Chinese New Year is round the corner and the Metropolitant team puts together a list of restaurants you can consider having your reunion dinner, toss your wealth with all the variations of Yusheng, and places to splurge your ang pow money. Here’s our roundup of our Chinese New Year goodies/restaurants. Watch this space as we will be adding more exciting stuff to this list!
St. Regis
This joyous season, the master chefs of Yan Ting bring exquisite yet hearty oriental delicacies to discerning gastronomes. Indulge family, friends and business associates in eight decadent festive dine-in set menus, ideal for intimate pairs or for hosting reunion meals in larger groups, as well as an exclusive à la carte menu featuring time-honored classics and delectable additions.
The Lunar New Year menus will be available from 1st to 5th march 2015. View the interactive menu here. Set lunch and dinner are from $108++ per person.
Reservations, please call 6506 6887 or email yanting@stregis.com.
Fullerton Hotel
From 3 February to 5 March 2015, welcome the Lunar New Year with an artisanal feast specially crafted by Master Chef Leong Chee Yeng and his talented team. Toss to a year of good luck and abundance of joy with our signature Eight Happiness Gold Rush Yu Sheng with Champagne Jelly, Salmon, Olive Oil and Peach Dressing featuring artistic calligraphic drawings. Indulge in other delicacies such as the Eight Treasures Fortune Pen Cai, the healthy and nutritious Poached Minced Fish and Mutton Fortune Dumpling as well as the Sautéed Lobster with Chicken Floss and Spiced Fragrant Salt, a sure crowd pleaser.
Besides an array of sumptuous reunion set menus to choose from, partake in delectable handcrafted goodies such as Yam Paste Nian Gao Tarts, Harmony Koi Fish Nian Gao, the delicately sweet Pistachio ‘Muah Chee’ Glutinous Rice Balls.
Reservations, please call 6877 8188 or email jade@fullertonhotel.com.
Sheraton Towers
Sheraton Towers Singapore curates a celebratory feast for all discerning palates. From 2 February to 5 March 2015, indulge in a myriad of epicurean delights – from an array of festive goodies and auspicious delicacies by acclaimed Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant.
The Salmon Loh Hei Platter |鸿运三文鱼捞起 is available from $52 (small)
Toss to greater heights with the requisite favorite at every reunion celebration. The Salmon Loh Hei Platter features a vivid medley of auspicious ingredients such as carrot to represent luck, pomelo for a smooth sailing year and crisp crackers to symbolise abundance.
Create your own personalised Yu Sheng by opting to add more ingredients like Shredded Abalone, Crispy Salmon Fish Skin and Fresh Lobster.
Chinese New Year set menu from $96.80 per person
Reservations, please call 6839 5623
PARKROYAL on Beach Road
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with joy and good fortune at PARKROYAL on Beach Road from 6 February to 5 March 2015. Taking centrestage at Plaza Brasserie’s Prosperity Feast is two lamb dishes to welcome the Year of the Goat. Enjoy the full-bodied Lamb Stew with Herbs, or the Lamb Siew Mai, crunchy with diced water chestnuts and sweet coriander fragrance.
The Fruitful Yusheng, is dotted with refreshing fruits such as tangerine, peach, rock melon and green mango. At the dinner buffet, usher in a wealth of abundance savoring Boston Lobster (Half Shell) in White Pepper Sauce* and Mini Brown Rice Balls with Minced Pork Filling.
*One serving per person. Also available for lunch on 19 and 20 February.
Reservations, please call 6505 5710 or email dining.prsin@parkroyalhotels.com.
PARKROYAL On Kitchener Road
Welcoming the Year of the Goat with the Five Fortunes set at Spice Brasserie.
Available from 12 to 28 February as part of the restaurant’s Lunar New Year buffet dinner selection, the Five Fortunes set features five specially curated delicacies – Crispy Baby Crab Yu Sheng with Passion Fruit and Plum Sauce, Prosperity Pot, Lobster in Superior Stock, Abalone Glutinous Rice with Liver Sausage and Pumpkin Puree with Almond Flakes. Each dish symbolizes blessings of abundance, prosperity, longevity, family unity and sweet beginnings.
Buffets are priced at:
Reservations, please call 6428 3160 or email spicebrasserie.prskt@parkroyalhotels.com
Antoinette
Chef Pang Kok Keong of Antoinette shatters the mold of tradition in a very nice way this Chinese New Year. The Queen’s Yu Sheng—his take on the classic raw fish salad—is set to change preconceptions forever. It’s a dessert; it has French elements; it comes with a hammer; and it’s eaten at the end.
