Caramel soy sauce gelato? Messina goes all out for Lunar New Year

Gelato Messina's new flavour

Asian sauce and condiment brand Lee Kum Kee has tapped dessert overlords Gelato Messina to create two new gelato flavours for the Lunar New Year. The first-of-its-kind collaboration has inspired Messina to create two new limited-edition flavours to welcome the Year of the Snake. Both flavours will run through Lunar New Year with several pop-ups … Read more

The Lunar New Year feast blending Indigenous Australian and Chinese flavours

Mike Middon at Sydney Opera House

Almost every notable Chinese restaurant in Sydney will be energised by Lunar New Year banquet feasts, reunion dinners and lion dance performances over the next two weeks. But there are a few other restaurants also getting involved with innovative takes on traditional Chinese New Year foods to welcome the Year of the Snake. Midden by … Read more

The best Lunar New Year 2025 events in Sydney

Sydney Lunar Festival

With Chinese New Year in Sydney starting from Wednesday, January 29, locals and visitors are set for over two weeks of street parties, art and light installations, lion dances. But there’s also Chinese comedy, orchestral performances, live snake displays and the largest Dragon Boat Festival in the Southern Hemisphere. Lunar New Year is a busy … Read more

14 best Lunar New Year 2025 dinners in Sydney

Mud crap at Crown Sydney

The best Chinese New Year dinners in Sydney look a bit different this year. We’ve got traditional Lunar New Year banquets from some of the city’s most beloved Chinese restaurants, but we also have some Modern Australian and even Indigenous Australian flavours being interspersed with traditional flavours. While Chinese New Year is always a multi-faceted … Read more

Where to see lion dances in Sydney for Lunar New Year 2025

Chinese New Year lion dance performances in Sydney

Looking for the full schedule of Lunar New Year dance performances in Sydney for 2025? You’ve come to the right place. Chinese New Year (otherwise known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival) is upon us with 2025 being the Year of the Snake, according to Chinese astrology. With it, Sydney springs to life with … Read more

Sydney to host biggest Dragon Boat Festival in the Southern Hemisphere

The Dragon Boat Festival in Sydney held to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

With Chinese New Year events locked in for the next 19 days (from Wednesday, January 29), Sydney is celebrating the Year of the Snake with all sorts of street festivals, art installations, lion dances, and what’s being touted as the biggest Dragon Boat Festival in Sydney and the Southern Hemisphere. Scheduled for Friday, February 5 … Read more