Babalio’s Lunar New Year dinner this year falls on the Lantern Festival, a night that celebrates togetherness and gathering, and also the final night of the Lunar New Year celebrations.

Tentative menu below

Taiwanese Bottarga

Lee Sun Taiwanese bottarga, red bean nian gao, roasted nori

Buddha Jumps the Wall

smoked oysters, jinghua ham, matsutake, abalone, bamboo pitch

Braised Napa

braised napa cabbage, dried shrimp, fish skin, shiitake, Yu Ding Xing Traditional Firewood soy sauce

Longevity Noodles

longevity noodles, lu wei sauce, goji berries, side of pickles

Braised Duck

red yeast braised duck, plum sauce, radicchio, ginger

Steamed Whole Fish

steamed whole fish, red peppers, ginger, scallion

Tangyuan

black sesame tangyuan, ginger and jiuniang broth