This year, February 14th will bring with it the romantic celebrations of St Valentine’s Day AND Chinese New Year. 2010 is the year of the tiger and, according to the traditional Chinese calendar (which is counted in 60 year cycles), it is the year 4707!

Chinese New Year is a time for celebration and family reunion. Dinner is usually a feast of seafood and dumplings, symbolising prosperity and good wishes - prawns for liveliness and pleasure; dried oysters for all things good in life; raw fish salad to usher in good luck and prosperity; dumplings boiled in water, signifying a long-lost good wish for a family; and Fai-hai (Angel Hair), edible hair-like seaweed to bring prosperity for the family. We’ll eat to that!

Visit our sites this month and you could be greeted with a little Chinese New Year cheer – watch out for colourful decorations, fabulous fortune cookies and delicious Chinese-themed dishes.

Enjoy and Happy New Year - may good fortune shine upon you!