Ringing in this Year of the Ox will be very different from previous Lunar New Year celebrations. Family gatherings have been canceled; traveling has been restricted. In response, Tiffany Ran, owner of Seattle’s BaBaLio, is offering a traditional feast of Taiwanese dishes to make home and family feel a bit closer.
Named after Taiwan’s international calling code — 8-8-6 in Chinese — BaBaLio (aka, BB6) has been a comforting connection since 2018, holding vibrant Taiwanese pop-up dinners and, in the last year, developing multicourse to-go menus for easy at-home dining. This Lunar New Year, it’s offering steamed whole fish, sesame oil chicken, morels longevity noodles, red yeast rice pork