Unique Chinese New Year Food and Goodies to Eat for a Lucky New Year

Chinese New Year is the time of the year where we meet the relatives we see once per year and/or catch up with friends and distant family members. It is also the period where CNY goodies make an appearance and suddenly we are visiting Takashimaya Atrium and Chinatown for these CNY gifts and snacks. We begin meeting up more often to lohei (and meanwhile chant a string of auspicious phrases hoping that our new year will be even more huat). And not forgetting those premium delicacies in set menus which we start treating ourselves to as we dine out during the season too! Beginning the Year of the Rat 2020, here’s a list of interesting festive food and snacks we have checked out.

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Auspicious Yu Sheng

Symbolic of luck and prosperity, the Yu Sheng is a must-have every year, and some of us even have lohei more than once with families, friends and colleagues. Each year, chefs get creative with the Yu Sheng, either shaping it according to the zodiac of the year or reinventing the classic flavours.

Swissotel Merchant Court: Fruity Lobster Yu Sheng $110+. The Fruity Lobster Yu Sheng is a beautiful presentation of sous vide Australian Rock Lobster in a crispy yam nest, surrounded by colourful fruits and vegetables. Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/cny-promotions-crowne-plaza-changi-airport/

Blue Jasmine at Park Hotel Farrer Park: Thai Chin Yu Sheng ($68++. feed 8 to 10 diners). The refreshing salad features silky slices of salmon gravlax on a bed of crunchy vegetables, Thai green mango, papaya, pomelo and pickles Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/blue-jasmine-cny-reunion-dinner-buffet/

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport: Celestial Crowne Yusheng $108+. Inspired by the popular Hawaiian Poké bowl, this comes with a variety of fruits and vegetables such as Green Mango, Pickled Beetroot, and Pickled Pineapple, and then topped off with freshly sliced Norwegian Salmon, Salmon Roe, Chia Seeds, Seaweed, Citrus Mango Plum Sauce, chopped Almonds and the unique Charcoal Dough Chips for an extra crunch. Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/cny-promotions-crowne-plaza-changi-airport/

Imperial Treasure: Fatt Choy Hamachi Yu Sheng ($98+ Small, $196+ Large, also available as takeaway). It comes with sliced Hamachi sashimi, yellow radish, fried shredded yam, fried vermicelli and savoury sauce. https://oo-foodielicious.com/michelin-starred-imperial-treasure-cny/

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Festive Dim Sum

Paradise Teochew: Decadent Steamed Abalone Siew Mai $12.80/4pcs, Steamed Prawn Dumpling with Mushroom $12.80/4pcs and Crispy Radish Pastry with Ham and Diced Celery Bits $9.80/3pcs. Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/paradise-teochew-cny/

Si Chuan Dou Hua: Reunion Imperial Dim Sum. Indulge in a series of heart-throbbing rat-shaped dim sum such as the sticky Steamed Dumpling with Diced Abalone and Minced Meat, and purplish Deep-fried Dumpling with Sticky Rice Pancake. Read more at: https://oo-foodielicious.com/si-chuan-dou-hua-cny-reunion-imperial-high-tea/

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Pen Cai with a Twist

Yun Nans: Yunnans Prosperity Treasure Hot Pot ($168/6 pax; $288/10 pax). Boiled for six hours using aged hen, aged duck, pork bones and aged dry-cured ham, the soup is velvety smooth and flavoursome. The pot of delicacies is filled with ingredients such as the Yunnan wheat pumpkin, pigskin, prawn, sea cucumber, abalone and Morchella (a highly prized mushroom). Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/yun-nans-chinese-new-year-set-menus/

Copthorne King’s Hotel: King’s Vegetarian Treasure Pot ($168 nett for six diners, $248 for ten diners) for those looking for a meat-free alternative. Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/tien-court-cny-copthorne-kings-hotel/

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Premium Delicacies

PUTIEN: Double-boiled Chicken with Red Mushroom. This is a rare delicacy from China and can be found in the festive set menus. Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/putien-cny-festive-menu-promotions/

New Moon: New Zealand Abalone. Each can of abalone is individually packed – one whole abalone weighs around 425g. As a versatile food, it can be enjoyed in soup dishes, hotpot, as well as being braised or stir-fried. Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/new-moon-new-zealand-abalone/

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Adorable Doughnuts

Krispy Kreme: Caramel Mouse and Lucky Orange. These CNY doughnuts are priced at $3.30 per doughnut, $18.80 per half dozen and $33 for one dozen. Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/krispy-kreme-chinese-new-year-doughnuts/

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Unique Cookie Flavours

Mdm Ling: Hae Bee Hiam Cookies, Kopi Siew Dai Cookies, Seaweed Chicken Floss Love Letter, Japanese Purple Sweet PoRATo Cookies and Pink Himalaya Salt Chocolate Almond Cookies. Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/mdm-ling-bakery-chinese-new-year-cookies/

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Assorted Festive Popcorns

Eureka Popcorn: Perfect Ten POP-sperity Gift Set $30. Featuring the ten most popular flavours (Tomato, BBQ, Sour Cream & Onion, Original, Caramel, Cheese, Dark Choc, White Coffee, Seaweed, and Wasabi), these little tins come wrapped with auspicious blessings of Fortune, Prosperity, Health, Wealth, Love, Happiness, Abundance, Success, Peaceful and Harmony. Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/eureka-popcorn-cny-promotions/

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Truffle Chip Gift Sets

Aroma Truffle: Trufflicious Gift Box $50 (Promo: $48). Each gift box comprises of three customisable flavours of the Black Summer Truffle Potato Chips (Original, Parmesan Cheese and Honey Dijon) and one bottle of Truffle Hot Sauce. Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/aroma-truffle-gift-box-cny/

WOKWOK: Cerealsly delicious Cereal Prawn Potato Chips and Truffle Seaweed. Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/wokwok-truffle-seaweed-potato-chips/

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The Favoured Flavours

F&N: Five Abundances Variety Pack $12.95. Symbolic of harmony, prosperity, good fortune, good health and longevity, this limited edition festive pack comes with 18 assorted cans. The five exciting flavours found in the pack are Outrageous Orange, Groovy Grape, Cheeky Cherryade, Cool Ice Cream Soda, and Sarsi. Read more at https://oo-foodielicious.com/fnn-five-abundances-variety-pack/

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