Philebrity Award nominee Michael Solomonov‘s Zahav (237 Saint James Place) is celebrating Christmas a little bit differently than most of us: with Chinese food and a movie.

In addition, Zahav will be holding celebrations for Chanukah and New Year’s Eve. Event details are below.

Chanukah at Zahav
From Tuesday, December 20 until Wednesday, December 28, Chef Solomonov will offer a Chanukah Menu for $45 per person, plus tax and gratuity. The menu will not be served on Thursday, December 22 or Sunday, December 25. Dishes will include: Hummus with Glazed Brisket, served with house-made laffa and a selection of salatim; Celery Root and Green Apple Soup with smoked salmon burmuelos; a selection of Latkes, including Potato with labaneh, caviar and chive, Rutabega with smoked lamb belly and horseradish and Yam with English cheddar and apple; Young Chicken Al Ha’esh with eggplant salad and sweet bulgur; and Sufganiyot with dates and orange.

“A Very Jewish Christmas”
On Thursday, December 22, Zahav will celebrate its second-annual “A Very Jewish Christmas” with Israeli-inflected Chinese food, movies shown on a big screen and, of course, hot buttered popcorn. Screenings will be at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. and Zahav is accepting movie requests via twitter @zahavrestaurant, but like last year, guests won’t know what movies they are going to watch until the lights go down and the opening credits begin to roll. For $50 per person, plus tax and gratuity, guests will enjoy: Shrimp Salad with green papaya, cashews, tahina and nigella; Szechuan-Style Pork Belly with shifka peppers and carrots; Veal Dumplings with harissa oil and cucumbers; Salt & Pepper Sweetbreads with lo mein; Chinese Broccoli with smoked mackerel; Moo Shu Duck with walnuts, black garlic and carob; and White Chocolate Cake with mandarin orange sorbet and star anise.
Zahav will also offer a selection of creative Chinese inspired cocktails, each $9, and will include: General Solo’s Dynasty, cognac, Mandarin orange, lemongrass; Crouching Tiger, gin, honey, green tea; Ancient Chinese Medicine, vodka, saffron, ginger; and Shaolin Shadow Boxer, rum, almond and lime. For $100, movie goers can purchase a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black for the table.

Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Zahav
On New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31, the restaurant will serve a spectacular four-course dinner for $65 per person, plus tax and gratuity, or with drink pairings for $100 per person. The menu will include: Hummus with Spicy Beef Cheeks, served with pickled artichokes, porcini salad and olives, paired with Sparkling Wine with fresh-pressed pomegranate juice; Fluke Crudo with labaneh and caviar and Squab Breast Al Ha’esh with squab leg kibbe, blood orange and black harissa, paired with Golan Heights Chardonnay, Katzrin Vineyard, Galilee, 2008; Glazed Veal Shanks with saffron, apples and cinnamon, paired with Clos de Gat Syrah “Har’el,” Judean Hills, 2008; and Chocolate-Hazelnut Babka with orange-vanilla ice cream, paired with Cafe Sylvester, a Turkish-coffee based cocktail.

Menus for all three events can be found here.