The Chinese celebrate the lunar new year by feasting with friends and family. Blue Ginger, Boston, Massachusetts The host of East Meets West With Ming Tsai on The Food Network had his very modern restaurant in Wellesley designed according to ancient feng shui principles. His cooking reminds me of Pacific Rim cuisine, making basic Asian ingredients fancier with eclectic ingredients. You can eat indoors or out, where there's a romantic, Balinese-looking garden with music.
Many regulars go just to share dim sum such as lobster potstickers.
An alternative that avoids a trip downtown is the Hong Kong Flower Lounge, just 10 minutes from the airport. Emperor's Choice, Chicago A Hong Kong-style classic, this seafood restaurant gets consistently high ratings. Shark's fin soup is quite a delicacy, and they do a nice rendition here. New Year specials include dried oyster with sea moss. But diners can ask the server to keep it mild, and the menu offers chow fun, lo mein and other mainstream favorites.