This is the year of the Dragon. It brings with it health, wealth and long life to those who are born under its stars and to those who honor it. On Monday January 23rd you will have a chance to celebrate the beginning of this lucky year with a little Chinese festivity. The Chinese New Year is the most important and most lavishly celebrated holiday of the Chinese calendar. It welcomes Spring as it closes out the old year. It may seem to be a tad early for Spring, but the idea is that it is the Spring season itself that brings the good fortune.
It is a time to cherish family and forgive past wrongs. It is a time to plan and pray for the future and a time to wish happiness and peace to all.
This year is also the 100th anniversary of a local Butte County favorite TONG FONG LOW known in Oroville and now Chico for their fresh and fabulous food. Tong Fong Low was formally known as CHARLIE'S in Oroville starting in 1912. It has been a busy, well loved restaurant since then, often having lines form out onto the street as people crowd in for lunch and dinner.
Check out their web site http://www.tongfonglow.com/about.html for menus, locations and new events as well as their Facebook site.
If you are thinking of having a Chinese New Year bash, try the restaurant supply stores like Cash and Carry for bags of fortune cookies and Chinese bowls and implements. My fortune cookie says "Keep at it, this is the year it will pay off.". I think I will keep this one and stick it on the fridge door...just in case.
Tong Fong Low does take away as well as delicious in restaurant meals. If you haven't tried it yet... now is your chance! Enjoy!