Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2026 - A unique musical cultural mashup experience
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What do you get when you mix Robbie Burns Day, Lunar New Year, haggis, dim sum, kilts, and dragon dances? You get the one-and-only Robbie Burns Gung Haggis Fat Choy Celebration, galloping back in 2026 — the Year of the Fire Horse!
Join DJ, your Welcome Host for a Part Scottish, part Chinese, all Canadian — Gung Haggis Fat Choy is Vancouver’s quirkiest, tastiest, most musical cultural mashup. Founded by local legend Todd Wong (aka Toddish McWong), the celebration has been defying cultural boundaries since 1998, proving that bagpipes and chopsticks really do belong at the same table.
Gung Haggis Fat Choy is not just a culinary event; it’s a cultural extravaganza that showcases the best of both Chinese and Scottish traditions. The centrepiece of the celebration is a fusion banquet that blends the flavours of traditional Chinese and Scottish cuisines.”
This year, we’re adding an extra spark with the Year of the Fire Horse — a zodiac sign famous for boldness, creativity, and a little bit of mischief. (Sound familiar? That’s pretty much this event’s spirit animal.)
The celebration kicks off at Pink Pearl Chinese Seafood Restaurant (1132 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC) on February 1, 2026. Doors open at 5.30pm
About Gung Haggis Fat Choy
Born from a small dinner party in 1998, Gung Haggis Fat Choy has grown into one of Vancouver’s most unique traditions — part cultural exchange, part comedy, part feast, and 100% fun. Bagpipes meet dragons, kilts meet cheongsams, and Robbie Burns meets Kung Fu Panda.
- Please RSVP only if you get a ticket. Thank you.
For the menu - here's what Todd Wong (Toddish MacWong) told me:
Menu -subject to change
Appetizer platter:
Veggie turnip cake (but similar to what my great-grandmother used to make with tiny shrimp and chinese sausage)
Veggie Spring rolls (we once tried once with haggis, but people complained there was too much haggis)
Spicy Jelly Fish (if Chinese people are eating haggis, we ask Scottish people to please try the jelly fish)
Deep Fried Haggis Wonton dumplings
(this has varied over the years, with additional chicken, pork or prawn stuffing & Chinese water chestnuts
Vegetarian Soup
Hot & Sour or Wintermelon