Celebrate the Chinese New Year (or just celebrate your family’s love of Chinese takeout) with a simple yet elegant chinese new year party.

This week we're celebrating Chinese New Year, here in Hong Kong. I thought it would be fun to kick off the week by hosting an intimate dinner party for some of my girlfriends. We had a great time picking out decorations from our local market in Sham Shui Po. The shops were full of red and gold and I found some of the shop owners to be friendly and helpful to this naive expat. For our centerpiece, we used gold branches and some flowering branches that we purchased from the flower market in…

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Chinese New Year Table

“I am always flattered to be invited to someone’s personal space and appreciate the inevitable effort. It can feel a little vulnerable, which is beautiful. It’s a very specific love language.” — Rebecca Gardner. Photography by Chia Chong