Celebrating the year of the Snake Dubai kicked off the Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year festivities usually take place over a 15-day period. Chinese restaurants such as Royal China will also offering limited time only dishes which will help show off their Chinese spirit.

It may seem like Dubai has only just had one grand celebration to usher in the beginning of 2013, but this week another culture celebrates its own new year, with the Chinese festival scheduled this year for Sunday February 10. Traditionally, Chinese new year festivities take place over a 15-day festival, filled with feasting with family and friends, traditional dishes and other eating rituals considered key to this time of year.

Now, Dubai’s Chinese restaurants are getting ready to introduce celebratory menus and classic entertainment, to usher in the year of the snake. Among the more traditional Chinese venues holding a Chinese new year promotion, Cantonese restaurant Royal China will introduce an à la carte selection of classic dishes. Keen to find out more about the flavours and dining culture of China’s most famous festival, we decided to visit Royal China for the lowdown.

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