Usher in the Lunar New Year with a feast. Chinese New Year is just weeks away on Feb 10, 2024, and if you have yet to make reservations for your CNY reunion dinner, now’s the time. Whether you’re a traditionalist, prefer inventive takes on classic delights or are looking to fill up with an all-you-can-eat buffet, here’s where to book a spot.
Man Fu Yuan at Intercontinental Singapore
Whether you have a cosy group of two to five or a boisterous party of 10, Man Fu Yuan has various prix-fixe menus to cater to all.
The five-course Blissfulness menu, for instance, is tailored for a group of five, with signatures such as the Man Fu Yuan Abundance Treasure Pot brimming with over 18 premium ingredients. Think five-head abalone, rock lobster, premium sea cucumber, tiger palm mushroom, dried scallop, South Africa fish maw and dace fish balls. And for the extravagant seven-course Harvest Prix-Fixe Menu, you can look forward to Double-boiled Collagen Soup served in a coconut husk, Steamed Atlantic Cod Fish Fillet, and Smoked Roasted Irish duck with Wild Mushroom and Truffle Sauce.
There’s a curation of a la carte treats too, from Roasted Suckling Pig with Five Grain Glutinous Rice ($528++) to the Trio Roast Platter ($68++).
Where: Man Fu Yuan, Intercontinental Singapore, 80 Middle Road, Singapore 188966
When: Jan 15 to Feb 29, 2024. Only dinner is available on Feb 9, 2024 (1st seating: 6pm to 8pm | 2nd seating: 8.30pm to 10.30pm)
Cost: From $168++ per guest (min two to dine), from $888++ for five guests, and from $1,988++ for 10 guests for prix fixe menus
Si Chuan Dou Hua at Parkroyal on Beach Road and UOB Plaza
If you’re up for yusheng with an exotic spin, you’d want to make a reservation at Si Chuan Dou Hua. This year, it’s doling out a Prosperity Fugu Yusheng featuring fugu sourced from the illustrious Shimonoseki city in Japan, available at both outlets.
Over at the Parkroyal on Beach Road, you’ll be savouring executive Sichuan chef Dave Lai’s signature dishes, such as robust stir-fried Sea Cucumber with Asparagus and Silver Fish Sauce, as well as Braised Premium Bird’s Nest with Fresh Crab Meat Soup (available in selected set menus).
And if you’re making your reservations at the UOB Plaza restaurant, look forward to Waxed Meat Rice with Foie Gras and Salted Egg wrapped in Lotus Leaf, as well as Double-boiled Hasma with Ginseng and Sea Coconut served in Whole Coconut by executive Cantonese chef Hoo Chee Keong.
When: Jan 8 to Feb 24, 2024
Where: Si Chuan Dou Hua at Parkroyal on Beach Road, 7500 Beach Road, Singapore 199591, and Si Chuan Dou Hua Restaurant, #60-01 UOB Plaza 1, Singapore 048624
Cost: From $108++ per person
E-mail top@sichuandouhua.com for reservations at the UOB Plaza outlet, and e-mail Douhua.prsin@parkroyalhotels.com for reservations at the Parkroyal on Beach Road outlet.
Shang Palace and Reunion Gala Dinner at Tower Ballroom, Shangri-La Singapore
Shangri-La Singapore’s Shang Palace is marking the start of the Year of the Dragon with four resplendent eight-course menus curated by executive Chinese chef Daniel Cheung. Eat your way through delectable treats running from Braised Bird’s Nest Broth to Crispy-fried Pine Leaf Crab Claw stuffed with Shrimp wrapped in Filo Pastry to buttery soft Steamed Atlantic Cod Fish Fillet with Crystal Noodles in a savoury black bean sauce. Of course, there’s the Fortune Yu Sheng, with Norweigian smoked salmon, to kick things off.
And on Feb 9 itself, you can enjoy your reunion dinner with the live streaming of CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala at the hotel’s resplendent Tower Ballroom. From 6.30pm, savour a celebratory eight-course menu with delicacies including Fortune Yu Sheng with Norwegian Smoked Salmon, Braised Bird’s Nest, Braised Whole Abalone, Wok-fried Prawns with X.O. Sauce, Braised Bird’s Nest, Steamed Atlantic Cod Fish Fillet, and Salt-baked Chicken Fillet, priced at $178++ per guest, inclusive of unlimited soft drinks and Chinese tea.
When: Jan 29 to Feb 24, 2024 for set menus. Feb 9, 2024 for Reunion Gala Dinner
Where: Tower Ballroom, Shangri-La Singapore, 22 Orange Grove Road, Singapore 258350
Cost: 8-course set menus are priced from . $188++ to $388++. Reunion Gala Dinner at $178++ per person
E-mail dining.sls@shangri-la.com or call 65 6213 4398 for reservations or more information.
