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Ring In the New Year at WP24 Restaurant and Lounge at the Ritz Carlton at LA Live

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WP24 Restaurant and Lounge invites guests to ring in the New Year with a six-course indulgent menu. Located on the 24th floor of the Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE, WP24 Restaurant and Lounge affords guests panoramic views of Los Angeles in an elegant, fine-dining setting.

The theme of the New Year’s Eve menu is “Several Tastes of Good Fortune”, and Chef de Cuisine Sara Johannes’s six-course menu allows guests to indulge in WP24’s signature dishes and upscale Chinese fare. Menu items include live Maine “angry lobster” with spicy Szechuan chilies, fried garlic, black bean dust and Lop Cheung sausage fried rice; and roasted duckling “pecking style” with traditional garnishes, winter wild mushrooms, fresh chilies, scallions and basil.

The six-course menu is $250 per person exclusive of tax and gratuity. Reservations can be made for 6 p.m. or 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 31, 2011 by calling WP24 Restaurant and Lounge at 213.743.8824. WP24 Restaurant and Lounge is located at 900 W. Olympic Blvd in Los Angeles. 

Several Tastes of Good Fortune: New Year’s Eve Tasting Menu

Winter Squash & King Crab “Hot & Sour” Soup
Sweet Prawn Wontons, Kabocha, Thai Basil, Fried Ginger

  Dim Sum Sampling
Chive Crystal Dumpling, Dan Dan Chili Dumpling, Tiny Pork Belly Dumpling,
Shrimp and Lobster Har Gow, Curried Seafood Shu Mai

  Live Maine “Angry Lobster”
Spicy Szechuan Chilies, Fried Garlic, Black Bean Dust
Lop Cheung Sausage Fried Rice

 Roasted Duckling “Peking Style” with Traditional Garnishes
Winter Wild Mushrooms, Fresh Chilies, Scallions, Basil

 A Duo of Kobe Beef:
Grilled “Szechuan Style” NY Strip & Braised Short Rib Hot Pot

  New Year’s Eve Dessert

 $250 per person
Chef de Cuisine Sara C. Johannes

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Elise Cranston