Le Lan kicks off the Chinese Lunar New Year with a special three-course dinner menu that features dishes like lemongrass prawns with green-papaya salad, pork tonkatsu with somen noodles in star anise–ginger broth, and pearl tapioca with pineapple, blood oranges and mango (February 4–7; $40 per person; 312-280-9100).
Opera celebrates a combo of their 5th anniversary and Chinese New Year with a six-course tasting menu for dinner on Thursday, February 7th. Dishes such as lobster and lychee with strawberry-chili marmalade, five-flavor Atlantic halibut, beef ribs with star anise–garlic sauce and bittersweet chocolate-green tea tiramisu will be paired with wines from the Bobby Katcher portfolio ($80 per person; 312-461-0161).
Also on the 7th, North Suburban Karma cooks up special menu items with traditional symbolism like “Good Fortune” (Asian-style baked clams, $9), “Prosperity” (pork dumplings with spicy Chinese mustard and lime-ginger dip, $7), “Happiness” (crispy pan-fried ginger snapper, $25) and “Long Life” (lemongrass flank steak with Chinese noodles, $25). Finish off the meal with "Luck", which is a tangerine crème brûlée for $8 (847-970-6900).