Additionally, since it's also traditional to give gifts for Chinese New Year, customers who order off the new menu will receive a special red fortune cookie with an instant-win game piece inside.
Here's what you'll find on P.F. Chang's Lucky 8 Dishes Menu (some of the dishes are offered for a limited time only, while others are just being featured from the regular menu) as well as the chain's explanation for each inclusion:
- Flaming Pork Wontons (limited time only) - "Shaped like gold and silver coins from ancient China, dumplings symbolize prosperity as they are stuffed and folded, sealing in wealth."
- Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps - "In Cantonese, the word for “lettuce” sounds like “rising fortune.” So, the more you eat, the more fortune you will have."
- Firecracker Chicken (limited time only) - "In a ritual called “opening the door of fortune,” firecrackers were lit at home to scare away evil spirits. The doors were sealed and not reopened until morning."
- Chinese Red Wine & Pepper Braised Beef (limited time only) - "Cabbage traditionally represents green, folded cash. As a symbol of affluence, it is said to provide prosperity and luck in a variety of ways."
- Orange Peel Shrimp - "Oranges are the most popular and abundant fruit during Chinese New Year, and are known to be a symbol of good luck."
- Oolong Chilean Sea Bass - "Serving fish is symbolic of prosperity, so having it at the dinner table is regarded as a promising way to start the New Year."
- Garlic Noodles - "A bowl of noodles can shed light on your longevity. The belief states that the longer the noodle, the longer the life span."
- The Great Wall of Chocolate - "Cake’s sweetness symbolizes a rich, sweet life, while the layers represent rising abundance for the coming year."
The Lucky 8 Dishes menu is available through March 5, 2015.
If the new dishes look familiar to you, they are the same ones featured on their Valentine's menu earlier this month.
