The best Chinese New Year menus in Hong Kong

Enjoy traditional Cantonese flavours in Fat Choy ($2,088), a six-course menu presented by Lai Ching Heen. Begin your meal with starters like barbecued suckling pig, crispy roll with sea moss, golden lobster with spicy salt, and wok-seared sun-dried oysters. Next, move on to the two-Michelin-starred restaurant’s decadent creations like Buddha Jumping Over The Wall, braised fish maw with assorted seafood in tofu pouches, and fried five-grain rice with salmon. Lastly, wrap up with a double-boiled sweetened red bean soup with peach gum and glutinous rice dumplings for a sweet finale. 

Be sure to return to the restaurant on January 30 to savour Lai Ching Heen’s firework set menu ($3,288), including courses like braised whole abalones with sea cucumbers in oyster jus, wok-fried Kagoshima Wagyu with arrowhead roots, seared lobster dumplings in supreme soup and braised e-fu noodles with crab roe, along with others.

Available: January 13 to February 12 for Fat Choy menu, January 30 for fireworks dinner menu

Throughout Chinese New Year, chef Li Chi-wai and his team at The Legacy House are presenting an array of holiday specials that will appeal to all diners. During the festive period, guests can delight in the restaurant’s dim sum menu, which presents delicate creations like steamed fish dumplings with fungi and 18-year dried tangerine peel ($98 for three), steamed crab meat dumpling with ginger ($98), and steamed red date paste cake with bird’s nest ($98). 

The restaurant also presents two opulent Chinese New Year menus ($2,380 and $2,980), both of which promise an abundance of auspicious plates. Diners can expect to enjoy double-boiled abalone soup, stewed mantis shrimp with fish maw, wok-fried Australian Wagyu beef cubes and Chinese matsutake mushrooms, as well as braised Middle Eastern 25-head abalone with dried oysters and black moss.

Available: January 27 to February 4

This Chinese New Year, book your tables for Man Wah in Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong to enjoy sumptuous Cantonese fare. Visit during the day to enjoy the restaurant’s festive set lunch menu ($888) which offers plates like deep-fried prawns in sweet chilli sauce and crab e-fu noodles in supreme broth, among others. Alternatively, dine in the evening to savour decadent dishes in Man Wah’s festive dinner menu ($2,288) such as braised bird’s nest with minced chicken and fresh Chinese yam, steamed grouper fillet with fresh Sichuan peppercorn, and chicken casserole with South African abalones.

Available: January 28 to 31

This holiday season, Duddell’s offers two exquisite seasonal menus for customers to feast on. The restaurant’s eight-course Chinese New Year set menu ($1,588) provides diners with creations including double-boiled chicken soup with fish maw and bamboo pith, and braised four-head South African abalone with shiitake mushrooms and dried black moss, among others. On the other hand, their premium poon choi menu ($3,888) presents guests with a traditional casserole filled with auspicious ingredients like semi-dried oysters, braised sea cucumber, pork belly with cuttlefish and radish, and whole conpoy.

If you can’t hack a whole feast, Duddell’s has also whipped up a range of à la carte specials like sautéed prawns with seasonal vegetables ($498), braised semi-dried oysters with black moss and lettuce wraps ($388), and fried glutinous rice with preserved meats ($368). Finally, the Cantonese restaurant has also crafted a vibrant selection of festive dim sum offerings. Dig into adorable goldfish-shaped shrimp dumplings ($118 for two) or flavourful porcini mushroom vegetarian dumplings ($78 for three), but definitely leave room for desserts like crispy red bean paste sesame balls ($78 for three).

Available: January 20 to February 12 for Chinese New Year menu, Jan 25-28 and 30-31 for poon choi menu

Gather your loved ones and ring in the Year of the Snake at Tin Lung Heen in The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong. Diners can either opt for the two-Michelin-starred restaurant’s six-course set lunch menu ($768) or the eight-course dinner menu ($1,688) – both of which include chef Paul Lau’s exquisite holiday creations made with auspicious ingredients. Try dishes like braised goose web with cabbage and shiitake mushrooms in supreme sauce, abalone cube and air-dried oysters with sea moss-filled bamboo fungus, and plenty more. Additionally, Tin Lung Heen’s guests can also enjoy à la carte dishes such as braised fish maw with goose soup and assorted mushrooms, or deep-fried prawn with Hiroshima oysters in a golden crispy net, among others. 

Available: January 29 to 31

Those looking to savour traditional Cantonese creations during the holiday season should not miss out on Hong Kong Cuisine 1983’s array of à la carte dishes. This year, chef Silas taps into his Hakka heritage for creations like braised seasonal vegetables with bamboo and elm fungus ($480), lo hei with fresh salmon ($580), as well as showstoppers like sweet and sour mandarin fish ($1,280), steamed chicken with Yunnan ham and mushroom ($880), and deep-fried Wagyu beef cheek with Sichuan spicy sauce ($480). 

Available: From now until February 12

Celebrate the start of the Lunar New Year by treating your loved ones to Lung King Heen’s exquisite eight-course dinner menu ($2,480). Diners will be presented with a medley of auspicious ingredients and traditional plates such as braised South African abalone served with dried oysters, pork tongue, and sea moss, among others.

Available: January 29 to February 7

Visit Island Shangri-La during the Lunar New Year to savour a variety of traditional Chinese fare. The hotel’s Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant, Summer Palace, is where executive Chinese chef Leung Yu-king will offer à la carte specials like braised superior bird’s nest soup with crab roe, steamed Sabah garoupa with chopped chillis, and braised dried oysters with sea moss and conpoy.

Alternatively, head to Ming Pavillion to experience a wide variety of Fujian-style fare. Expect to try à la carte plates such as deep-fried five-spice pork rolls or Fujian red lees-flavoured crispy eel in their assorted appetiser platter ($388); steamed lobster with 15-year Shaoxing wine ($988); and braised porcini with Fujian-style pickled vegetables ($288), among others. Can’t make up your mind? Opt for Ming Pavilion’s Chinese New Year set menu ($988) to experience a gastronomic adventure covering flavours through Fujian province. 

Available: January 15 to February 27 for Summer Palace, January 26 to February 7 for Ming Pavilion

Drop into Mott 32 to delight in the modern Cantonese restaurant’s à la carte specials for Chinese New Year. Flick through their menu to find festive plates like lobster and abalone lo hei salad ($1,280), wok-fried tiger prawn with Chinese cabbage in a rich shrimp broth ($640), wok-fried golden oysters with prawn crackers ($280), among others. The restaurant’s Chinese New Year menu also encompasses skillfully crafted dim sum – try creations such as bamboo fungus dumplings with assorted vegetables ($80) or opt for the crispy sesame puffs filled with molten salted egg yolk ($88) instead.

Available: Jan 29 to Feb 12

Usher in the Year of the Snake with The Chinese Library’s celebratory menus. Gather your loved ones to try the restaurant’s eight-course tasting menu ($1,188), which promises auspicious plates such as braised South African abalone in oyster sauce, braised fish maw and bird’s nest in superior soup, and wok-fried scallop and asparagus in X.O sauce, among others. Alternatively, diners can opt for the restaurant’s dim sum brunch affair (from $488) to chow down on unlimited servings of dim sum classics and CNY-exclusive morsels. 

Available: Jan 28 to Feb 13 for tasting menu, Jan 29 to Feb 2 for CNY brunch