Pan Pacific Orchard
Pan Pacific Orchard is presenting its inaugural Lunar New Year menu, curated by the newly appointed veteran Chinese master chef Leung Wing Cheung.
Made for intimate gatherings, the hotel’s 16-seater The Chairman’s Lounge private dining space is available for booking, with exclusive set menus. Each starts with the Prosperity Exotic Garden Yusheng starring a medley of ingredients, including over 20 fresh greens and fruits, sliced abalone, fresh lobster, and whisky-infused sea cucumber, all drizzled over with an aromatic black truffle sauce.
Then dive into celebratory highlights such as pan-seared dried oyster with duet of traditional crispy chicken, tender flaky wild-caught giant soon hock prepared two ways (steamed and perfectly deep-fried in ‘shun de’ style), and crispy noodles with Australian lobster meat swimming in a moreish egg gravy. Desserts like double-boiled bird’s nest served in a mini pumpkin and peach resin with mixed fruits (they vary based on the menu chosen) conclude the meal.
Where: The Chairman’s Lounge, Pan Pacific Orchard, 10 Claymore Road, Singapore 229540
When: Jan 22 to Feb 24, 2024
Cost: $2,988++ and $3,288++ per table of 10 persons
Visit Pan Pacific Orchard’s website for reservations or more information.
Summer Pavilion at The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore
An elegant celebration awaits at Cantonese fine dining outfit Summer Pavilion, which has six- to eight-course lunch and dinner set menus that start with a yu sheng platter. For the Treasury dinner menus, you can expect a luxurious yu sheng with succulent geoduck clam, luxurious black caviar, and fresh greens.
Where: The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore, Marina Bay 7, Raffles Ave, Singapore 039799
Cost: From $148++ per person
Golden Peony at Conrad Centennial Singapore
Conrad Centennial Singapore’s award-winning Cantonese fine-dining restaurant Golden Peony helmed by chef Ku Keong is so well-received, that regulars often place reservations well in advance.
Chef Ku’s yearly roasted suckling pig gets a luxurious twist this year, stuffed with fried chicken kimchi fried rice. Other specialties include the Spanish Carabinero Prawn ‘Yuan Yang’ Fish Paste starring springy black and white fish paste noodles, as well as Water Bamboo Shoot Stir-fried with Giant Grouper in Signature Home XO Sauce, and the Dragon Grouper Steamed with Black Bean Sauce and Ten Years Mandarin Peel.
You’ll also be tossing to good fortune with the luxurious Fortune Gold Flakes Yu Sheng with ingredients like lobster, baby abalone, chicken bak kwa and crispy fish skin. You’ll also get lots of fresh fruits for a vibrant mixture.
When: Jan 15 to Feb 24, 2023
Where: Level 3 Conrad Centennial Hotel, 2 Temasek Blvd, Singapore 038983
Cost: From $178++ per person for the Prosperity Set Menu to $2,698++ per table of 10 persons for the Luxurious menu
Call 6432 7482/8, e-mail sinci.goldenpeony@
Min Jiang at Goodwood Park Hotel
You can’t go wrong with a feast curated by the award-winning Min Jiang Restaurant situated at the elegant Goodwood Park Hotel. Its line-up for the festive season sees tempting six- and seven-course celebratory menus. Dine on dishes like the restaurant’s signature roasted Silver Hill Irish duck, slow-braised abalone, braised spare ribs, steamed tiger garoupa, savoury stewed noodles with lobster, and many more.
And for the quintessential lo hei, you can go for its traditional yu sheng platters (from $99.80+ for small and $88++ for vegetarian) or the lavish Dragon Prosperity Blessings ‘Lo Hei’ with lobster, six-head abalone and salmon. For dine-in presentations, it also features a stunning dragon illustration hand-painted by Min Jiang’s master chef Chan Hwan Kee.
When: Jan 18 to Feb 24, 2024
Where: Min Jiang Restaurant at Goodwood Park Hotel, 22 Scotts Rd, Singapore 228221
Cost: From $159++ per person (min 2 persons) for the Prosperous Harvest to $2,288++ per table of 10 persons for the Flourishing Wealth menu.
Visit its website for reservations or more information.
