Every Asian culture celebrates some aspect of the Lunar new year; and being that I'm from Taiwan, we follow Chinese traditions and celebrate 2 weeks of new year until lantern festival rounds up the festivities. Food and family as always, is a huge theme, usually tens of dishes are served on the table along side snacks and fruits.
This year I had the pleasure of hosting New Year's eve dinner at my house (though a little cramped) we made some awesomely delicious vegan offerings and mom made her famous pork and Ben bought some really delicate fish (we're so happy that Santa Monica Seafood opened a shop down the street!). Next time I will convince everyone of an entirely vegan meal! As always, I veganized someof my favorite Chinese dishes and tried a few new ones- The favorite by far was the 3 cup mushroom dish or 三杯菇 traditionally made with fried frog legs and a ton of basil- We used fried shitake and king oyster mushrooms instead and the results were fantastic!
more yumminess& 3 Cup Mushroom recipe after the jump!