Mercury News: San Jose restaurants celebrate Lunar New Year with special menus

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By LAURA NESS, CORRESPONDENT |

PUBLISHED: January 22, 2023 at 6:44 a.m. | UPDATED: January 23, 2023 at 4:26 a.m.

In this Year of the Rabbit, San Jose restaurants are offering menu items that celebrate the Lunar New Year but do not feature the long-eared zodiac animal.

iChina in in Westfield Valley Fair Mall delivers a Cantonese-inspired menu from its talented Michelin-led culinary team through Feb. 5. Gourmet dishes include braised South African abalone with Iberian ham, Alaska silver cod marinated in a sesame mala sauce, red bean sweet dumplings served in a tangerine peel soup and Dungeness crab fried rice. iChina is open daily for lunch and dinner,and is located on the second floor of the mall.

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