

Place of life, art and sport, creative incubator and… place of celebration! The Hot Air Balloon and its 2,000 m2 under glass transform for the Lunar New Year and adorn themselves with their most beautiful red outfit on the evening of January 29. Lanterns, dragons and dim lights will be there for a total immersive experience! On the food side, it's our friends from home Pandas Pandas which delight, with an authentic menu which combines flavors of Hong Kong and Taiwanbetween traditional recipes and contemporary influences. On the menu? Gua Bao with pork or veggie with portobello mushroom and a selection of steamed ravioli, to share or not.

The Hot Air Balloon
25, rue Yves-Toudic – 10th
Wednesday January 29, 2025 from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
FREE ENTRANCE
More info

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