Choy Hing Village hosts special lunch for St Wilfrid's pupils

The Choy Hing Village invited youngsters from St Wilfrid’s CE Primary School to learn Chinese culture.

After being taught about Chinese New Year in school, the pupils headed down to the Knutsford Road restaurant on Monday where they were able to try a variety of food - including spring rolls, prawn crackers, rice and noodles.

Restaurant owner Kieng Tang and some of the St Wilfrid's pupils (Image: Newsquest)

The children were also given special bags to take home that included a fortune cookie, chopsticks, and a Chinese horoscope made especially for them by Choy Hing staff.

One of the restaurant’s owners Kieng Tang said: “The children of St Wilfrid’s visited us to learn about Lunar New Year and Chinese traditions.

“It is a great honour for us to be part of the local community and to pass our culture onto the younger generation.

“The children enjoyed themselves and were very receptive when trying some of our dishes and were a credit to the school.”

Kieng also surprised the Grappenhall children by displaying the fascinating lion’s head from the popular lion dance.

Each year, the owners of the site, which has stood in Grappenhall for more than 25 years, Kieng and Kwun Chan, look forward to bringing the traditional lion dance and drums to the restaurant.

And this year was no different as the performance, which is a symbol of good fortune and wisdom, took place on Sunday, January 22, which marked the start of Year of the Rabbit, while diners enjoyed a five-course banquet.

Head teacher of St Wilfrid's Ms Davies said: "Foundation Stage children have been learning about how Chinese New Year is celebrated as part of our curriculum.

"We have listened to the story of The Great Race to understand why each year is named after an animal.

"We practiced using chopsticks, made Chinese lanterns, moving dragons and created our own dragon dances.

"To complete our theme we took the children for lunch at The Choy Hing Village in Grappenhall where they tasted a selection of Chinese food, saw the Chinese Lion and we all received our own chopsticks and a fortune cookie!

"This was a wonderful experience for our children, they all had a fantastic time."

For more information, visit https://www.choyhingvillage.co.uk/

The lion's head which was used in a traditional lion dance performance at the Choy Hing Village (Image: Newsquest)