The city is gearing up to pull off the biggest Lunar New Year celebration and you can join in. From 28 January onward, there will be festivities aplenty inside the huge Westfield Sydney in Pitt Street Mall like tea tastings at Laduree and a calligrapher’s exhibition. But our pick is the dumpling eating competition at New Shanghai. Yep, you heard us.
On February 19, all the practice you’ve gotten from eating the last dumpling that nobody else could finish will come in handy. Bring your hungriest friends and settle once and for all, who’s the speediest eater. Time to start training. It’s set to be hosted by a celebrity MC but mum’s the word on who it’ll be. That’s not all. Pick up a fortune cookie at the concierge desk from 8-23 February and you might win a $1000 gift card. You can spend it on roomier pants after eating all those dumplings.