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Happy Chinese New Year!

by Catherine

What a great day. Chinese New Year AND Valentine’s all in one day.

This morning our family did what any self-respecting Chinese – or part Chinese – group would do on Chinese New Year. We headed over to Oriental Pearl for some dim sum – nom, nom, nom.

You all know AsicanCajuns.com isn’t a streetwear blog, but Lar got up the guts to ask this fashionable young gentleman if she could take his picture.

And his hat totally completes the look:

Even with the proper Chinese New Year garb, no celebration would be complete without a dragon dance.

When Lar and I were young, our family would take us to Chinatown in D.C. for Chinese New Year. This year is the first time we celebrated the holiday in Atlanta. At first I was skeptical because there isn’t any Chinatown in Atlanta, but there are the suburbs of Doraville and Chamblee AND there’s always Buford Highway!

All in all, one of the best Chinese New Years I’ve had.

Now on to the Valentine’s Day bit. Hope you all are having a great day!

30 comments

1 Clare { 02.14.10 at 7:35 pm }

YUM. Now I desperately want some dim sum!

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2 javieraisidora { 02.14.10 at 8:06 pm }

happy new year for you girls! :)

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3 Katy { 02.14.10 at 10:58 pm }

Cutest kid ever!

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4 Jenny { 02.14.10 at 11:05 pm }

Happy Chinese New Year! This holiday makes me so happy even though I’m far far far from my family. I love the hat, especially the TWIN BRAIDS hanging from it! And dim sum!!!!!!!!! I’m very jealous..

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5 jentine { 02.14.10 at 11:41 pm }

Hands down… best street style ever…

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6 colleen { 02.15.10 at 2:02 am }

happy chinese new year! seeing all the dumplings is making my mouth water

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7 ashelee { 02.15.10 at 2:29 am }

aaaw he’s adorable!! you two are always enjoying yourselves!!!!!

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8 Snapshot Fashion { 02.15.10 at 10:00 am }

i hope you both had a fantastic chinese new year and valentine’s day! :)

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9 greenjeans { 02.15.10 at 11:52 am }

Word. Chinese New Year is one of my favorite holidays for sure. Glad you guys had a good time. I’m still recovering from all the food I devoured. I was wondering if there was good Chinese food in the south…

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AsianCajuns (Cath) Reply:
February 15th, 2010 at 3:28 pm

I would have to say that there’s definitely more good Chinese food options up North, but you can find some gems down here.

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10 Jinah { 02.15.10 at 3:21 pm }

Mmmm it sounds like you had a yummy Chinese New Year celebration! I’ve never been to Oriental Pearl, I’ll have to check it out. For some reason my grandparents and parents know a lot of Korean owners of Chinese restaurants and those are the only ones I really go to.

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AsianCajuns (Cath) Reply:
February 15th, 2010 at 3:31 pm

Ooooohhh…do you have any recommendations? I have yet to find a Chinese restaurant down here that I really love.

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11 brandi { 02.15.10 at 6:30 pm }

Happy CNY!!!

xoxo

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12 jesse.anne.o { 02.15.10 at 7:36 pm }

I love dim sum. Happy Year of the Tiger! (I am technically year of the Tiger – woo!)

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13 Christina { 02.15.10 at 10:59 pm }

This looks like an awesome way to celebrate Vday/Chinese New Year! :) Looks like you lovelies had oodles of fun!

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14 indigo { 02.16.10 at 12:32 am }

Happy Chinese New Year (or Tet, as we call it) I usually do the dragon dance/traditional vietnamese clothes/dim sum combo/extortion of family combo, but we were on the road this year and instead only had some HORRIBLE chinese food in the middle of Nowhere, Canada

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15 Arushi Khosla { 02.16.10 at 4:58 am }

I heart, I heart, I heart.

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16 fashion tidbits { 02.16.10 at 7:49 am }

looks like you had a great NEW YEARS!!! i did too :)

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17 anh { 02.16.10 at 10:25 am }

happy new years to you too!!!

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18 wulan,lemonzest { 02.16.10 at 10:50 am }

happy vdays and chinese new year.. hopefully we’ll get everything well on this year..
love the blog anyway..
see u around :)

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19 Sharon { 02.16.10 at 2:33 pm }

Hi Ladies!! What a great day you spent.. oh and I love dimsum.. haven’t had that in soooo long!! Oh so yum! Hope you two are doing great… and staying warm.. it’s cool and sunny here in Maui!!

xx Love & Aloha

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20 ediot { 02.16.10 at 3:01 pm }

ah sounds so nice.- happy new years darlings!! hope youre doing great! xx ediot

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21 charles { 02.16.10 at 10:15 pm }

HAPPY NEW YEAR! i love the pictures and now i’m hungry lol :/
xx

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22 Maeko { 02.16.10 at 11:54 pm }

Happy Lunar!

I’m only 16th Chinese, so I think that means my need to celebrate is pretty much awash, but your celebration looks AMAZIAN!

Xo!

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23 Maria@chicisimo { 02.17.10 at 11:55 am }

Happy new year!! Last year I was in SF during the celebration of the chinese new year, and I really enjoy the celebration!!
xoxo

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24 issa { 02.17.10 at 2:14 pm }

gong hei fat choy!! hope you two ladies had a fantastic new years.. valentine’s… oh and happy ash wednesday too :)

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25 Heidi { 02.17.10 at 2:39 pm }

Aw that little boy is soo cute! Love it :) Looks like fun!

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26 Ela { 02.17.10 at 5:16 pm }

Belated Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Dim sum is one of my absolute favourite things and the hubs LOVES watching the dragon dance. I’m 1/8th Chinese I think(?) but our family doesn’t celebrate it, but I wish we would :)
That little one is sooo cute!

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27 Winnie { 02.17.10 at 7:05 pm }

Yay, I had one of the best Chinese new years too, such a happy one! The little boy in the chinese costume is adorable, love the fake plaits that are attatched! Haha.

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28 Wrecked Stellar { 02.20.10 at 8:36 am }

Happy belated Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day :) Did you guys ever do the dragon dance? Bec and I did a few performances with a youth group and we were under the dragon as the tail! It was tiring! Now you’re making me really want dim-sum!! xo, Mel

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