Red House Seafood Nanyang
Red House Seafood Nanyang has reopened its doors at Clarke Quay, and welcoming Year of the Dragon with sumptuous new creations. Highlights include the showstopping Alaskan King Crab served Two Ways (Sautéed Crab Meat in Truffle Oil and Egg White & Baked Crab Legs with Miso), as well as Crispy Roasted Chicken with Flaxseed & Sesame. There’s also Braised 8 Head Abalone, Sea Cucumber with Winter Melon Ring & Purple Cauliflower, which sits in a pool of pumpkin puree.
A new outlet-exclusive dish is the Giant Grouper Stewed with Beancurd Skin and Garlic, a Cantonese-style claypot dish. End your meal on a sweet note with the Purple Glutinous Rice Cake (available with all menus) that’s crafted with made with preservative-free traditional nian gao and purple glutinous rice – a nod to local favourites, pulut hitam and nyonya kueh
When: Jan 8 to Feb 24, 2024 (Closed on Feb 10)
Where: 3C, River Valley Road, The Cannery, #02-02/03, Singapore 179022
Cost: $598++ and $798++ for 4 to 6 persons, and $1088++, $1,388++ and $1,888++ for 8 to 10 persons
Click here for reservations or more information.
Rempapa
For a festive feast that nods to Singapore’s heritage, celebrity chef Damian D’Silva’s Rempapa is where to make your reservation.
Start your celebration with the Hoisin Braised Duck Croquette ($18++), before moving on to the Herbal Chicken in Lotus Leaf ($48++), cooked using a whole GG French Poulet chicken with conpoy and baby lotus roots, as well as the Teochew-Style Steamed Red Grouper. Another CNY dish is the Stir-Fried King ($18.80++), a Cantonese classic of aromatic garlic chives, juicy sea prawns, jumbo dried shrimp, conpoy, pickled celtuce and cashew nuts.
When: Feb 3 to 24, 2024 (available only during dinner)
Where: #01-01/02/03 Park Place Residences at PLQ, 2 Paya Lebar Road, Singapore 409053
Click here for reservations or visit e-mail papa@rempapa.sg for more information.
Yun Nans
Chinese restaurant chain Yun Nans has six Chinese New Year set menus to whet your appetite. Its popular Prosperity Hot Pot is making a welcomed return – the golden broth that’s been stewed for six hours brims with ingredients like roast pork belly, tender bamboo pith, premium sea cucumber, abalone, cordyceps flowers, and more. Other set menu dishes “Bi Feng Tang” Style Pork Ribs with Truffles, Steamed Tiger Grouper and Braised Truffle Ee-fu Noodles with Fresh Scallop.
Each set comes with the chain’s signature rose pastry, a flaky traditional Yunnan dessert, the Prosperity Abalone Yu Sheng which has plump baby abalone and shredded white carrot.
When: Feb 1 to 24, 2024
For reunion dinner on the eve of CNY (Feb 9, 2024), dinner timings are as such:
4.30pm to 6pm / 6.30pm to 8pm / 8.15pm to 9.45pm
Closed on Feb 10, 2024. Operating hours remain usual on other days.
Where: Multiple outlets. Click here for outlet locations
Cost: Menus priced from $338++ for four persons to $828++ for eight persons
Crystal Jade’s group of restaurants
With Crystal Jade’s diverse portfolio of fine and casual dining restaurants across the island, there’s something to suit every family, and highlights to look forward at each brand.
At flagship Crystal Jade Palace (Takashimaya) for instance, expect specialties like a lavish trio of Lobster, Caviar & Foie Gras Pate on Puff Pastry and a nourishing soup of Double-boiled Kampong Chicken with Sea Whelk, Chanterelle & Sea Cucumber Flower.
And at Crystal Jade Golden Palace (Paragon), you’ll be dining on tender Pan-seared South African Abalone with mushrooms and crispy deep-fried leek. From casual dining restaurant Crystal Jade Hong Kong Kitchen, don’t skip on the Pan-fried Dace Fish Paste with Black Moss in Shunde Style, with soft dace fish paste – it’s mixed with carrots, chestnuts, diced shrimp, coriander, black moss, lap cheong and aged orange peel – stuffed back into the fish then fried till a crisp golden brown.
And if you like your yu sheng with lots of fresh fruits, you’ll like the Prosperity Yu Sheng with Boston Lobster Tail, Aburi Scallop & Fruit ($138 for small, and $208 for large). Toss up a mix of red dragon fruit, tangy green mango, sweet longan, pomelo sacs, dried apricot, as well as earthy jackfruit. On top of it sits succulent poached Boston lobster tail and sweet torched raw scallops. Available at Crystal Jade Palace, Crystal Jade Golden Palace and Crystal Jade Pavilion for dine-in and takeaway.
When: From Jan 19, 2024
Where: Click here for a list of locations
Visit Crystal Jade’s website for more information.
