Lunar New Year fest rolls out its menus

Many Disney dishes draw on Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean traditions

These festival munchies can be had at the Grand Californian Hotel.

Kung pao bao, left, and Red Panda Bao are among savory items at the Prosperity Bao & Buns marketplace booth during the Lunar New Year festival at California Adventure.

Snake Sourdough Bread, a nod to the upcoming Year of the Snake in many Asian cultures’ calendars, is available at Aunt Cass Cafe and vending carts as one of numerous specialty Lunar New Year festival food items at Disney California Adventure. Photos Courtesy of Disneyland

Festival flavors can also be found at food trucks and restaurants throughout California Adventure, like this scallion pancake tostada at Studio Catering Co.

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By Brady MacDonald

bmacdonald@scng.com

The Disneyland Resort has released the full menu lineup for its 2025 Lunar New Year event, which will bring multicultural foods, live entertainment and Disney characters dressed in festive attire to the Anaheim theme park.

Disney California Adventure will host the Lunar New Year event through Feb. 16 in celebration of Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese cultures and traditions.

Sip and Savor passes will allow visitors to purchase a prepaid card with multiple digital coupons good for individual items at food and beverage stands throughout the festival. Disneyland has not yet announced a price for the pass, but the 2024 edition cost $46 ($43 for Magic Keyholders).

The menus for six festival marketplace food kiosks for the 2025 event include:

Bamboo Blessings

Mini char siu pork shanks: Served with rice and pineapple chutney

Strawberry milk tea macaron: Strawberry buttercream with a milk tea center

Brown sugar milk tea: Ceylon tea, hotteok-inspired brown sugar syrup, maple and butter pecan syrups and oat milk garnished with banana milk-infused whipped cream

Dragon fruit cocktail: Dragonberry rum, white rum, lychee purée, dragon fruit, Chinese five-spice syrups, lime juice and housemade coriander tea garnished with a dried dragon fruit wheel

Longevity Noodle Co.

Garlic noodles: Served with garlic butter sauce and Parmesan cheese

Shrimp lo mein noodles: Served with stir-fried vegetables

Tropical coconut cooler: Coconut cream, coconut milk, housemade jackfruit syrup, dragon fruit syrup, lychee nectar and cherry juices garnished with mango coconut foam and rainbow jellies

Mandarin citrus mule: Mandarin vodka, grapefruit liqueur, lime juice, Mandarin and apricot purées and candied orange syrup topped with ginger beer and garnished with orange rock candy

Lucky 8 Lantern

Quesabirria egg roll: Served with guajillo pepper consome

Chocolate Firecracker: Light chocolate mousse, chocolate ganache filling, chocolate almond dacquoise and dark chocolate popping candy

Guava lemongrass cocktail: Silver rum, guava nectar juice, housemade lemongrass syrup and lime juice garnished with a lemon wheel

Year of the Snake margarita: Reposado tequila, lime juice, kiwi syrup and mango purée garnished with a snake gummy

Prosperity Bao & Buns

Kung pao bao: Plant-based chicken, toasted peanuts and scallions

Red Panda Bao: Jumbo pork and vegetable bao with chile-garlic sauce

Harland Raspberry Yuja Lemonade Ale

Strawberry-lychee cocktail: Bourbon, strawberry purée, lychee syrup and lime juice garnished with a skewered lime gummy

Lunar New Year beer flight

Study Break Lychee & White Tea Hard Seltzer

Three Weavers Expatriate IPA

Brewery X Panda Pool Party Lager

Red Dragon Spice Traders

Fire chicken wings: Served with sesame-seaweed crunch

Spicy gochujang chicken tacos: Served with yuja citrus cabbage slaw

Peach Makgeolli Cocktail: Peach rice wine, citron vodka, ginger liqueur, cucumber syrup and white grape and lime juices garnished with a skewered frozen peach and grape

Wrapped With Love

Pho dip: Served with rice noodles, sliced beef, shaved jalapeños, pickled onions and Pho broth

Fried lemongrass chicken dumpling with plum sauce

Mandarin orange cream puff: Filled with citrus cream and Mandarin compote

Taro iced coffee: Vietnamese-style coffee, cocoa powder and condensed milk garnished with taro-chocolate sweet cream

Select restaurants throughout California Adventure will also serve a limited-time Lunar New Year menu.

