On the Menu: Chinese New Year specialties
January 30, 2014 - 8:21 pm

Peking duck dinner, Poppy Den Asian Bistro: Peking duck, marinated for three days in ginger, scallions, cinnamon, coriander and star anise, is the highlight of the five-course menu, available Friday only, $48. (Courtesy photo)

China Poblano, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas: Part of a special Chinese New Year menu of food and drink, available through Feb. 14, it’s seared foie gras with salted egg custard and Mandarin orange, $18.88. (Courtesy photo)

The Gong Hei Fat Choy dish is displayed at the Dragon Noodle Company restaurant located in the Monte Carlo hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. The ingredients are: braised dried oyster, garlic clove, Chinese black mushroom, and black moss with oyster sauce. (Jeferson Applegate/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The Whole Striped Bass plate is displayed at Yellowtail Japanese Restaurant and Lounge located in the Bellagio hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. (Jeferson Applegate/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The Stir Fried Lobster with Ginger Scallion Sauce plate is displayed at Fu restaurant in the Hard Rock hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. (Jeferson Applegate/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Peking duck dinner
Poppy Den Asian Bistro
Peking duck, marinated for three days in ginger, scallions, cinnamon, coriander and star anise, is the highlight of the five-course menu, available Friday only, $48.
Goose, Goose, Duck
China Poblano, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Part of a special Chinese New Year menu of food and drink, available through Feb. 14, it’s seared foie gras with salted egg custard and Mandarin orange, $18.88.
Gong Hei Fat Choy
Dragon Noodle, Monte Carlo
This appetizer is part of a three-course menu available from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday only, $29.
Striped bass,
live seafood
Yellowtail Restaurant and Lounge, Bellagio
The dish, which includes whole mirugai salmon and lobster three ways, is part of the seven-course omikase menu, $150, with sake pairings $55 additional.
Abundance of Energy
Fu, Hard Rock Hotel
Stir-fried lobster served with ginger-scallion sauce, $28, it’s part of the special Chinese New Year menu available through Feb. 13.
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