3 Best Restaurants to Celebrate Lunar New Year

Three bowls of meat and rice at Yang's Braised Chicken in Buena Park, CA

Buena Park foodies know all the Chinese food and drink hot spots where you can warm up with a bowl of sizzling rice soup, fill up on dim sum and cool off with a tall glass of boba tea. Check out three of our favorite locations below to celebrate the new year.

1. Yang's Braised Chicken Rice

With a focus on quality through simplicity, Yang's Braised Chicken Rice located at The Source OC is committed to the extraordinary flavor of its ingredients. Featuring a single-item menu, braised chicken rice with three spice options regular, authentic, and spicy.

Dumplings at Fifty One Kitchen in Buena Park, CA

2. Fifty-One Chinese Kitchen

Celebrate the new year with a visit to Fifty-One Chinese Kitchen. This family-owned restaurant serves Asian fusion cuisine with an emphasis on Southern Chinese cooking. Patrons often head to Fifty-One for their ample dim sum offerings, many of which are vegetarian. House-made xiao long bao and jumbo xiu mai have tender wrappers with well-seasoned fillings inside. Lobster dumplings and fried shrimp balls are favorites of the seafood lovers. Non-dim sum options include orange chicken, fried rice and traditional Chinese braised duck. You’ll want to try them all so it’s best to dine in a group.

Three bolba drinks from Gong Cha in Buena Park, CA

3. Gong Cha

Sample the flavors of Chinese New Year with a visit to Gong Cha in The Source OC. This boba tea mainstay offers authentic milk teas, smoothies, coffee and more. Totally customizable, you can decide how much ice you’d like and what level of sweetness you are going for. Try the wintermelon oolong tea on a hot day or the pearl milk tea for a creamier option. Preorder your perfect beverage online and it will be waiting for you at the counter when you arrive. Gung hay fat choy!

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