Fly on over to Songbird, Neil Perry’s latest restaurant in Double Bay, and experience elegant Cantonese fare this Lunar New Year. The eight-course set menu includes crisp lobster and scallop money bag dumplings, Peking duck with condiments and mandarin pancakes, and blue swimmer crab with Shanghai noodles in XO sauce. There will also be a special lion dance performance on Wednesday, January 29. Book here.
When: Jan 27–Feb 10
Cost: $148 per person
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