Article: Restaurants add elaborate dishes to celebrate Chinese New Year Menus bulge with once-a-year offerings

And you thought the New Year's festivities ended last month . . . On the Chinese calendar, the new year the year of the rat will begin Feb. 19. Several Chinese restaurants in Milwaukee will begin celebrating before that.

For them, the new year is a time to offer menus featuring elaborate dishes that don't appear other times of the year. Here are four restaurants that might be especially worth considering. (Prices, where available, are listed):

Fu Lam, 7236 S. 76th St., Franklin. 427-1888 * * *The holiday celebration will be a one-night event Feb. 18 and will cost $25 per person in advance or $28 at the door. A traditional dragon dance will be held, followed by a 10-course ...

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