The 26th annual Gung Haggis Fat Choy was a spectacular fusion of cultures and traditions, ringing in the Lunar New Year and honouring Robbie Burns Day on Sunday, January 26, at Vancouver Chinatown’s iconic Floata Seafood Restaurant. Here are some photos from our 26th annual Gung Haggis Fat Choy celebration. Photos courtesy of Lydia Nagai
Aaron Wong will perform songs from his Elvis Presley Tribute set, to help us celebrate The King’s 90th birthday, as we explore Elvis’ connections to Scotland. I first saw Wong perform about 15 years ago for a Ricepaper Magazine launch. Wong also performed this past summer at the PNE, as the Empire Stadium was the site of Elvis’ only Vancouver performance in 1957. Recalling the Ricepaper performance, and watching last summer’s performance really did bring a smile to my face, and I have always wondered how to bring Aaron to a Gung Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner. Well, that time is now – as i recently discovered that a mural at the Burns Birthplace Museum in Ayr Scotland, features Elvis sitting next to Burns.
Elvis featured at Robert Burns Museum in Ayr, Scotland
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JOIN US for this cosmic countdown to start your year! Enjoy an afternoon of intercultural fusion at Gung Haggis 2025 with food, music, readings, and scotch!
This year’s schedule of events include:
About Gung Haggis:
It was 1998, and as the Chinese Lunar New Year fell only two days away from Robbie Burns Day, which is always January 25, Todd decided to celebrate the Scottish Bard’s birthday along with the Lunar New Year. “Gung Haggis Fat Choy!” said Wong, “I can celebrate two cultures at the same time.” And thus was born the Vancouver cultural premiere that culinary and media personalities have come to celebrate this cultural mashup that features deep-fried haggis wontons, haggis dim sum, and haggis lettuce wrap with a glass of scotch each year.
Gung Haggis Fat Choy started Twenty years later, it serves dinner at the biggest Chinese Restaurant in North America and has spun off a CBC television performance special and the SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy Canadian Games.as a small fundraiser of 16 people in 1998 in a crowded living room. Twenty years later it serves dinner at the biggest Chinese Restaurant in North America, and has spun off a CBC television performance special, and the SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy Canadian Games.
“Gung Haggis Fat Choy is the ultimate fusion feast.” – Georgia Straight
“Haggis wontons? Robbie Burns Night meets Chinese New Year.” – Globe & Mail
“Gung Haggis Fat Choy: This Canadian Celebration Combines Robert Burns Night and Chinese New Year.” – Smithsonian
“Haggis and Chow Mein Collide at Seattle’s Gung Haggis Fat Choy.” – Vice
“Hold the sheep’s stomach lining.” – MacLean’s Magazine
For more information, visit https://www.gunghaggis.com/.Join us for an afternoon of intercultural fusion at Gung Haggis 2024 with food, music, and poetry!
Tickets are available for individual purchase or a table of 10!