The Queen’s Yu Sheng ($88 shares 6-8 pax) is available from 9 February until 5 March 2015
Reservations, please call 6293 3121 or 6836 9527
Quayside Isle (Sentosa Cove)
Blue Lotus
Nourish your family with Blue Lotus’ three specially crafted Chinese New Year set menus. Available from 1 February to 5 March, choose from the Happiness Set Menu ($88++ per person), Prosperity Set Menu ($108++ per person), and Longevity Set Menu ($138++ per person) – all featuring a sumptuous eight-course feast (minimum four pax). All set menus include the Blue Lotus’ Signature Tea Smoked Salmon Yu Sheng, a must for any Chinese New Year celebration. Toss up ingredients like the savoury tea smoked salmon, crunchy Japanese cabbage, sweet pomelo, crackling salmon skin, and crispy white bait for good luck in the new year.
Reservations, please call 6339 0880
Ichiban Boshi and Ichiban Sushi
Ichiban Boshi and Ichiban Sushi is taking Year of the Goat celebratory feasting to new heights with a new, unique Yuzu dressing for the traditional dish.
Available for dine-in and takeaway, the Auspicious Set, S$48.80, serves 7-10 people, perfect for large family reunions. Another option priced at S$38.80 is the Bountiful Set, which serves 4-6 people. With every Auspicious Set purchased, diners will receive a S$5 dining voucher and ang pow packets (red packets) while stocks last.
Additional raw fish – Maguro (Tuna), Kajiki (Swordfish) or Salmon – can also be ordered at S$6.80 for 8 pieces.
The Yu Sheng Sets are available from 3 February till 5 March 2015 at any of the 13 Ichiban Boshi restaurants and nine Ichiban Sushi restaurants across Singapore.
Chow Tai Fook
As the Golden Goat year is heralded as an auspicious year in line with the eighth Chinese zodiac sign, Chow Tai Fook thoughtfully presents the Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf Collection, which is based on one of the most popular and recognizable cartoons in Mainland China, featuring groups of joyful goats and wolves in 999.9 Gold.
The intricately-crafted gold pendants are named after characters from the cartoon and convey an infectious sense of childlike innocence and fun as the animated little goats smile brightly with their jubilant expressions.
The adorable pendants are beautifully finished in matte and shiny 999.9 Gold, and make the ultimate gifts for babies born in the year of the Golden Goat as well as young fans or those who are young at heart alike.
The Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf Collection are now available in Chow Tai Fook Singapore ION Orchard branch.
Swensens
Usher in the Year of the Goat with Swensen’s signature Fortune Yu Sheng that features traditional elements like fresh smoked salmon slices, crisp wafer sliced carrots, crunchy sesame seeds, and crushed nuts. Get a taste signature Swensen’s flair in the offering that includes premium additions such as exotic Shimeji mushrooms, crispy wonton skin, reserved ginger, melon and cucumber.
Top it all off with some crunchy Pock Choy that aptly signifies all that’s gold coming up in the new year, aptly finished with a Swensen’s special plum sauce that adds layers of sweet and tangy flavors to complete the dish.
The Fortune Yu Sheng is available at Swensen’s and Earle Swensen’s outlets from 12 February to 5 March 2015 at $23.80++.
Starbucks
Starbucks announced the launch of the latest range of gifts to usher in the Year of the Sheep for you and your loved ones. Making its appearance this year are Starbucks packaged cookies, in two mouthwatering flavors: Caramel Almond and Gula Melaka Pistachio. Each box retails at $9.90, and makes for a perfect gift when you go visiting!
Ramp up the New Year with the sheep Bearista and his friendly flock of brand new festive drinkware. The limited edition “2014 Year of the Sheep” Starbucks Card is also now available at all stores.
NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto
Yam Seng” to the auspicious Year of the Goat with NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto! A year filled with abundance, NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto brings you a series of promotions to help you prepare for the prosperous year ahead!
From now to 28 February 2015, NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto offers a series of prosperous promotions for its modern multi-beverage systems. Purchase a new NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto multi-beverage system and save up to $80 off! What’s more, any purchase of the NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto multi-beverage system entitles you to three free boxes of capsules (the variants are: Cortado, Green Tea Latte and Milo).
Good things come in pairs on Chinese New Year. You’re off to a sweet start as you pair your favorite New Year goodies with beverages from NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto. Purchase any six boxes of NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto capsules and receive a free box of Cedele Artisan Cookies or Pineapple Pocket Pie worth $18.80 – $22.80). Promotions starts from now until 28 February 2015.
