HAKKASAN LAS VEGAS RESTAURANT CELEBRATES CHINESE NEW YEAR WITH FESTIVE DINING EXPERIENCE

HAKKASAN LAS VEGAS RESTAURANT CELEBRATES CHINESE NEW YEAR WITH FESTIVE DINING EXPERIENCE

Hakkasan Las Vegas Restaurant, the celebrated two-level dining destination inside MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, is the perfect location to gather with friends and loved ones to celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year. This highly-acclaimed culinary mecca, known for its modern Cantonese cuisine, will present a special menu starting Wednesday, Jan. 29.

To welcome the start to the Chinese calendar, Hakkasan will feature entertainment to highlight the New Year. Believed to bring good luck and fortune, the lion dance will be at the epicenter of the restaurant’s celebration, being performed spontaneously on the first day, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 of the restaurant’s Chinese New Year celebration. Lion troupes will make their way through the intimate latticed woodwork cages of Hakkasan’s 20,000 square feet of space, offering symbolic expressions of luck, fortune, wisdom and joy.

In addition to Hakkasan’s traditional menu offerings, guests will be able to dine on the most unique culinary creations in the city to ring in this customary Chinese holiday. Michelin-starred Chef Ho Chee Boon, who is responsible for producing Hakkasan’s finest signature dishes will create an exclusive specialty menu including Honey veal chop with bell peppers, Stir-fry Chilean sea bass in sanpei sauce, Deep-fry seafood with pine nuts and many more. Additionally, guests can finish their meal with a decadent dessert tasting of handmade petits fours to match the good fortune of the Year of the Horse, highlighting the taste, texture and colors associated with the holiday.

For more information on how to experience Chinese New Year at Hakkasan Las Vegas Restaurant, visit www.hakkasan.com/lasvegas or call 702.891.7888.

MGM Grand, a AAA Four Diamond resort, provides the ultimate Vegas experience.  A variety of newly remodeled luxurious suites and standard accommodations serve every need while guests discover signature dining by celebrity chefs including Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak, Michael Mina’s PUB 1842, Wolfgang Puck’s Bar & Grill and AAA Five Diamond and Michelin three star restaurant, Joël Robuchon; world-class entertainment at the Grand Garden Arena; the astonishing KÀ by Cirque du Soleil; Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club; Hakkasan Las Vegas Restaurant and Nightclub, a new fine dining/nightlife concept; a pampering spa and salon; and an elaborate 380,000-square-foot, non-smoking conference center. MGM Grand is a wholly owned subsidiary of MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM). For more information and reservations, visit www.mgmgrand.comor call toll free at (877) 880-0880 or find us on Facebook and Twitter.