Come to Chinatown for NYC Chinatown Restaurant Week March 9 - 18

NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New York City's Chinatown hosts its own Restaurant Week, from March 9 to 18.  Special thanks to MSG Network for sponsoring Chinatown Restaurant Week, which is presented by Kaimen Company.

"I encourage everyone to come and enjoy the wonderful dining and shopping experiences in our very own Chinatown," said Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez.  "Congratulations to the community groups and business participants for creating the 2012 Chinatown Restaurant Week for all to enjoy."

"It is hard to imagine a more perfect neighborhood for Restaurant Week than our Chinatown community, home to some of our city's greatest and most unique restaurants," Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said. "I look forward to welcoming visitors here to sample the diverse array of dining options, shopping and cultural attractions that Chinatown has to offer. I encourage everyone to come out and explore this wonderful neighborhood."

"People of the world, we welcome you to come home with us to Chinatown from March 9 – 18 for a ten-day celebration of amazing dining and shopping deals," said Chinatown Restaurant Week Executive Producer Julie Huang (@huangjulie) and Kaimen Company President.  "On behalf of our 2012 founding business participants and community supporters, Chinatown is your hometown every day for these special ten days."

About the March 2 Press Briefing

Who: Participating restaurants, businesses, community supporters will be present along with special guests Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Councilmember Margaret Chin and others.

When: Friday, March 2 at 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Where: Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), a 2012 Chinatown Restaurant Week Founding Community Supporter, is located at 215 Centre Street, Chinatown, NY. MOCA is dedicated to preserving and presenting the history, heritage, culture and diverse experiences of people of Chinese descent in the United States.

About Chinatown Restaurant Week

Presented for the first time by the award-winning public relations firm, Kaimen Company (@Kaimenco), Chinatown Restaurant Week (@ChinatownRW) is a community-based celebration of Chinese food, culture, and the local Chinatown community. Visit our site for deals.  Read our blog. Learn about deals by following us on Twitter @ChinatownRW or liking us on Facebook.

2012 Founding Participants

All restaurants, unless otherwise noted, will offer special three-course dinner menus for $18.88 per person. Please note that Peking Duck House will offer $18.88 per person for lunch only and not dinner. This pricing excludes tax, tip, and gratuity and is not the pricing for group parties. Please contact the restaurant directly for group party pricing.

Restaurants: Delight 28 (28 Pell St), Golden Unicorn (18 E Broadway) , Grand Bo Ky Restaurant (216 Grand St), Emperor Japanese Tapas Shabu Restaurant (96 Bowery St), HK Wonton Garden (79 Mulberry St and originally from 56 Mott St), Lobster Boat (11 Mott St), Lucky Plaza Restaurant (81 Chrystie St), Mika Japanese Cuisine & Bar (150 Centre Street),  Nha Trang One (87 Baxter St), Nom Wah Tea Parlor (13 Doyer St), Peking Duck House (28 Mott St), Pho Grand (277c Grand St), Red Egg (@redeggnyc, 202 Centre St), Shanghai Gourmet (23 Pell St), New West Malaysian (14-18 Elizabeth Street or 46-48 Bowery Street Arcade #26 #27 #28), Xe Lua Vietnamese Restaurant (86 Mulberry St).

Businesses offering special deals: Haagen-Dazs (53 Mott St), Reliance Star Payment Services, Ahoy NY Tours & Tasting (@AhoyNewYork), New Foot Long Live (55 Bayard St.), You and Her Spa (18 East Broadway), and MyPRGenie(@MyPRGenie Official Marketing Platform).

2012 Founding Community Supporters

Asian American Arts Alliance (@aaartsalliance), Asian American Bar Association of New York (@AABANY), Asian American Journalists Association – NY Chapter (@AAJANewYork),

Asian American Restaurants Association, Asian Women in Business (@AWIB), Asian Lion Dance League, AsianInNY.com (@AsianInNY) , Association of Chinese American Physicians, CheapEats (@Cheap_eats), Chinatown Partnership (@CPLDCNY), Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Chinese Christian Herald Crusades, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, Five Spice Alley (@FiveSpiceAlley), Golden Lion Club, Lin Sing Association, Museum of Chinese in America (@MOCAMuseum), National Association of Asian American Professionals - NY Chapter, New York Asian Professionals Meetup, New York State Restaurant Association (@NYSRA),  NYChinatown.com (@ChinatownBlogs), Organization of Chinese Americans – NY Chapter, The Lo-Down (@TheLoDownNY), and Yelp NYC (@YelpNYC).

Special thanks to the Outstanding Chinatown Restaurant Week 2012 Team: Lina Li and Sharon Lui (Community and Business Relations Directors), Bob Barnett (Creative Director), George Lou (Videography Director), Ran Graff and Betty Chin (Photography Directors), Jenny Zhang (Translation Director), Weiling Fu (Website Director), Antony Wong (Social Media Director), Mary Pan (Sponsorship Director) and Fenella Kim and her team at Reliance Star Payment Services for designing the www.chinatownrestaurantweek.com website. Thank you Tony award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, Lily Fan and the cast of Chinglish for their support.

About Kaimen Company

Kaimen Company is an award-winning communications firm that helps its clients raise brand awareness, gain public appreciation, and manage good stakeholder relations. For more information visit http://www.kaimenco.com. Kaimen Company is on Twitter and Facebook.

Contacts:
For Chinatown Restaurant Week inquiries:  Julie Huang, 888 989 8808 x703, [email protected]

SOURCE Kaimen Company