Lunar New Year Dim Sum Lunch
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Gung Hay Fat Choy! Join Commonwealth Club World Affairs members and guests to celebrate this year’s Chinese/Lunar New Year, the Year of the Fire Horse, at City View Restaurant in San Francisco.
Special guest: Syndi Seid, founder of AdvancedEtiquette.com, will help you learn your Chinese animal horoscope and your compatibility to others, as well as teach Chinese table manners and customs and proper handling of chopsticks. Forks will be discouraged unless necessary.
Parking: On-street parking is limited. but the restaurant is right next to the Portsmouth Square Garage, an 8-block walk from the Montgomery BART station, or take the 8 bus up Kearny.
A special family-style dim sum lunch has been ordered, with limited adjustments possible to accommodate vegetarians/vegans, by prior request only. Menu includes hot and sour soup, shrimp dumplings (har gow), stufffed crab claws, pork siu mai, pan-fried shrimp and chive dumpling, steamed BBQ pork buns (char siu bao), garlic string beans, vegetarian chow mein and, for dessert, coconut custard roll.
No-host bar.
Seating is limited; advance reservations required.
This program is in-person only. If you have symptoms of illness (coughing, fever, etc.), we ask that you either stay home or wear a mask.
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City View Restaurant
33 Walter U Lum Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94108
United States
Syndi Seid
Founder, AdvancedEtiquette.com
Host: Kalena Gregory
Chair, Reading Californians Member-led Forum, Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
1–3:30 p.m. program & dinner
(all times Pacific Time)
COST
In-person:
$45 members
$53 nonmembers