陽陽餅鋪 (Yang Yang Cookies)
陽陽餅鋪 (Yang Yang Cookies) is the gathering of a collection of traditional Chinese cookies and pastries recipes from the Yang family passed down through the generations. All baked by my Yang Yang Auntie (my mother’s sister)!
This coming Chinese New Year, what better way to usher in the year of the goat “羊” (pronounced as “Yang”) than with Yang Yang cookies! Made from family recipes passed down for more than 50 years, each pastry has come a long way. To ensure that you get an authentic, traditional goodness and taste. The products are made with all natural ingredients, and no preservatives are included. Halal Certified.
Available at:
· Takashimaya CNY Fair (B2 Atrium) 22 January – 17 February
· Vivo City CNY Fair (Level 1 outside Tangs) 27 January – 17 February
· Online at www.yangyang.com.sg
Shabu Tontei
Indulge in a collagen abundance this CNY at new hot pot restaurant Shabu Tontei in Jurong Point! The restaurant’s signatures include collagen-rich Tonkotsu soup base – up to 25,000mg per pot! – and an assortment of premium air-flown Japanese and US meats in a tantalising hot pot menu.
Seafood lovers can opt for the special Abundance Kani Suki which includes Alaskan snow crab leg, king crab leg, scallops, mussels and prawns, available only from 3 February to 5 April.
Shabu Tontei is located within Shokutsu Ten Japanese Food Street at #B1-52 Jurong Point, 1 Jurong West Central 2, and is open daily from 11.30am – 10pm.
PUMA – Year Of The Sheep Collection
To start off Chinese New Year celebrations, PUMA introduces a footwear collection to commemorate the Year of the Sheep. The collection comprises two of the brand’s most iconic archive running footwear – the TX-3 and Cabana Racer.
In this collection, PUMA injects Chinese inspiration and tradition to these classic styles. The sheep, an important animal in the Chinese zodiac, is often associated with tenderness and is a symbol of good fortune. The CNY TX-3 is available in two colourways, PUMA red and fern green, while the CNY Cabana Racer comes in strong blue and marigold. Both shoes feature an embroidered metallic sheep symbol on the tongue and on the heel. Gold ingots, a symbol of prosperity, fasten the laces on the anterior. The opulent styling continues to the shoe insole embellished with an intricate gold “chinoiserie” pattern usually found in Chinese porcelain. The uppers are decked out in mesh and leather materials.
The PUMA Year of the Sheep collection is now available at PUMA Ion Orchard and PUMA Vivo City.
Bonia – Leather Goat Charm
BONIA special Leather Goat Key Charms to welcome the prosperous year 2015. Each piece is 100% handcrafted using brightly- hued leather with unique stitching, making this a great gift especially for the small leather goods fanatics.
BONIA Leather Goat Key Charms symbolize courage, exploration, independence, curiousity, initiation, and dignity. Stay in style with these lovely key charms as they bring out the youthful and fun appearance to you.
Four Seasons Hotel Singapore
Spend a meaningful and heartwarming time this Chinese New Year, enjoying delicious festive delicacies handcrafted by the masterful chefs at Four Seasons Hotel Singapore for a memorable and abundant start to the New Year.
Festive Takeaways (orders accepted now through February 17, 2015)
Luxury Yusheng (SGD 1,688, yusheng for 25 people)
Yusheng (SGD 76 small, for 5-6 people; SGD 108 large, for 10 people)
Peng Cai (SGD 388 for 6 people; SGD 538 for 10 people)
Share well wishes with loved ones, and greet business associates with good fortune. A unique Lunar New Year practice in Singapore and some parts of Asia, the yusheng (also known as lo hei) is symbolic of abundance and success (its Cantonese name means “prosperity toss”), and a must-do for everyone here in the sunny Garden City.
This year, Four Seasons Hotel Singapore launches its exclusive luxury yusheng, which also comes with a vintage wine. Specially designed with a lively goat emblem that also depicts 2015, it includes premium delicacies such as lobster, abalone, bird’s nest, surf clams, salmon, rice in gold leaf, homemade plum sauce and passion fruit sauce, as well as an additional secret sauce recipe from Executive Chef Alan Chan. To further sweeten the year, it also comes with a vintage Dom Pérignon Rosé Champagne from Year of the Goat 2003 (730 ml), giving toast to the beautiful past and even an rosier future.
P.S. Stay tuned for exciting updates!