Aunt Cass Cafe

Almond cookie bread pudding: Almond bread pudding with a gooey almond center, Mandarin orange creme anglaise, whipped topping, toasted almonds and an almond cookie

Snake Sourdough Bread

Award Wieners

Banh mi hot dog: Seared pork belly, cilantro jalapeño aioli, pickled carrots and daikon, cilantro and jalapeños on a French roll

Strawberry milk tea macaron: Strawberry buttercream with milk tea center

Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta

Bulgogi pizza: Marinated beef and spicy corn cheese sauce topped with green onion

Mango and coconut sago parfait: Layers of coconut sago pudding, mango passion fruit compote and mango yogurt mousse topped with toasted coconut and a Mickey decoration

Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream

Lychee fruit sundae: Lychee sorbet, raspberry syrup, Mandarin orange slices, raspberries and black sesame seeds

Mandarin orange cream puff: Filled with citrus cream and Mandarin compote

Hollywood Lounge

Mandarin citrus mule: Mandarin vodka, grapefruit liqueur, lime juice, Mandarin and apricot purees and candied orange syrup topped with ginger beer and orange rock candy

Lamplight Lounge

Vietnamese barbecue pork chop: Spicy garlic noodles and chile-marinated cucumbers

Green tea doughnuts

Three Weavers Brewing Co. Synthwave Sour Ale

Paradise Garden Grill

Beef and broccoli: Plant-based marinated steak tips with fried rice, green onion and toasted sesame seeds

Banh mi: Grilled pork belly with pickled carrots and daikon, cucumber and jalapeño with spicy mayo on a French roll

Korean-style barbecue chicken: Served with steamed rice, kimchi and pickled cucumber

Korean-style chicken: Marinated chicken served with steamed rice and broccoli

Spicy shrimp lo mein: Lo mein noodles tossed with shrimp, arbol chiles, mushrooms, cabbage, corn and bell pepper

Whole fish: Served family-style with steamed rice and stir-fried vegetables

Strawberries and cream roulade: Covered in toasted almond slices

Tiger milk tea: Served with brown sugar tapioca pearls

Brewery X Hard Peach Tea Seltzer

Strawberry-lychee cocktail: Bourbon, strawberry puree, lychee syrup and lime juice garnished with a skewered lime gummy

Pym Test Kitchen

Legend of the Ten Spices Flatbread: Kung pao beef, sesame spread, toasted bok choy and Napa cabbage served with onion-cilantro salad garnished with heirloom radish and chile threads

Smokejumpers Grill

Fire chicken wings: Served with sesame-seaweed crunch

Sonoma Terrace

Garlic noodles: Served with zesty butter garlic sauce and Parmesan cheese

Studio Catering Co.

Moo shu pork burrito: Sauteed vegetables, egg fried rice and crisp noodles with a side of plum sauce

Scallion pancake tostada: Fried scallion pancake, bulgogi beef, kimchi aïoli and spicy scallion salad

Brown sugar milk tea: Ceylon Tea, hotteok-inspired brown sugar syrup, maple and butter pecan syrups and oat milk garnished with banana milk-infused whipped cream

Bing Bong’s Sweet Stuff and Trolley Treats

Firecracker Marshmallow Wand: Marshmallows on a stick dipped in caramel and red chocolate decorated with yellow sanding sugar, a piece of black licorice and a yellow Mickey chocolate piece

Mickey Lantern Caramel Apple: Granny Smith apple dipped in caramel and decorated with marshmallow ears dipped in red chocolate decorated with red sanding sugar and a gold and red flower chocolate piece

Select outdoor vending carts

Mickey-shaped hot dog bun: Brioche-style, Mickey-shaped bun stuffed with hot dogs and finished with sesame seeds and scallions

Char siu turkey leg

Sweet taro bread: Taro cream cheese icing and condensed milk

Vietnamese coffee churro: Classic churro rolled in coffee sugar topped with a bold coffee icing and sweetened condensed milk

Toasted sesame and red bean churro: Classic churro rolled in toasted sesame sugar with red bean whipped topping and sesame tuile

Snake Sourdough Bread

Dalgona coffee bundt cake: filled with sweet milk topped with dalgona foam

Green tea horchata with matcha