Kung Hei Fat Choy! Wish all of you have good fortune in the Year
of Rooster. This was the first time my
family spent Chinese New Year in London.
We were so excited to watch the parade which was held in Chinatown,
Central London last Saturday. We woke up
at 7:00 a.m. and arrived at Trafalgar Square at around 9:40 a.m. The event kicked off at 10 a.m. Many people arrived there earlier and waited
to see the kick-off ceremony. The parade
commenced in Trafalgar Square and ended
on Shaftesbury Avenue where is next to Chinatown.
The parade was fantastic and
colorful, it featured color floats, martial arts, lively dragons, lion dance, cultural
dance troupes and folklore. The lion
dance performance was very amazing. I
saw a foreigner dressed up as the Lucky Money God. He looked so funny and cute. All performers dressed up in Chinese
traditional costumes in the parade. A group of little girls, who played floral
drums, were very lovely. The streets were crowded with spectators;
most of them were busy with taking photos and videos.
In
addition, there were craft stalls and food stands open during the day. People queued up in front of the Chinese
bakeries to buy Chinese buns and pastries. Buns come with dozens of fillings. Cakes are stacked with cream and fruit and decorated with
geometric frosting.
I love egg custard tarts, pineapple buns and sponge cake very much. When they are fresh from the oven, they are
light, mildly sweet and fluffy. They are
very yummy. If you have time to walk around
Chinatown in London, do not forget to buy one.
The
restaurants in Chinatown got crowded after the end of parade. We were so lucky that we got a table at Lido restaurant
without waiting for so long. We ordered some dim sum, like king
prawns dumplings, deep fried scallop dumplings, with
Kataifi pastry, deep fried dough stick cheung fun and a dish of fried noodles. The tastiest dish is deep fried scallop with Kataifi pastry. They are so crispy and yummy.
After finishing our lunch, we walked
around the craft stands and food stalls.
We bought some buns and souvenirs. We spent a very happy day there.
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