Lunar New Year — in its different iterations, such as Chinese New Year, Tết Nguyên Đán, and Seollal — is celebrated by a variety of East and Southeast Asian cultures, ushering in prosperity for the year ahead. The holiday is considered one of the most important on the calendar, and in 2023, falls on January 22.
During Lunar New Year, Portland’s Asian communities gather and celebrate the holiday with traditional foods such as the Chinese nian gao (sweet glutinous rice cake), Vietnamese bánh tét (glutinous rice with mung bean and pork), and Korean tteokguk (sliced rice cake soup), which are often made at home. To hop on the
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