Ling & Louie’s Asian Bar and Grill, celebrates The Year of the Dragon with a 21-day long celebration for the 2024 Lunar New Year from Feb. 9 - Feb. 29 . Tonight, guests will enjoy a traditional Lion Dance performed by the award-winning 9 Dragons Lion Dance Team at Ling & Louie’s in Scottsdale. The popular Asian-fusion restaurant honors the holiday with a Lunar New Year menu reimagining classic Asian New Year celebratory dishes. Each table that orders from the themed menu will receive a Lucky Red Envelope with a special offer to use on a subsequent visit. For more information visit https://www.lingandlouies.com/ and https://9dragonsliondance.com/
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00:00 It's all good.
00:02 It's all good.
00:03 You know what else is all good?
00:04 The Lunar New Year and the festivities
00:07 are in full swing at Ling and Louie's
00:08 Asian Bar and Grill and we are
00:10 celebrating big here at the Mix
00:12 with them and the Nine Dragons
00:14 Lion Dance Team.
00:15 Well, right now let's talk with
00:17 Joe from Ling and Louie's about,
00:19 of course, the awesome menu that
00:21 you have going on to celebrate
00:22 this new year. Joe, how you doing?
00:24 Doing well, doing well.
00:25 We're excited about the Lunar New
00:26 Year this year.
00:28 We've got a fantastic feast
00:29 of food going on for you.
00:31 Everything from pork, duck,
00:34 the pork over here.
00:35 There's a lot of symbolism behind
00:37 all the food that we got going on.
00:38 So the pork right over here is
00:40 going to be symbolizing some
00:41 strength and some wealth.
00:42 The duck and the noodles are going
00:44 to be for health and long life.
00:48 So yeah, there's a lot going on.
00:49 And it also just smells great.
00:51 Like this all, you know, it symbolizes
00:53 so much great stuff and it's got
00:55 a lovely history, but it also
00:56 just smells good and I bet
00:57 tastes great. You bet.
00:59 That's awesome.
01:00 Also, you have the potatoes there.
01:01 The potatoes with that.
01:02 That's a wasabi mashed potatoes.
01:05 There's a wasabi cream on top.
01:06 Yeah, some green onions.
01:07 So pretty spicy.
01:08 No, it's very mild.
01:09 It's very mild.
01:10 It's the tower, the tower.
01:12 So each of these towers, it's a feast.
01:14 So they're going to be serving two people.
01:15 So you're going to be able to use
01:16 the bao buns, the lettuce cups,
01:18 some of the vegetables and building
01:19 your own little handhelds
01:21 that you can put together,
01:23 whether it's pork.
01:24 We even have a whole crispy fish.
01:26 Oh, wow.
01:27 OK, a whole entire fish.
01:29 The whole fish.
01:30 The whole thing.
01:30 What kind of fish?
01:31 It's a red snapper.
01:32 Ooh, yeah, I like it.
01:33 Oh, that's the kind where they
01:34 really need the Chinese New Year.
01:36 I like it.
01:36 Right. You peel it off
01:37 right off the bones, everything.
01:38 Oh my God.
01:39 All right. Do you need to have
01:40 reservations?
01:41 Reservations are recommended.
01:42 However, they're not required.
01:44 You can come in.
01:45 Walk-ins are very welcome.
01:46 So but I do recommend
01:47 calling if you can.
01:48 So you can there.
01:49 And so and I love that you have
01:50 the different meals
01:51 that people can get there,
01:52 the different plates and stuff.
01:53 Absolutely.
01:54 So I have a quick question
01:55 because I know the New Year
01:57 actually started on February 10th.
01:58 How long does the celebration
02:00 usually run?
02:00 So our celebration is going to go
02:02 until the 29th.
02:03 To the 29th.
02:03 Oh, wow.
02:04 So you can go in there and
02:05 celebrate and continue on.
02:05 Absolutely.
02:06 And then tonight we're going to
02:07 actually have our performers
02:08 coming on down, which you're
02:09 going to see here in a moment.
02:10 And they're going to be there
02:11 at seven o'clock tonight.
02:12 So a big celebration.
02:13 What location can people
02:15 come and see?
02:16 The location on Chable
02:17 Levard and 94th Street.
02:18 There it is.
02:18 So very cool.
02:19 Well, speaking of, let's have
02:21 our performers come out.
02:22 And Janine is right here.
02:23 Janine, thank you for being here.
02:24 So first of all,
02:25 I want to know a little bit
02:26 about the significance
02:27 behind the traditional
02:28 Chinese dance.
02:29 So traditional Chinese lion
02:31 dance is all about bringing
02:32 great energy for the new year,
02:34 cleansing away the bad luck,
02:36 bad spirits, bad energy
02:38 from the previous year
02:38 and bringing in the new.
02:39 You'll see on our lion
02:41 that we have this wonderful
02:42 mirror and horn.
02:44 And this is all for capturing
02:46 bad energy and sending out good.
02:48 And so anything that you
02:49 actually feed the lion,
02:50 like whether it be the Hongbao,
02:51 their lucky red envelope,
02:52 or even when you see the lion
02:54 spit out the lettuce,
02:55 we're actually transforming it
02:56 into goodwill and good luck.
02:57 OK, wait.
02:58 So you guys feed some food
03:00 to the dragon?
03:01 The lion.
03:01 Yes.
03:02 The lion.
03:02 I'm sorry.
03:03 It is the year of the dragon.
03:04 Yes.
03:05 So yes, it's very, very
03:07 traditional to give a red
03:08 envelope full of offerings
03:10 for the lion.
03:10 But during shows, you'll see
03:12 lions eat something called
03:13 the cheng, which is a green
03:14 lettuce.
03:15 And often lettuce can be
03:17 other vegetables and fruits
03:18 and things.
03:18 And they'll break it apart
03:19 and spit it out for good luck.
03:21 Wow.
03:22 That is so cool.
03:23 Can I ask, how long do you
03:24 train to do this?
03:25 Because this isn't something
03:26 you just kind of go grab
03:27 help people off the street
03:28 and go on a Hellhead
03:29 and do something.
03:30 Exactly.
03:30 So as the head coach
03:32 and my assistant coaches,
03:33 we have been training
03:34 for about six years now.
03:35 And then during our busy season,
03:37 we train about eight hours
03:38 a week.
03:38 And then for the rest of us,
03:40 we've been training for some
03:42 odd--
03:43 a year, almost a year plus
03:45 for a lot of us.
03:45 We're just about 20 people
03:47 strong now and trained
03:49 in traditional Sarping lion
03:50 dance.
03:50 Wow, that's amazing.
03:51 Very cool.
03:52 OK, well, I want to watch
03:53 a little bit of this.
03:54 Are you guys going to do
03:55 a little performance for us?
03:55 We would love to perform
03:56 for you.
03:57 Fantastic.
03:57 All right, let's do it.
03:58 Let's move the table out
03:59 of the way.
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