NYC Chinatown Mobilizes For Chinatown Restaurant Week March 9 - 18

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Get your chopsticks ready! New York City's Chinatown will host its own Restaurant Week, from March 9 to 18. Participating restaurants will offer a 10-day special prix fixe multi-course dinner at $18.88 per person (tax and gratuity not included).  Participating shops and merchants will offer individual promotions and sales.

"Our Chinatown community, Founding Participants, and Founding Community Supporters are thrilled to invite everyone home with us for Chinatown Restaurant Week. We believe the Restaurant Week dining and shopping deals are so exceptional that people will want to come to Chinatown as often as possible during Restaurant Week and visit Chinatown again in the future," said Chinatown Restaurant Week Executive Producer and Kaimen Company President Julie Huang.

Chinatown Restaurant Week Creative Director Bob Barnett said, "When it comes to food, we all speak Chinese. Chinatown Restaurant Week is perfect for first-timers and weekly regulars, for New Yorkers and tourists and everyone in the Tri-State region to come home to Chinatown with friends and family for the terrific food, shopping deals, and great times."

Join us for the Information Briefing scheduled for Monday, February 13 at 2pm The Asian American Restaurant Association* with special guests from the New York State Restaurant Association*, will host an information briefing in English and in Chinese at Lin Sing Association* located at 47-49 Mott Street, 2nd Floor, to answer questions about Chinatown Restaurant Week and to assist with registration.  Current or prospective participants or community supporters are invited to attend.  For those who cannot attend the briefing in person, they can dial [phone], enter room number 669137 and press the # key to listen to the information session.

About Chinatown Restaurant WeekPresented for the first time by the award-winning public relations firm, Kaimen Company, Chinatown Restaurant Week is a community-based celebration of Chinese food, culture, and the local Chinatown community.  To learn more about becoming a Chinatown Restaurant Week Participant, visit www.kaimenco.com/chinatown/business.  To be considered as a Founding Community Supporter, visit www.kaimenco.com/chinatown/community.  Learn about contests, special deals when you visit our blog, www.kaimenco.com/chinatown.  Watch our videos on www.youtube.com/kaimenco.  Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/ChinatownRW.  Like us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/chinatownrestaurantweek. For more information, visit our official website http://www.chinatownrestaurantweek.com.

*Founding Community Supporters ( in formation):  Asian American Bar Association of New York , Asian American Journalists Association – NY Chapter , Asian American Restaurants Association, Asian Lion Dance League , Asian Women in Business ,  Asians in New York , Association of Chinese American Physicians , Cheap Eats , Chinatown Partnership , Chinese Chamber of Commerce , Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association , Christina of Chinatown ,  Five Spice Alley , Lin Sing Association , The Lo Down , Museum of Chinese in America , National Association of Asian American Professionals - NY Chapter , New York Asian Professionals Meetup , New York State Restaurant Association , NYChinatown.com , and Organization of Chinese Americans – NY Chapter.

Founding Participants ( in formation): Ahoy NY Tasting & Tours , Grand Bo Ky Restaurant , Haagen-Dazs (Chinatown) , MyPRGenie (Official Marketing Platform), Nom Wah Tea Parlor , Red Egg, Reliance Star Payment Services , and  You and Her Spa.

About Kaimen CompanyKaimen 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 www.kaimenco.com. Kaimen Company is on  Twitter and  Facebook.

Contacts:

• For media inquiries:  Julie Huang [phone] x703 [e-mail]  or Jeff Siegel [phone] x701 [e-mail]
• For business participation: Lina Li [phone] x708 [e-mail]
• For sponsorship opportunities: Mary Pan [phone] x719 [e-mail]