The Year of the Dragon roars in on Mon­day, Jan. 23, and Zhong­shan Restau­rant is offer­ing a tra­di­tional 12-course ban­quet to usher in the Chi­nese New Year cel­e­bra­tion. The meal includes assorted plat­ters of cold dishes such as sliced roast duck, bar­be­cued pork, and jel­ly­fish; seafood soup with tofu and fried snow crab claws wrapped in shrimp paste; sautéed seafood with snow peas; Chi­nese fried chicken; twin lob­sters with onion and scal­lion sauce; baby bok choy with shi­itake mush­rooms; wal­nut shrimp; fish fil­let with corn; house spe­cial fried rice; and Chi­nese cook­ies and sea­sonal fruit. Cost is $350 (includ­ing tax and an 18 per­cent gra­tu­ity) per ban­quet table serv­ing eight to 10 peo­ple. Reser­va­tions must be made at least 24 hours in advance.

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